'It's fine to use corporate platforms for journalism and activism that goes against their owners ideological biases or political-economic interests. What's the worst that could happen?'

"A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent."

https://theintercept.com/2025/12/07/youtube-deleted-journalist-israel-palestine-censorship/

These platforms are owned by technofascists. By choosing to publish there, when you have options, you choose to do unpaid work for fascist media;

https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/

#TheIntercept

#Palantir Will No Longer Profit Off of New Yorkers’ Health Data

After #TheIntercept exposed Palantir’s deal with #NYC public hospitals, the health care system didn’t renew the contract.

by Sam Biddle, March 24 2026

"A controversial multimillion-dollar deal between New York City’s public hospital system and military contractor Palantir, first reported by The Intercept, is coming to an end, according to recent testimony before the city council.

"The Intercept reported in February that the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which operates a network of public health care facilities across the city, had paid Palantir almost $4 million since 2023 for data analysis services. #NYCHH says it used Palantir’s software to boost its efficiency in billing Medicaid and other public benefits, which included the automated scanning of patient health notes.

"The contract prompted #protests from #activists and local organizers who objected to the hospital system’s use of software from a company whose technology has facilitated lethal airstrike targeting, wide-reaching surveillance of American citizens, and deportation raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/24/palantir-new-york-city-hospitals-contract/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/CRzWy

#USPol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ICEOut

Growing Surveillance in America 👇

"The laws will lead to more data being collected on kids, which predatory companies can then use to target them in a more invasive way".

✍️ Taylor Lorenz for #TheIntercept.

Read her report 🔗 interc.pt/4szOqfP

Federal Agents Are Intimidating #LegalObservers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”

#Immigration authorities in #Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes.

by Austin Campbell
March 5 2026, 5:53 a.m.

"Former Minnesota state Sen. #MattLittle was lawfully observing federal immigration agents in a Dakota County neighborhood last month when the drive took an unexpected turn.

"As he followed their vehicles, they led him down a rural road that grew increasingly familiar during the 20-minute drive. Soon, Little told #TheIntercept, he realized where the federal agents were headed: his house.

"When he approached his driveway, two SUVs were already waiting, Little said. Agents moved to block his car, claiming he had impeded their investigation and that local law enforcement would be called. No other officers came to his house, and Little was not cited or charged.

" 'The intent was clearly to intimidate us. It’s stressful. It’s a little bit scary. But at the same time,' Little said, 'I just think it’s really important to be out there and monitoring what they’re doing.'

"Interviews, sworn declarations, and video reviewed by The Intercept indicate that Little is not the only person subjected to this kind of #intimidation. Across the #TwinCities, immigration agents have identified legal observers by name and address, and, in some cases, led them back to their homes after they engaged in lawful monitoring of immigration activity. Legal observers say this pattern of behavior sends a clear and chilling message: The federal government knows who they are and where they live.

"These encounters are unfolding amid a rapid expansion of federal #surveillance capabilities.

"Immigration authorities have significantly expanded their use of mobile #biometric and surveillance tools in recent years. Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Customs and Border Protection, for example, can use the smartphone app #MobileFortify to photograph a person’s face or capture fingerprints in the field and compare them against federal biometric databases, according to a Department of Homeland Security inventory of artificial intelligence technologies."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/ice-cbp-minnesota-surveillance-intimidation-observers/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/MggRo

#AbolishCBP #AbolishICE #ICESucks #Palantir #AISucks #PoliceState #USPol #Orwellian #SilencingDissent #SurveillanceState

Meet the New Anti-Israel PAC That Flirts With Far-Right #Antisemites AZAPAC's Michael Rectenwald wants to fight pro-#Israel interests in politics. To do that, he's courted Nick Fuentes and endorsed white nationalist candidates.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/19/israel-palestine-antisemitism-azapac-michael-rectenwald/

From #TheIntercept
Feb. 19, 2026

#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#news #politics #USpol #FreePalestine
#Palestine #AIPAC #AntiSemitism

The Woman #AlexPretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
“I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept in an exclusive interview.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/13/alex-pretti-first-aid-emt-federal-agents/

from #TheIntercept
Feb. 13, 2026

Video footage captured by another bystander shows that just as Pretti managed to stabilize the EMT, agents shoved the other woman to the ground. As Pretti and the EMT attempt to help her stand up, multiple agents surround the group and begin to spray them with cans of chemical irritant. Some of the agents continue pursuing the women, while others separate #Pretti from the group and begin beating him.

“I was saying to the agents, “We’re leaving! We’re leaving. We’re leaving!’ — just trying desperately to like get them to stop,” the EMT said.

#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#StopTheDeportations
#immigration #immigrants #deportations #ICE
#USA #US #USpol #politics #news

#ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/09/ice-minneapolis-legal-observers-abduction/

From #TheIntercept
Feb. 9

In #Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as the surrounding suburbs, tens of thousands of #immigrant families are relying on churches and mutual aid for food and financial support. People have not left their homes for weeks. Local schools have reverted to Covid-era online measures to support immigrant students too terrified to come to class. Those students who still attend in person are transported by #US-born neighbors and family friends. Campuses at all grade levels are patrolled by volunteers in fluorescent vests, an effort aimed at deterring federal agents’ practice of targeting parent pick-up and drop-off sites.

#AbolishICE
#StopTheDeportations
#DueProcessForAll
#news #politics #USpol #deportations

@theintercept is a fundamentally unserious rag.

Are they breaking news about the DOJ using administrative search warrants to muckrack through private emails without judicial oversight?

No, they're too busy chasing other people's stories and disguising opinion for investigation.

"we investigate powerful individuals and institutions to expose corruption and injustice", except by "investigate" we mean "write articles on what comes over the AP newswire"

#news #theintercept