Natasha Lennard

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...

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.

Intercept senior editor @ali-gharib.theintercept.com discusses the human and political toll of the Israel–U.S. war on Iran with @seamus-malekafzali.com.

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...

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...

The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World

Hey Im really bad at self-promoting but The Extended Universe is out in a month and a half and if you havent pre-ordered it yet and want to support my work this is a really good way to do it!

Donate to Alexis Goldstein for Maryland Alexis Goldstein is running for Congress in Maryland's 6th district because we deserve leaders who shows as much bravery as ordinary people are showing in defense of their neighbors.

Last week, I was fired in retaliation for confronting DOGE staff in 2025. Today, I launch my campaign for U.S. Congress in Maryland’s 6th district.

Marylanders show enormous bravery in defense of our communities. #MD06 deserves a Rep as brave as its residents.

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Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait Democrats stayed seated as Trump attacked trans kids at the State of the Union. With midterms coming, there’s more where that came from.

Trans people’s survival is not just a distraction and shouldn’t be treated that way. Instead, Democrats need to reject far-right frameworks of “crazy” and “normal” from the jump. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/25/t...

Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait Democrats stayed seated as Trump attacked trans kids at the State of the Union. With midterms coming, there’s more where that came from.

Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/25/t...

Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait Democrats stayed seated as Trump attacked trans kids at the State of the Union. With midterms coming, there’s more where that came from.

Trans people’s survival is not just a distraction and shouldn’t be treated that way. Instead, Democrats need to reject far-right frameworks of “crazy” and “normal” from the jump. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/25/t...

Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait Democrats stayed seated as Trump attacked trans kids at the State of the Union. With midterms coming, there’s more where that came from.

Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/25/t...

Creating a computer that destroys an entire country's independent capacity for reason is some Bond villain-level shit.

Absolute shocker of a rights grab - academics may want to push back hard

A photo of a warehouse that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to convert into a detention center for immigrants in Roxbury, N.J., on Feb. 16, 2026, overlaid with the headline, "Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped?" and the DEK, "ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure is stopping projects in their tracks."

A number of warehouse owners, facing local backlash and pressure, have already backed out of lucrative sales to ICE. interc.pt/4b3UUMX

ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground Scenes from a city under siege

if you’re mad that i profiled will instead of writing about what “really matters” in minneapolis, may i direct you to my 6,500-word feature on the mutual aid networks there:

www.theverge.com/policy/87710...

Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped? ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks.

Economic stimulus based in ethnic cleansing would, of course, be despicable. But the Trump regime can’t even pretend this dizzyingly expensive project serves its own base. Only a small number of interested businesses and parties stand to gain. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/17/w...

Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped? ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks.

ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks.

Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped? ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks.

The Trump administration can *afford* anything it wants when it comes to rounding up and brutalizing immigrants and antifascist protesters. That does not mean it can actually *do* everything it wants. - @natashalennard.bsky.social @theintercept.com

theintercept.com/2026/02/17/w...

Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped? ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks.

The huge budget for ICE mega warehouses reflects the most Trumpian mix: cronyist dealmaking in service of white nationalism... if local self-interest becomes a barrier to the expansion of Trump’s deportation regime, that’s no bad thing @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/17/w...

Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped? ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks.

Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped?... @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/17/w...

sending solidarity and gratitude to you, Alexis <3

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I have TopShop tshirts older than ICE. ffs.

Also universities.

Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants ICE agents dropped customized ace of spades playing cards, recalling a practice by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.

Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants

ICE agents dropped customized ace of spades playing cards, recalling a macabre practice by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.

theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...

“If we’re going to say it’s OK to kill so-called terrorists in the Caribbean, for actions that have traditionally been dealt with as a criminal matter, using due process — what’s to say you can’t do the same in an American city?” asked
@scanlon.house.gov

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and as ever grateful for @erininthemorning.com -- i would not learn about so many of these dreadful developments were it not for Erin's work. Highly recommend following and supporting...

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An Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill With a Cruel New Twist A new Kansas law lets those “aggrieved” by the presence of a trans person in a bathroom to file a civil suit for monetary damages.

A new Kansas law lets those “aggrieved” by the presence of a trans person in a bathroom to file a civil suit for monetary damages.

An Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill With a Cruel New Twist A new Kansas law lets those “aggrieved” by the presence of a trans person in a bathroom to file a civil suit for monetary damages.

An Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill With a Cruel New Twist: A new Kansas law lets those “aggrieved” by the presence of a trans person in a bathroom to file a civil suit for monetary damages... @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/03/k...