September 2026
NYPD Misconduct Payouts Still Soar Under Mamdani — And May Keep Growing
So far, NYPD settlement payouts under Mamdani are holdovers. Without policy changes, they might keep skyrocketing.
A Lone Juror Hijacked Deliberations. This Time, a Man Faces Execution.
While many fixated on the man who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy, Georgia is set to kill Stacey Humphreys despite “extreme juror misconduct.”
Crypto Darling Gillibrand’s 11th-Hour Flip-Flop Helps Block Trump Crypto Bill
Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to pass the bill.
Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown”
As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept.
Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI
The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich.
The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable
The Intercept and 404 Media discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.
Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones
Pro-Israel groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm got cash from Columbia University since October 7, as the school cracked down on protesters.
Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy
By railing against small-dollar donors and “purity tests,” Third Way and the Abundance Network are empowering the political elite over the rest of us.
Osama Bin Laden Won
The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true.
Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left
A far-right hacker posts in tandem with DataRepublican, the X account of Pentagon employee Jennica Pounds, about hacks against the left.