The Intercept

• The Right’s “Election Fraud” Cry for Midterms Previewed in Primaries

  Spencer Pratt’s pratfall in LA, Graham Platner’s victory, prediction markets, and other takeaways from the California and Maine primary elections.

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• How Policing Teen Hangouts Became a Key Issue in D.C. Mayor's Race

  Kenyan McDuffie says DC needs to crack down on youth gatherings to stave off the Trump administration. Janeese Lewis George argues that's playing into Trump's hand.

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• Hakeem Jeffries Finally Finds a Spine: Dem Leaders Rallied Against Extending Domestic Spy Law

  Advocates welcomed centrist Democrats switching sides but warned against extending the spy law with or without Bill Pulte as spy chief.

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• A Point-by-Point Breakdown of Trump’s Failed Iran War Objectives

  None of Trump’s stated goals in his war with Iran have been achieved.

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• Scott Pelley Shows How Legacy Media Got It Wrong — Before Bari Weiss Made It Worse

  Scott Pelley describes Weiss’s horrific pro-Trump meddling, but he also shows how “both sides” journalism was already dooming our country.

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• ICE Defied Direct Order From Federal Judge and Re-Detained Elderly Palestinian

  A judge said the 77-year-old grandfather's detention was unlawful. Then ICE seized him again and tried to rush him onto a deportation flight.

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• Momentum Builds to Rein In Domestic Spying Law — Whether or Not Bill Pulte Survives as Intel Chief

  “I have been doing this a while,” Sen. Ron Wyden told The Intercept. “And I’ve never had this kind of bipartisan support.”

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• Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking

  If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?

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• In California, a Former Biden Official Will Face Fox News Personality for Governor

  A billionaire running as a progressive failed to defeat Steve Hilton, a Republican who will face Democrat Xavier Becerra in November.

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• Graham Platner Wins in Maine, Turning Anti-Establishment Fight on Susan Collins

  The Marine Corps veteran won his primary in a landslide despite a raft of negative press.

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