Internal Lincoln Project Emails Show How a Charlottesville Tiki Torch Stunt Went Wrong

Democrats were accused of manufacturing a white supremacist hoax, but internal plans show that the stunt was rooted in their doomed, Trump-focused strategy.

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Internal Lincoln Project Emails Show How a Charlottesville Tiki Torch Stunt Went Wrong

Ryan Grim

Democrats were accused of manufacturing a white supremacist hoax, but internal plans show that the stunt was rooted in their doomed, Trump-focused strategy.

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EPA Withheld Reports of Substantial Risk Posed by 1,240 Chemicals

Sharon Lerner

Beginning in 2019, the EPA stopped releasing crucial toxics reports. Even agency staffers have a hard time accessing them.

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Joe Manchin May Not Have Destroyed the World Yet After All

Julian Brave NoiseCat

But now a lot will need to go exactly according to plan, an influential climate model suggests.

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NIH Officials Worked With EcoHealth Alliance to Evade Restrictions on Coronavirus Experiments

Sharon Lerner, Mara Hvistendahl

Emails show that NIH officials allowed EcoHealth Alliance to craft oversight language governing its own gain-of-function research.

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Uber Patents Reveal Experiments With Predictive Algorithms to Identify Risky Drivers

Belle Lin

Surveilling drivers under the guise of safety is a common thread in Uber’s patents. Experts warn the systems described could reinforce existing inequalities.

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House Coronavirus Committee Launches Investigation Into Organizations Pushing Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin

Micah Lee

The investigation into America’s Frontline Doctors and SpeakWithAnMD.com comes after an Intercept story revealed a right-wing network making millions.

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Joe Lieberman Urges Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to Fight Biden Agenda as He Fought Obama

Eoin Higgins

The former senator, now a leader with the dark-money group No Labels, is still proud of himself for killing the public option.

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Facing Months in Prison, Indigenous Activist Goes to Trial for Protesting Trump’s Wall

Ryan Devereaux

Amber Ortega was arrested for blocking construction on sacred lands in southern Arizona. She now faces trial in Tucson.

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Texas Admits Its Abortion Law Scheme Puts All Rights Up for Grabs

Jordan Smith

Several justices wanted to know: If Texas could craft a law to insulate its attack on abortion, what would stop other states from using the same method to target rights they disfavor?

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Cases Over Far-Right Violence Show Limits — and Opportunities — for Anti-Fascism in the Courts

Natasha Lennard

The Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial and the civil suit against organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville hold lessons about fighting fascism with the law.

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