Since September 2, Donald Trump has summarily executed 70 civilians suspected of drug trafficking in 17 separate airstrikes in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. But as The Intercept reported last week, the administration admitted in a closed-door briefing to Congress that they don’t even know the identities of the people they’ve killed. Two people who survived boat bombings were released back to their home countries because the Trump administration lacked sufficient evidence to even arrest them. In the words of one member of Congress who attended the briefing, “This is just murder.” The Intercept has broken one scoop after another exposing Trump’s illegal killing spree, and with Trump now threatening a full-scale regime change war against Venezuela, we need an urgent influx of additional funding to help expand our coverage. If you’ve saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: A high-ranking Pentagon official speaking on the condition of anonymity admitted to The Intercept weeks ago that the killings are criminal attacks on civilians. The U.N. also condemned the boat strikes, saying, “International law does not allow governments to simply murder alleged drug traffickers.” As for Trump himself, he isn’t even pretending to have a legitimate legal basis for these murders. Asked whether he will seek congressional authorization for use of deadly force, Trump declined. “I think we’re just gonna kill people,” he said. Our team of investigative journalists is breaking near-daily scoops on Trump’s illegal murder spree, as well as the chilling implications of a president claiming such boundless authority to kill virtually anyone he labels a “terrorist” without evidence or even knowing their name. But none of this is possible without your support. More than 60 percent of our budget comes from readers, and we’re asking you to make a contribution today to help expand and deepen our reporting on Trump’s illegal murder spree. If you value the high-impact investigative journalism of The Intercept, will you donate $5? 
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