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Trump’s War to Nowhere Intercept senior editor Ali Gharib discusses the human and political toll of the Israel–U.S. war on Iran with Séamus Malekafzali.

Trump’s War to Nowhere
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Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers

But the greatest offender to peace on the Board is the United States.

🧵mega-thread🧵

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“There is no thought process into what any of this means long term,” said one official. “It’s not coordinated regime change. It’s just ‘bomb them until they’re less of a threat.’”

Asked about the administration’s plan for Iran after the war, that official responded: “Whatever.”

More dangerous kill-em-all posturing...

“There is no thought process into what any of this means long term,” said one official. “It’s not coordinated regime change. It’s just ‘bomb them until they’re less of a threat.’”

Asked about the administration’s plan for Iran after the war, that official responded: “Whatever.”

U.S. Military Joins Drug War in Ecuador: “It Wasn’t Going to Be Just Boat Strikes Forever” Two government officials told The Intercept that the joint U.S.–Ecuador military action won’t just be a one-off raid.

The US under 'antiwar' Trump has now also launched military operations in Ecuador too:

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society."

I don't know that I've read a better piece on the danger of online age-verification than @taylorlorenz.bsky.social's piece for @theintercept.com.

The government, in concert with AI companies, is openly bragging about using mass surveillance to crush dissent.

And we're agreeing to given them more?

Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

“War is peace” was one of the slogans on the facade of the Ministry of Truth, in George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.” Trump’s Board of Peace exemplifies this same Orwellian doublethink in which contradictory ideas are cast as true. theintercept.com/2026/03/02/t...

More dangerous kill-em-all posturing...

Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next “The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

Read more about what this case means for press freedom in this op-ed by @seth-stern.bsky.social in @theintercept.com, published in Nov.

*Sigh.*

Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism A military watchdog has been “inundated” with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war.

This is chilling. But political and military leaders do not need to share eschatological commitments to enact End Times. The U.S. and its allies have also unleashed apocalyptic destruction without a driving religious belief in Jesus’s return @theintercept.com. theintercept.com/2026/03/05/i...

Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next “The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

NEW: Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next

“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

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Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next “The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

NEW: Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next

“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

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Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism A military watchdog has been “inundated” with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war.

It would be a mistake to take these chilling End Times invocations as some skeleton key to understanding the undergirding reason behind Trump’s reckless death-dealing in Iran. The US, Israel-led decimation of the region is overdetermined. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/03/05/i...

Kristi Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was “Completely Made Up.” Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem’s tale about a cannibal was a fabrication.

Goodbye, Kristi.

Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers 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.

Kristi Noem is out as DHS Secretary.

For months I’ve been reporting on ICE operations in Minnesota — shootings, alleged phone cloning, and now agents identifying and following legal observers toward their homes.

Latest investigation with @theintercept.com
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BREAKING: Trump fired Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem today. She was given a previously nonexistent role: Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, a new "Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere" that Trump has yet to actually announce.

Noem is out and the cannibal remains MIA

BREAKING: Trump fired Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem today. She was demoted to a previously nonexistent role: Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, a new "Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere" that Trump has yet to actually announce.

Noem: Out

Cannibal: Still MIA

BREAKING: Trump fired Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem today. She was given a previously nonexistent role: Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, a new "Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere" that Trump has yet to actually announce.

Noem is out and the cannibal remains MIA

Trump fired Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem today. She was demoted to a previously nonexistent security role, Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, a new "Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere" that Trump has yet to actually announce.

So Noem is out and the cannibal remains MIA

Board of Peace (Anti)

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“This feels like a credible threat,” said Cassandra Zimmer-Wong, a policy analyst at the Niskanen Center. “The ramifications of this are huge … denying children carte-blanche education would create an uneducated, potentially illiterate underclass of children and then adults in this country.”

Crockett's pastor, Freddy Haynes III, has officially won her seat in TX-30. Haynes ran to Crockett's left on issues from Israel & Gaza to ICE and crypto. In response to q’s I sent him in February, he minced no words about where Dems are failing voters theintercept.com/2026/02/04/tex…

Every single member of Trump's Bored of Peace has violated human rights

Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism A military watchdog has been “inundated” with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war.

Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism
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