New episode of The Intercept Briefing is out! 🚨
We speak with @theintercept.com reporter @noahhurowitz.bsky.social about his coverage from outside Delaney Hall. And then we get into the broader war on immigrants with @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social and Andrea Sáenz.
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BREAKING: Federal judge dismisses criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Nothing is as clarifying about widespread negative coverage of a campaign than speaking with their comms staff.
Experts say reproductive coercion more often occurs when a partner forces someone to get or remain pregnant. The anti-abortion movement is seizing on rare instances of forced abortions as a justification to ban telehealth pill prescriptions. The woman's lawyer here is the notorious Jonathan Mitchell
Oh. 🫠
All of that to say. This is all very recent. And there's something gut-wrenching to me about the people who fought for those rights having to watch as they disappear.
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So if I have this correct, since the end of 2024, the following news outlets have gutted their climate desks:
CBS
CNN
Hakai Magazine (folded into Biographic after losing its namesake funder, which also lost its major funder recently)
NPR
Washington Post
Have I missed anyone lol
Last weekend, I was talking to my grandmother about the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. She has early stage dementia so it's hard for her to keep track of recent news, but she was absolutely devastated. She grew up in DC during Jim Crow, and she marched and protested for those rights.
My latest on the mess that is the LA mayor’s race: Rae Huang supporters say Nithya Raman is compromised. Raman’s base calls Huang a spoiler. Looming over it all: reality TV star Spencer Pratt.
✍️with @jesswash.bsky.social @theintercept.com
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highly recommend this episode of @theintercept.com briefing because @jordanuhl.com, @jesswash.bsky.social and @jonahmv.bsky.social have a great conversation on what really causes homelessness and how candidates in the la mayoral race are framing it:
Anna Bower
Jessica Washington
Jessica Washington
Susan Rinkunas
Rae Huang supporters say Nithya Raman is compromised. Raman’s base calls Huang a spoiler. Looming over it all: reality TV star Spencer Pratt.