Hey Elon: We Found a Place to Cut More Than $2 Trillion in Wasteful Spending
Washington (The Intercept): Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency began its cost-cutting efforts by dismantling the US Agency for International Development, which spends about $22 billion per year, about 0.3 percent of overall federal spending. DOGE has since targeted agencies focused on children’s education, protecting the natural world, and food safety.
Trump Doesn’t Care About Ukraine or Russia -Just Money
Washington (The Intercept): As part of his proposed peace plan in Eastern Europe, President Donald Trump is demanding the full-scale economic colonization of Ukraine.
“You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild
(The Intercept): Mansour Abo Kareem stood in front of piles of rubble where his home used to be and condemned US President Donald Trump’s threats to permanently expel all Palestinian from Gaza.
Trump Halts Sanctions on Israeli Settlers, Threatens War Crimes Investigators
Washington (The Intercept): In his inauguration speech on Monday, President Donald Trump said he wanted to be known as “a peacemaker and a unifier” in his second term, before applauding his own efforts of securing a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, as well as the return of three Israeli hostages from Gaza.
Silencing Dissent: Attacks on Free Speech and Nonprofits Are Already Ramping Up
Washington (The Intercept): For years, Donald Trump has vowed to go after his critics and journalists. As he prepares to reenter the White House, he’s nominating loyalists, like incoming FBI director Kash Patel, who have pledged to do the same.
Police Raid Pro-Palestine Students’ Home in FBI-Led Graffiti Investigation
Washington (The Intercept): In the early morning hours of November 7, more than 12 police officers showed up outside at an address in Springfield, Virginia, knocked, broke down the door, and raided the family home of two Palestinian American students at George Mason University.
The Looming Fight to Make Local Cops Part of Trump’s Deportation Machine
Washington (The Intercept): As Donald Trump sweeps back into power with a promise to launch the “largest deportation operation in American history,” Arizona voted to expand the immigration enforcement machinery at his disposal. By a wide margin, voters approved a ballot measure to grant state and local police the authority to arrest undocumented immigrants for crossing the border.
Abu Ghraib Torture Trial Against Virginia-Based Defense Contractor Begins Again
Washington (The Intercept): A federal case brought against a military contractor by three Iraqi men detained at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 went to trial for the second time this week.
With a 92 percent disapproval rating, Peru’s President Dina Boluarte
Lima (The Intercept): In a country riven by deep political, social, and geographic divisions, there are few subjects on which all Peruvians can agree. But the foibles and failures of President Dina Boluarte have given her nation’s populace one unifying opinion: Nobody likes Dina.
The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet Users
Washington (The Intercept): The United States’ secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept.
