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A photo of a CoreCivic detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas, on March 3, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit."
A photo of former Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at a Michigan Democratic Women's Caucus luncheon on April 18, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan, overlaid with the headline, "DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all."
A collage of social media posts from DHS and white nationalist accounts showing their similarities, overlaid with the headline, "ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence," and the DEK, "A newly uncovered police bulletin warns that white supremacists may interpret ICE social media content as a call to violence."
One policymaker who spoke with Rivera in July 2025 for the qualitative, fact-finding portion of the autopsy research told The Intercept that he was surprised when the report emerged with no mention of Gaza or the resulting conflicts within the Democratic coalition. He said that his group had discussed the impact of Gaza policy with Rivera at length. “Paul was very clear with us in our conversation that they had done the quantitative review,” said the politico, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue, “and that the data clearly showed that Gaza had hurt Biden and Harris.”
The bulletin compared an image from a DHS video, left, with an image circulated on social media showing a person in a “Moon Man” meme mask standing in front of a swastika.
The bulletin included a DHS post on X, left, and a white nationalist post, right, that both state, “We'll have our home again.”
A photo of a health worker monitoring visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 19, 2026, overlaid with the headline, "Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards."
A photo of Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaking with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on May 14, 2026, overlaid with the headline, "Thomas Massie Loses His Seat in a Win for Trump — and AIPAC."
A collage image of the Democratic donkey and Republican elephant with arrows, overlaid with the headline, "Who’s Spending in Your Congressional Election? We Tracked the Front Groups Fueling the 2026 Midterms." And the DEK, "Murky political spending groups tout innocuous causes like “jobs,” “democracy,” and “electing women.” Here’s a guide to who’s really behind them."
A photo of an abortion rights activist holding a box of mifepristone pills at a protest in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2024, overlaid with the headline, "A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight."
A photo of U.S. citizens, dressed in blue, being evacuated in a small boat from the MV Hondius after docking in the Granadilla Port on May 10, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain, overlaid with the headline, "CDC Didn’t Tell New York About Resident on Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise."
A photo collage of Donald Trump pointing in front of words from his new counterterrorism memo, overlaid with the headline, "How Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk."
A photo of Richard Glossip exiting a detention facility alongside his wife Lea Glossip after being granted bond while awaiting retrial Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Oklahoma City, overlaid with the headline, "“It’s Overwhelming But It’s Amazing” — Richard Glossip Released From Jail After Three Decades."
A photo of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil marching with supporters after he was released from ICE detention during a rally outside of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City on June 22, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "FBI Quietly Closed a Probe Into Mahmoud Khalil While He Was in ICE Detention."
A blue and green photo collage of various TV screenshots on Israel and Gaza, overlaid with the headline, "We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s the Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media," and the DEK, "U.S. media outlets were crucial in helping Israel sell the Gaza genocide to the American public."
A photo of John Sarcone, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, leaving Manhattan federal court on Dec. 4, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential”" and the DEK, "A legal disciplinary panel won’t disclose any details about its inquiry into John Sarcone, a Trump loyalist in New York."
A graphic titled, "Child Casualties" with the sub-hed, "CNN and MSNBC disproportionately mentioned child casualties in Ukraine compared the Gaza. The source is "How to Sell a Genocide." The timeline for the data is the first 100 days of conflict, respectively. There are a bar charts showing data for Ukrainian and Palestinian deaths. There were 262 deaths of children in Ukraine and 4,223 mentions on CNN and MSNBC. There were 10,000+ deaths of children in Gaza and 3,632 mentions on CNN and MSNBC.
A graphic titled, "'Hamas-Run' Perjorative" with the sub-hed, "News outlets qualified the Palestinian death toll by saying it came from the 'Hamas-run' or 'Hamas-controlled' Gaza Health Ministry." The data source is "How to Sell a Genocide." This is a dot and line plot with data from MSNBC and CNN collected from October 7, 2023, to January 14, 2024. It shows that the cumulative mentions of the "Hamas-run" qualifier skyrocketed after Israel bombed al-Ahli Arab Hospital on October 17.
A graphic titled, "Emotive Words in Print," with the sub-hed, "Print mdia used emotive words strictly to describe Israeli victims." The source is "How to Sell a Genocide." The timeline of the data is the first 100 days of the conflict. There are bar charts that show the number of times for each publication that the words "massacre" or "slaughter" were used by publication for both Israelis and Palestinians. Notably, there were 0 times that the words "massacre" or "slaughter" were used in reference to Palestinians for any of the publications. In the NYTimes, "massacre" was used 124 times to describe Israeli victims and "slaughter" was used 53; In Wapo, "massacre" was used 50 times and "slaughter" was used 25; in AP, "massacre" was used 80 times and "slaughter" was used 18; in CNN, "massacre" was used 43 times and "slaughter" was used 14; in Politico, "massacre" was used 12 times and "slaughter" was used 3; in USA Today, "massacre" was used 33 times and "slaughter" was used 5.
A graphic titled, "Human Shields," with the sub-head, "News outlets disproportionately referred to civilians near Palestinian militants as "human shields."" The source is "How to Sell a Genocide." The timeline for the data is the first year of conflict. The first bar chart shows the mentions of human shields in print media. There were 150 mentions of Israeli narratives in the NYTimes, but 0 of Palestinian narratives; for WAPO there were 56 Israeli narratives and 5 Palestinian; for Politico there were 22 Israeli narratives and 0 Palestinian; for Axios there were 3 Israeli narratives and 0 Palestinian. A second bar chart shows the mentions of human shields in TV media. For CNN, there were 438 Israeli narratives and 0 Palestinian; for MSNBC, there were 450 Israeli narratives and 0 Palestinian.
A graphic titled, "Right to Self-Defense," source: "How to Sell a Genocide." The sub-hed says, "News outlets gabve Israelis the "right to defend" themselves, but not Palestinians. The timeline of the data is the first 90 days of the conflict. The graphic shows two bar charts. The first shows Mentions of Israeli or Palestinian "right to defend themselves in print media." The NYT had 99 instances for Israel and 1 for Palestinian. WAPO had 54 for Israel and 0 for Palestinian. AP had 63 for Israel and 0 for Palestinian. CNN had 118 for Israel and 1 for Palestinian. Politico had 74 for Israel and 0 for Palestinian. Axios had 24 for Israel and 0 for Palestinian. USA Today had 27 for Israel and 2 for Palestinian. A second bar graph shows Mentions of Israeli or Palestinian "right to defend" themselves in TV media. The bar graph shows that on CNN and MSNBC, there were 755 Israel and 8 Palestinian.
A photo of then-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., departing a briefing on military strikes near Venezuela, on Dec. 16, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., overlaid with the headline, "Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back."
A photo of Hasan Piker, the Twitch streamer and political commentator, appearing at a May Day rally on May 1 in St. Louis to support Cori Bush’s congressional run, overlaid with the headline, "Hasan Piker Is the Democrats’ New Man on the Trail, Whether They Like It or Not," and the DEK, "Insurgent candidates like Cori Bush are tapping Piker as a campaign surrogate — but they still face an uphill battle to winning."
A photo of an Israeli soldier launching an Elbit Skylark miniature unmanned aerial vehicle near the border with the Occupied Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Sept. 30, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Portland AI Company Ships Targeting Tech to Israeli Drone Maker."
A photo of Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking during a press conference on April 2, 2026, in New York City, overlaid with the headline, "Mamdani Condemns NYC Expo Promoting Property Sales in Israeli West Bank Settlements."
A screenshot from a video U.S. Southern Command posted to X on April 26, 2026, showing a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Eastern Pacific, overlaid with the headline, "Trump’s Killing Spree Isn’t Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into the U.S."
A photo of Elon Musk arriving at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., for his lawsuit over OpenAI’s for-profit conversion, on April 30, 2026, overlaid with the headline, "Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills."