Noah Hurowitz

Decades of evidence have shown that taking out kingpins does nothing to curb cartel activity and increases violence. But the idea of military power and might sounds good and appeals to macho politicians like Trump, but also many before him.

Trump Demanded El Mencho’s Head. Mexicans Are Paying the Price. The violence in Mexico is fueled by U.S. guns and money. Killing a cartel boss won’t change that — whether Trump knows it or not.

Amid pressure from the U.S., dozens of Mexican people died in the the violence that exploded on Sunday after Mexico killed one of the most infamous drug traffickers in history.

Trump's response: “Mexico must step up their effort on Cartels and Drugs!”

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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.

According to Kristi Noem, ICE deported a "cannibal," a man so feral that he attempted to "eat himself" while on the deportation flight.

I am shocked — SHOCKED — to learn that this was a complete fabrication

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I can tell you with absolute certainty that she is not

Gaby del Valle is one of the best reporters I know and the attacks against her on here are not only shocking in their violence and bigotry but also incredibly bad-faith and utterly without merit.

Please do not let Will’s tantrum over getting the attention he wanted distract you from the amazing Minneapolis coverage Gaby has been producing all month (all while also writing a book because she’s just that good)

Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech Workers at Bath Iron Works, a shipbuilding company, showed no interest in hearing Pete Hegseth speak. So they were offered overtime.

SCOOP: Management at Bath Iron Works, a major shipyard in Maine, is offering overtime to entice workers to stay after their shift for a speech by Pete Hegseth

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The witness: “The people who were there were the people doing rapid response.”

Man Feds Killed in Minneapolis Was an Observer, Eyewitness Says The killing marked the second fatal shooting by federal agents in the city in less than a month.

BREAKING: We spoke to a witness of the fatal shooting in Minneapolis, who confirmed that the victim was an ICE-watch observer and not a target of immigration enforcement.

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Miami Beach Police Accosted a Woman for Posting About Mayor's Support For Israel YouTube video by The Intercept

The city government of Miami Beach is under fire from civil rights groups after police visited the home of a woman about posts she made on social media critical of the mayor. interc.pt/4qD8g9s

She Criticized the Mayor’s Support for Israel on Facebook. Then the Cops Showed Up at Her Door. She criticized the Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner’s “blind support for Israel.” Then the cops showed up at her door.

“This Facebook post was protected speech, and it’s not a close question — not remotely.”

U.S. Captures Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Strikes Caracas, Trump Says Trump claimed early Saturday the U.S. had carried out a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela and captured the country's leader and his wife.

President Trump claimed early Saturday that the U.S. had spirited Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro out of the country and taken him into custody, with the abduction marking an apparent regime change effort

Via @theintercept.com with @nickturse.bsky.social

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Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front” Kash Patel touted the FBI’s investigative work against the “Turtle Island Liberation Front,” whose YouTube channel has 18 followers. A paid FBI informant did a heavy lift.

Great story with good background. (BTW Turtle Island is one of my favorite book of poems.)

Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front” by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
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Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front” Kash Patel touted the FBI’s investigative work against the “Turtle Island Liberation Front,” whose YouTube channel has 18 followers. A paid FBI informant did a heavy lift.

“It’s not totally out of the realm of possibilities that this idea was planted or floated by whoever this confidential human source might be.”

who do you think is more aware of this fact, you or the person quoted?

It’s generally Bad to Speculate when “feds nab leftists for alarming thing” stuff drops but it is extremely common for people to get coaxed into plottin shit *by* informants paid to produce info.

UCs tend to egg people on and then deescalate away from actual crime. CIs don’t.

Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front” Kash Patel touted the FBI’s investigative work against the “Turtle Island Liberation Front,” whose YouTube channel has 18 followers. A paid FBI informant did a heavy lift.

What was the role of an informant in the “Turtle Island Liberation Front” case in Southern California?

I teamed up with @trevoraaronson.bsky.social to make sense of the few details that have emerged thus far.

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AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening. Growing dissatisfaction with the Israel lobby may pave a lane for Nida Allam, who’s running for Congress in North Carolina.

NEW: AIPAC spent millions to keep her out of Congress. But as the tide shifts for the pro-Israel lobby, Nida Allam is back - with big endorsements.

She launched her campaign today against Rep. Valerie Foushee in NC-04, who has since sworn off AIPAC $ under pressure.
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Official Propaganda for Caribbean Military Buildup Includes “Crusader Cross” The “Jerusalem cross” appeared prominently in Pentagon propaganda for boat strikes and the Venezuela military buildup.

Official Propaganda for Caribbean Military Buildup Includes “Crusader Cross” by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
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MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras MS-13 told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”

MS-13 gang members told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed right-wing candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”

Hey so that was a weird tweet from SouthCom yesterday!
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A Painter of Landscapes | Max Pearl The work of José María Velasco is cerebral and serene—but it’s also implicated in a campaign to romanticize the dispossession of people from their land.

In the nineteenth century, Mexico was in chaos and needed a hero—someone who could bring the country’s conflicting interests together under one banner. Amazingly, that hero turned out to be a painter. Max Pearl writes on the work of José María Velasco.

Trump Frees Ex-President of Honduras, Right-Wing "Narco-Dictator" Convicted of Drug Trafficking The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, who served less than two years of a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking, comes as Trump threatens war on Venezuela over “narcoterrorism.”

This story includes one of the most insane statements I’ve EVER gotten from a government official.

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Rubio Says Maduro is Terrorist-in-Chief of Venezuela’s “Cártel de los Soles.” Is It Even a Real Group? Marco Rubio says Nicolás Maduro is the terrorist-in-chief of Venezuela’s “Cártel de los Soles.” Is it even a real organization?

The Trump administration’s push for war on Venezuela includes alleging Maduro controls a government-run “narcoterrorist” conspiracy.

Rubio Says Maduro is Terrorist-in-Chief of Venezuela’s “Cártel de los Soles.” Is It Even a Real Group? Marco Rubio says Nicolás Maduro is the terrorist-in-chief of Venezuela’s “Cártel de los Soles.” Is it even a real organization?

What's up with the "Cartel of the Suns," the supposed state-run "narcoterrorist" group that Marco Rubio says is trying to destroy America with drugs?

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Really amazing reporting here.

Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported? Exchanges about Trump between reporter Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.

"Epstein fed information to Thomas about Donald Trump's allegedly lecherous behavior."

"[D]ozens of emails [..] between 2015 and 2018."

"Little of the information given to Thomas, however, ever saw the light of day — not in Thomas's reporting, not in the New York Times."
#USA #Media #Trafficking

Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported? Exchanges about Trump between reporter Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.

I delve into Jeffrey Epstein’s emails with Landon Thomas Jr., and the explosive tips about Donald Trump he fed to the ex-NYT reporter.

The big question here: How are we only finding out about this now?

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omg thank you!!

Clearly the Intercept spent my $45 contribution well!