why are you, as a member of Congress, drinking a frozen marg at Santa Rosa Taqueria at 6pm on a Thursday

'🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺 officials can further emphasize the divergent paths that Georgia faces today, and it would be a moral and strategic mistake not to.'

Nathan Kohlenberg 🎗️ and Isabella Nieminen write about Georgia's reintroduction of a notorious foreign agent law.👇

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A harrowing new report on detention in north east Syria from Amnesty. An estimated 56,000 men, women and children held in system of detention; most arbitrarily and indefinitely detained, they found.

amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

It’s a beautiful morning at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan.

I’m waiting in line with members of the press to attend the first criminal trial of a former president, Donald Trump, for Lawfare.

Follow this thread for updates 🧵⚖️

Tomorrow, jury selection is set to begin in the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. President.

Lawfare will be there to provide you with detailed reporting & analysis as Trump faces trial on 34 felony counts.

Here’s a look at what to expect from our coverage: ⬇️ 🧵1/

You are going to hear a lot about Iranian ‘Kamikaze drones’ such as the Shahed in the coming days.

Sanjana and the rest of our team wrote a brilliant visual piece if you want to understand them and the physical and psychological toll they have

airwars.org/investigation/…

Our Nova festival investigation is finalist for the The Deadline Club awards in the Digital Innovation category. Congrats to the whole team Eliza Mackintosh Katie Polglase Allegra Goodwin Benjamin Brown Teele Rebane Mark Oliver Henrik Pettersson Byron Manley deadlineclub.org/2024-awards-fi…

NEW: Princeton University's Bridging Divides Initiative has just launched a first-of-its-kind event-level dataset tracking threats and harassment against local officials around the United States. Reported events are on the rise overall, with a significant increase from 2022 to 2023.

The Western States Center, a civil rights organization that monitors extremism, described Veterans On Patrol as an anti-government 'paramilitary organization' and a 'conspiracy-fueled bigoted organization that openly aligns itself with white nationalists.”👇

Such a powerful showcase of some of the visual investigations that were submitted to the Open Source Film Awards at Centre for Information Resilience. Really looking forward to seeing the winners announced at journalism festival next week!

Incredibly inspiring work in this batch including from my teammates Sarah Cahlan Joyce Sohyun Lee and Imogen Piper ✨

NEW: Bellingcat’s Eman El-Sherbiny geolocates strikes carried out in Rafah after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan. bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/1…

NEW - Dying for a bag of flour: Videos and eyewitness accounts cast doubt on Israel’s timeline of deadly Gaza aid delivery - w/ Katie Polglase Zahid Mahmood
Eliza Mackintosh Ibrahim Dahman cnn.com/2024/04/09/mid…

CNN’s analysis of dozens of videos and testimonies from 22 eyewitnesses’ casts doubt on the Israeli military's timeline of February 29, when more than 100 people were killed and 700 injured during a food aid delivery southwest of Gaza City. edition.cnn.com/2024/04/09/mid…

Elated to share that I’ve officially joined CNN as an open-source news researcher! Special thanks to the people who’ve supported me through this process—you know who you are.

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RFK funders Steve and Tracy Slepcivic host Leigh Dundas. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

David Corn

And here's Slepcevic and cronies loaded for bear at the AZ/MX border, courtesy of anti-government, racist scam artist Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer. Oh, the company you keep...

SCOOP: Meet the husband-wife team of RFK Jr. fundraisers who hang out with J6ers, election deniers, QAnoners, Christian nationalists, and other pro-Trump extremists. He was at the Capitol during the 1/6 riot.

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A truly refreshing change to see media organizations hiring extremism experts like Avery Schmitz to support their investigation teams & OSINT work. A fantastic addition to the CNN team.

'When anti-government extremists attempt to frame themselves as charitable, “neighborhood watch” organizations, it can endanger victims, first responders, and bystanders.'