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Verdant Square Network<p>Israeli Parliament Votes for Making Apartheid Official. Fetterman: “I Haven’t Been Following It.” <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/26/fetterman-israel-annex-vote-apartheid/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/26/fe</span><span class="invisible">tterman-israel-annex-vote-apartheid/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>“Food Has Become a Memory”: My Hunger Diary in Gaza <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/26/gaza-starvation-hunger-diary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/26/ga</span><span class="invisible">za-starvation-hunger-diary/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Is AIPAC Testing the Waters to Primary Rep. Summer Lee? <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/25/aipac-summer-lee-israel-primary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/25/ai</span><span class="invisible">pac-summer-lee-israel-primary/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Starvation as a Weapon: Chris Hedges on Gaza <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/25/chris-hedges-gaza-famine-starvation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/25/ch</span><span class="invisible">ris-hedges-gaza-famine-starvation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Judge Swallows Prosecutors’ Discredited Arguments to Keep Richard Glossip in Jail <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/24/richard-glossip-bond-denied/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/24/ri</span><span class="invisible">chard-glossip-bond-denied/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Boasts Success as Palestinians Starve <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/24/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-israel-aid-starvation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/24/ga</span><span class="invisible">za-humanitarian-foundation-israel-aid-starvation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Project 2025 Data Leak Shows a Paul Ingrassia Calling for Test for Voting and Halting Immigration <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/project-2025-leak-paul-ingrassia-justice-department/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/23/pr</span><span class="invisible">oject-2025-leak-paul-ingrassia-justice-department/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cbp-border-patrol-ai-surveillance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cb</span><span class="invisible">p-border-patrol-ai-surveillance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Feds Criminalize Aiding Protests Against ICE <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/feds-criminalize-protests-masked-ice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/23/fe</span><span class="invisible">ds-criminalize-protests-masked-ice/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Trump Admin Prepares to Kick Mixed Immigration Status Families Out of Public Housing <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/22/hud-immigration-mixed-status-eviction/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/22/hu</span><span class="invisible">d-immigration-mixed-status-eviction/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>The Pentagon Won’t Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/22/military-troops-deployed-border-ice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/22/mi</span><span class="invisible">litary-troops-deployed-border-ice/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>State Cops Quietly Tag Thousands as Gang Members — and Feed Their Names to ICE <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/22/ice-gang-database-trump-deportations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/22/ic</span><span class="invisible">e-gang-database-trump-deportations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/21/israel-gaza-famine-food-aid-starvation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/21/is</span><span class="invisible">rael-gaza-famine-food-aid-starvation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>U.S. Nonprofits Funnel Millions to Israeli Army Volunteers <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/19/lone-soldiers-israel-gaza-idf/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/19/lo</span><span class="invisible">ne-soldiers-israel-gaza-idf/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Zohran Mamdani and the “Black Vote” <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/18/mamdani-black-vote-cuomo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/18/ma</span><span class="invisible">mdani-black-vote-cuomo/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach&nbsp; <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/18/litman-scotus-executive-overreach/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/18/li</span><span class="invisible">tman-scotus-executive-overreach/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>"I Said Good Morning to the Dead": Inside the Al-Baqa Cafe Bombing <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/17/i-said-good-morning-to-the-dead-inside-the-al-baqa-cafe-bombing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/17/i-</span><span class="invisible">said-good-morning-to-the-dead-inside-the-al-baqa-cafe-bombing/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>CBP Agents Can Have Gang Tattoos — as Long as They Cover Them Up <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/16/cbp-ice-trump-gang-tattoos-cecot/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/16/cb</span><span class="invisible">p-ice-trump-gang-tattoos-cecot/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Emails Reveal Oklahoma Attorney General Agreed to Release Richard Glossip <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/16/glossip-drummond-oklahoma-death-row/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/16/gl</span><span class="invisible">ossip-drummond-oklahoma-death-row/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Trump Administration Deports Five Men to Eswatini, Expanding Global Gulag in Africa <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/16/trump-third-country-deportation-eswatini-africa/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/16/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-third-country-deportation-eswatini-africa/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftistnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftistnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intercept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>