Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Ugly Truths About U.S. and NATO

The fact that Putin is trying to justify the unjustifiable in Ukraine does not mean we must ignore the U.S. actions that fuel his narrative.

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Putin’s Criminal Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Some Ugly Truths About U.S. and NATO

Jeremy Scahill

The fact that Putin is trying to justify the unjustifiable in Ukraine does not mean we must ignore the U.S. actions that fuel his narrative.

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Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Has Made His Worst Fears Come True

Mike Giglio

To Donald Trump, Rhodes says, the Oath Keepers are “nothing. Cannon fodder.”

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United Arab Emirates Chooses Solidarity Between Oil Producers Over Military Allies

Ken Klippenstein

“The Gulfies play the blob like a fiddle,” a U.S. intelligence official told The Intercept.

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As Europe Welcomes Ukrainian Refugees, It Leaves Other Migrants Caught “Between Two Deaths”

Max Granger

A new book describes the violence of EU-funded detention centers in Libya, exposing the racist double standard at the core of European border policy.

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Even After Acknowledging Abuses, the U.S. Continued to Employ Notorious Proxy Forces in Cameroon

Nick Turse, Alice Speri

An exclusive document sheds light on a classified Special Operations partnership with a Cameroonian unit implicated in atrocities.

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Echoes of FBI Entrapment Haunt Failed Plot to Kidnap Gretchen Whitmer

Trevor Aaronson

“It becomes really dicey when there are nearly as many informants as there are defendants,” a former federal prosecutor told The Intercept.

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Russia’s Shattered Opposition Fights to Make Its Voice Heard on Ukraine

Robert Mackey

Thousands of Russians have been arrested for protesting the war in Ukraine, but can the country’s jailed, exiled, or marginalized dissidents deter Putin?

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U.S.-Trained Officers Have Led Numerous Coups in Africa

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U.S. involvement in recent years has only further destabilized the continent.

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Losing a loved one to murder is traumatic enough. But when years later evidence emerges that casts a conviction into doubt, that’s a whole other nightmare.

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