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This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Donate We conclude our interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who has just published his memoir titled “Permanent Record.” In 2013, after quitting his job at the NSA, Snowden attempted to f…

White House officials decision to move records of the presidents calls with foreign officials to a highly sensitive and protected computer system at the National Security Council one of the revelations contained in a whistleblower complaint made public Thursd…

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The Census Bureau reports New Home Sales in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 713 thousand. The previous three months were revised up combined.  June was again revised up to a new cycle high. "Sales of new single‐family houses in A…

Subscribe to the Intercepted podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Radio Public, and other platforms. New to podcasting? Click here. The mainstream media still doesnt call our situation what it is: a climate emergency. This week on Intercepted:…

Cartoonist Scott Adams is famous for "Dilbert", for his right-wing commentary, and most recently a nauseating attempt to promote an app after the Gilroy massacre. On Twitter, journalist John Cook mocked him as "the louis farrakhan of incel white nationalists.…

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Edward Snowden did it all wrong, his critics thundered.  The former National Security Agency subcontractor should have used “other avenues available for somebody whose conscience was stirred and thought that they needed to question government actions,” then-…

CR Note: This is a repeat of earlier posts with updated graphs. A few key points:1) There is a clear seasonal pattern for house prices.2) The surge in distressed sales during the housing bust distorted the seasonal pattern.3) Even though distressed sales are…

Australian billionaire Chris Palmer has earned a reputation for being...colourful. In addition to spending AUD60m promoting the far-right United Australia Party in the last election (a party that failed to win a single seat!), he also promoted the Trumpian s…