Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds
Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, GOP operative Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in the state again.
Environment
Climate Crimes
LA Budgeted Money For Cop Jobs While Cutting Fire Department Positions. Now the City Is Burning.
“The consistent defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” said a local activist.
Israel’s War on Gaza
EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza
“The funds to CJA are critical for building community resilience against climate change threats.”
Biden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine
Climate Justice Alliance was the only program grantee to speak out on Palestine — and the only one whose funding is delayed.
The FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists
The agency urged meat industry groups to help the feds crack down on activists for potentially violating bioterrorism laws.
Secret Recordings Show Ugly Conditions Ahead of Denver’s Slaughterhouse Ban Referendum
Advocates hope the graphic videos, which were shared with The Intercept, will help rally support for the ballot initiative.
Hurricane-Struck North Carolina Prisoners Were Locked in Cells With Their Own Feces for Nearly a Week
“We thought we were going to die there. We didn’t think anybody was going to come back for us.”
Climate Crimes
The Dirty Business of Clean Energy: The U.K. Power Company Polluting Small Towns Across the U.S
Based on dubious carbon accounting, Drax, which runs the U.K.’s biggest power plant, is rapidly expanding its wood pellet operations across America.
The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead Contamination, Putting Kids and Soldiers At Risk
An Intercept investigation reveals that the Army National Guard has known about poisonous lead dust at armories open to the public for years, but is doing little to respond.
They Protested a Military Base Expansion. So the FBI Investigated Them as Terrorism Suspects.
FBI counterterror officials went in person to Michigan to spy on “Stop Camp Grayling” demonstrators, new documents reveal.