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Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation?

As the numerous and obvious ethical conflicts surrounding the Clinton Foundation receive more media scrutiny, the tactic ofClinton-loyal journalists is to highlight the charitablework done by the foundation, and then insinuate — or even outright state — that anyone raising these questions is opposed to its charity. James Carville announced that those who criticize the foundation are “going to hell.” Other Clinton loyalistsinsinuated that Clinton Foundation critics are indifferent to the lives...

Bernie Sanders Denounces Brazil’s Impeachment as Undemocratic, Calls for New Elections

Vermont SenatorBernie Sanders yesterday denounced in harsh terms the impeachment of Brazil’s democratically elected president. As the Brazilian Senate heads toward a final vote later this month, Sanders described his position, set forth ina statement posted on his Senate site, as “calling on the United States to take a definitive stand against efforts to remove Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff from office.” He added: “To many Brazilians and observers the controversial impeachment process mo...

Democrats’ Tactic of Accusing Critics of Kremlin Allegiance Has Long, Ugly History in U.S.

A frequentweapon for Democrats in the 2016 election is to publicly malign thosethey regard ascritics andadversaries as Russia sympathizers, Putin stooges, or outright agents of the Kremlin. To put it mildly, this is not a new tactic in U.S. political discourse, and it’s worth placing it in historical context. That’s particularly true given how many people have now been targeted with this attack.

Strongly insinuating thatthe GOP nominee, Donald Trump, has nefarious, possiblytreasonous allegian...

The Intercept’s Olympics Guide for Identifying Brazil’s New Leaders

Withthe 2016 Summer Olympics officially opening today in Rio de Janeiro, the world’s eyes will be on the nation of Brazil. Ever since the actual, legitimate, democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff, was suspended in Aprilpendinga final impeachment vote scheduled for later this month, there has beena new set of political leaders who rule the country — from the very same center and right-wing parties, and often the very same people, whowererepeatedly rejected by voters as they sought t...

Welcome to The Intercept Brasil

When we beganourreporting on the political crisis that has engulfed Brazil, we had no idea what the impact mightbe. But the response has been extraordinary. Our articles about Brazil — both in English and Portuguese — have consistently been among The Intercept’smost-read stories, and ourBrazilian readership has grown rapidly.

It quickly became apparent to us that there is a hunger among Brazilians for alternative forms of reporting. The country — the world’s fifth most populous — has long bee...

As Israel Prospers, Obama Set to Give Billions More in Aid While Netanyahu Demands Even More

For all the chatterabout animositybetween U.S. President Barack Obama andIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,The Washington Post reports that “a senior Israeli official will arrive in Washington next week for a final round of negotiations involving the largest military aid package the United States has ever given any country and that will last more than a decade after President Obama leaves office.” The U.S. already transfers$3.1 billion in taxpayer money every year to Israel – more tha...

A fraude jornalística da Folha é ainda pior: surgem novas evidências

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Dados de pesquisa ocultados pela Folha mostram que a grande maioria dos eleitores quer a renúncia de Temer, o que contradiz categoricamente a matéria da Folha 62% dos brasileiros querem a renúncia de Dilma e Temer, e a realização de novas eleições: ao contrário dos 3% inicialmente mencionados pela Folha Dados cruciais da pesquisa foram publicados e, em seguida, retirados do ar pelo datafolha: encontrados por portal brasileiro Resposta...

Folha’s Journalistic Fraud Far Worse Than We Reported Yesterday: A Smoking Gun Emerges

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Polling data concealedbyFolhashows a large majority want Temer to resign: directly contradictingFolha’skey claim 62 percent of Brazilians want Dilma and Temer to quit and new elections held: not 3 percent asFolhastated Incriminatingdata was published, then unpublished, by Datafolha: discoveredyesterday by a Brazilian website Responsefrom Folha’s executive editor — they withheld data that was not “journalistically relevant” — cannot...

Folha comete fraude jornalística com pesquisa manipulada visando alavancar Temer

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Um dos mistérios mais obscuros da crise política que atingiu o país nos últimos meses (conforme relatado inúmeras vezes pela Intercept ) tem sido a ausência completa de pesquisas de opinião nos grandes meios de comunicação e órgãos de pesquisa do país. Há mais de três meses, no dia 17 de abril, a Câmara dos Deputados votou em favor de enviar ao Senado Federal o pedido de impeachment da presidente democraticamente eleita, Dilma...

Brazil’s Largest Newspaper Commits Major Journalistic Fraud to Boost Interim President Temer

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One of thelooming mysteries during the last several months of Brazil’s political crisis (as The Intercept has repeatedly noted)has been the complete absence of polling data from the country’s largest media outlets and polling firms. The lower house voted on April 17 — more than three months ago — to send to the Senate impeachment charges against democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff,which resulted in the temporar...