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Government-Made Comic Books Try to Fight Election Disinformation
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:35:10 +0000

Another federal government program to fight foreign disinformation falls flat.

The post Government-Made Comic Books Try to Fight Election Disinformation appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 0 Score: 21.43 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 judge, 8.57 congress

‘Famine is setting in’: UN court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:01:10 GMT

Judges issue unanimous decision and say Palestinians are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance

The international court of justice has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where sections of the population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Israel’s claim it is not blocking aid deliveries.

A panel of judges at the UN’s top court, which is already considering a complaint from South Africa that Israel is committing genocide in the Palestinian territory, issued the ruling after an emergency measure in January obliging Israel to admit emergency aid.

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Match ID: 1 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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‘He knew it was wrong’: Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison over FTX fraud
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:38:29 GMT

Judge orders disgraced crypto mogul to forfeit $11bn in assets and says he showed no remorse for his crimes

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul who perpetrated one of the largest financial frauds in history, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11bn in assets. His lawyer reiterated a pledge to appeal the sentence the same day.

The judge, Lewis Kaplan, issued the penalty in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday. Bankman-Fried, the former chief executive of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was convicted of fraud and conspiracy to launder money late last year.

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Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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GOP official who claimed 2020 was stolen voted illegally nine times, judge rules
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:57:34 +0000

Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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GOP official who claimed 2020 election was stolen voted illegally 9 times, judge rules
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:37:50 +0000
Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, as well as investigative costs and be publicly reprimanded.
Match ID: 4 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Can a Garrick member chair an inquiry into police sexism fairly? I have my doubts | Alison
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:00:31 GMT

Sir John Mitting will rule on whether undercover officers broke the law by deceiving women like me. Yet he’s a member of a male-only club

Those of us involved in the so-called spy cops scandal have followed with interest the recent media coverage of the men-only Garrick Club and its membership list of high-profile individuals. It is not news to us that senior judges and powerful men in the security services have been members. Included among the elite was the chair of the public inquiry into undercover policing, John Mitting. Since his appointment as inquiry chair in 2017 we have been calling this out, as we believe it is an obvious conflict of interest – yet our concerns have predictably been ignored.

The inquiry had been established two years earlier by the then prime minister, Theresa May, as a direct result of investigations by women like me into the disappearances of our ex-partners, and the subsequent revelations of their true identities as Metropolitan police undercover officers. The abuse of women, and institutional sexism in the police, are fundamental to understanding the significance of this inquiry.

Alison is one of eight women who first took legal action against the Metropolitan police over the conduct of undercover officers and a founder member of Police Spies Out of Lives. A core participant in the public inquiry into undercover policing, she is one of the authors of Deep Deception – The Story of the Spycop Network by the Women who Uncovered the Shocking Truth

Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.

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Match ID: 5 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:54:48 +0000
SBF had asked for sentence of just 5 or 6 years. Prosecutors sought 40 to 50.
Match ID: 6 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:52:10 +0000
A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars.
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Judge recommends conservative lawyer John Eastman be disbarred in California
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:40:08 +0000

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Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit | Aditya Chakrabortty
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:00:26 GMT

If the high-rollers surrounding the disgraced FTX founder had any qualms about taking his money, they didn’t show it

Later today, a man who has recently turned 32 will be hauled in front of a Manhattan judge. Already convicted of huge fraud, he knows he’s going to prison. The only question is for how long. If the US government gets its way, he will not emerge before his 80th birthday.

This is the final disgrace of Sam Bankman-Fried. The judge, politicians and the world’s press will declare him one of the biggest swindlers in American history. They will note how within three years he built a marketplace for digital currencies, or crypto, that was worth around $32bn – and made himself the world’s richest person under 30. Still it wasn’t enough. He spent perhaps $8bn of his customers’ savings on luxury homes, risky investments and whatever else took his fancy.

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Match ID: 9 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
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Anti-Abortion Doctors Struggle to Explain Mifepristone Harms Before Supreme Court
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:25:52 +0000

The justices didn’t seem to buy the tenuous theory that would allow the doctors to sue the FDA over medication abortion.

The post Anti-Abortion Doctors Struggle to Explain Mifepristone Harms Before Supreme Court appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 10 Score: 15.00 source: theintercept.com age: 1 day
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University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:12:46 +0000
Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31, 2024 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.   Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research […]
Match ID: 11 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
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Judges Block US Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange—for Now
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:53:47 +0000
A high court in London says the WikiLeaks founder won’t be extradited “immediately” and the US must provide more “assurances” about any extradition.
Match ID: 12 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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Organizing Aid to Gaza Led Me to a Harsh Truth: Biden Is on Board for Ethnic Cleansing
Sat, 23 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000

I helped with airlifts in Afghanistan, aid to the Ukrainian front, and building roads in Rwanda. None of it prepared me for the challenges of Gaza.

The post Organizing Aid to Gaza Led Me to a Harsh Truth: Biden Is on Board for Ethnic Cleansing appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 13 Score: 14.29 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
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Elon Musk Fought Government Surveillance — While Profiting Off Government Surveillance
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:16:42 +0000

Musk made hay of his legal battle against secret surveillance but continued selling X user data to a company that facilitates government monitoring.

The post Elon Musk Fought Government Surveillance — While Profiting Off Government Surveillance appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 14 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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South Carolina latest state to use congressional map deemed illegal
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:25:02 +0000
The Supreme Court heard arguments on the redistricting case in October but has yet to rule, essentially running out the clock for this year’s election.
Match ID: 15 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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South Carolina to use congressional map deemed unconstitutional
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:42:52 +0000

Match ID: 16 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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GOP congressman balks at Biden’s call for Congress to fund bridge repair
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:00:41 +0000

Match ID: 17 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
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Pentagon Ignores Law Calling for Report on How It Trained So Many African Coup Leaders
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:00:22 +0000

The Defense Department blew the deadline for a mandatory briefing to Congress on coups by U.S.-trained African military officers.

The post Pentagon Ignores Law Calling for Report on How It Trained So Many African Coup Leaders appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 18 Score: 10.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
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How Andy Kim Took on New Jersey’s Political Machine
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000
In his bid for the Senate, the third-term congressman had to overcome a challenge from the state’s First Lady—and a Democratic Party system that favors the powers that be.
Match ID: 19 Score: 10.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
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New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Ann Kuster to retire from Congress
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:43:24 +0000
Kuster, who was first elected to Congress in 2012 and has served six terms on the Hill, said in a statement Wednesday that she will not seek reelection.
Match ID: 20 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Squeezed by African Coups, Biden Cozies Up to the World’s Worst Dictator
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:11:27 +0000

Famous for its repression and torture, Teodoro Obiang’s Equatorial Guinea got an aid delivery from U.S. Special Operations forces.

The post Squeezed by African Coups, Biden Cozies Up to the World’s Worst Dictator appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 21 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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Delhi chief minister to be held for six days after arrest on corruption charges
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:54:02 GMT

Judge says Arvind Kejriwal can be held until next Thursday, as his party’s leaders condemn accusations as politically motivated

An Indian court has ruled that Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, will be kept in custody for six days after his dramatic arrest on corruption charges.

Kejriwal, the top elected official for the Indian capital, was taken in by police on Thursday night as part of an investigation into an alleged scam involving kickbacks for alcohol licensing deals.

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Match ID: 22 Score: 6.43 source: www.theguardian.com age: 6 days
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U.S. Doubles Down on Defunding UNRWA — Despite Flimsy Allegations
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:19:12 +0000

Congress passed a one-year ban on UNRWA funds even as several Western countries have resumed funding for the U.N. agency that aids Palestinians.

The post U.S. Doubles Down on Defunding UNRWA — Despite Flimsy Allegations appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 23 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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Prosecute a Cop? You’ll Face Removal From Office
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:34:01 +0000

Reform-minded district attorneys like Minnesota’s Mary Moriarty are facing backlash for prosecuting police shootings and misconduct.

The post Prosecute a Cop? You’ll Face Removal From Office appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 24 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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Havana Syndrome: How the Biden Administration Is Driving Cubans Into Misery
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Protesters have taken to the street on the island, decrying power blackouts and food shortages.

The post Havana Syndrome: How the Biden Administration Is Driving Cubans Into Misery appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 25 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
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House Republicans Want to Ban Universal Free School Lunches
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:06:47 +0000

The Republican Study Committee’s annual budget also calls to permanently defund UNRWA and eliminate the National Labor Relations Board.

The post House Republicans Want to Ban Universal Free School Lunches appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 26 Score: 2.86 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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Anti-War Veterans Groups Echo Aaron Bushnell’s Demand for a Ceasefire in Gaza
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:47:20 +0000

Anger over the civilian carnage in Gaza has galvanized some veterans who experienced disastrous U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan up close.

The post Anti-War Veterans Groups Echo Aaron Bushnell’s Demand for a Ceasefire in Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 27 Score: 2.86 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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Tech Official Pushing TikTok Ban Could Reap Windfall From U.S.–China Cold War
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000

From his perch on a government commission, Jacob Helberg fearmongered about TikTok in Congress. He also works for a giant defense contractor.

The post Tech Official Pushing TikTok Ban Could Reap Windfall From U.S.–China Cold War appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 28 Score: 2.86 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
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2024 Dream with Us Design Challenge
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:41:22 +0000
February 28–April 30, 2024 Challenge Theme Responding to Natural Disasters with New Aviation A natural disaster is a type of severe weather with the potential to pose significant threat to human health and safety. Natural disasters, especially wildfires, affect everyone around the world. Some are affected directly and others indirectly. NASA’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency […]
Match ID: 29 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
Match ID: 30 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 59 days
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GOP Megadonor’s PAC Fires Off First Ads in Summer Lee’s Democratic Primary
Wed, 20 Mar 2024 21:23:23 +0000

Moderate PAC, funded by Republican megadonor Jeff Yass, became the first outside group to run ads in a contested Democratic primary.

The post GOP Megadonor’s PAC Fires Off First Ads in Summer Lee’s Democratic Primary appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 31 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
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Bezos Cuts $50M Check to Celebrity Admiral as Washington Post Flounders
Wed, 20 Mar 2024 21:18:32 +0000

The Post needs $100 million; its owner gave that amount to retired Adm. William McRaven and Eva Longoria to direct to charity.

The post Bezos Cuts $50M Check to Celebrity Admiral as Washington Post Flounders appeared first on The Intercept.


Match ID: 32 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
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AI and the Evolution of Social Media
2024-03-19T11:05:23Z

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A decade ago, social media was celebrated for sparking democratic uprisings in the Arab world and beyond. Now front pages are splashed with stories of social platforms’ role in misinformation, business conspiracy, malfeasance, and risks to mental health. In a 2022 survey, Americans blamed social media for the coarsening of our political discourse, the spread of misinformation, and the increase in partisan polarization.

Today, tech’s darling is artificial intelligence. Like social media, it has the potential to change the world in many ways, some favorable to democracy. But at the same time, it has the potential to do incredible damage to society...


Match ID: 33 Score: 1.43 source: www.schneier.com age: 9 days
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Drones and the US Air Force
2024-03-18T11:03:14Z

Fascinating analysis of the use of drones on a modern battlefield—that is, Ukraine—and the inability of the US Air Force to react to this change.

The F-35A certainly remains an important platform for high-intensity conventional warfare. But the Air Force is planning to buy 1,763 of the aircraft, which will remain in service through the year 2070. These jets, which are wholly unsuited for countering proliferated low-cost enemy drones in the air littoral, present enormous opportunity costs for the service as a whole. In a set of comments posted on LinkedIn...


Match ID: 34 Score: 1.43 source: www.schneier.com age: 10 days
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US Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:14:20 +0000
A closed-door presentation for House lawmakers late last year portrayed American anti-war protesters as having possible ties to Hamas in an effort to kill privacy reforms to a major US spy program.
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
You know that asteroid that almost destroyed Earth in the 90s? Turns out the whole thing was secretly created by Michael Bay, who then PAID Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to look heroic while blowing it up!
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Moon Landing Mission Profiles
If you pick a low enough orbit, it gives you a lot of freedom to use a lightweight launch vehicle such as a stepladder.
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Greenland Size
The Mercator projection drastically distorts the size of almost every area of land except a small ring around the North and South Poles.
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