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Trump has so overwhelmed DC with air shows this year that he appears to have shut out some of the traditional “missing man” flyovers that honor veterans at Arlington Cemetery.

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From birthday celebrations to murderous dictators, Trump brings out the jets

The President's military flyovers are torturing DC-area residents.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

Abortion rates were expected to tank after Roe was overturned. Instead, medication abortion became easy to get – and it changed everything. Our latest package explores the surprising resilience of the abortion access movement—and how abortion opponents are doubling down on their hardline agenda.

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Life after Roe

How the Dobbs decision gave rise to legions of pill smugglers and abortion abolitionists.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

“There’s now all this talk about potential world-ending disasters that AI could bring. But my investigation of violent attacks from Canada to Florida and beyond shows that harm fueled by AI is already here.” Read Mark Follman's four-part investigative series here: tinyurl.com/2wmf2ezb

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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI's ChatGPT Told School Shooter How to Evade Its Own Safeguards

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

@davidcorn.bsky.social just published a book that exposes Russian disinformation operations. Now he—that is, a fake version of him—has become part of a Russian disinformation operation.

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How I got dragged into a Putin disinformation op

This just confirms the warning in my new book.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

President of Students for Life Kristan Hawkins wants to make abortion “unthinkable and unavailable.” Part of her strategy is talking to young people. But she has a problem. Most young people disagree with her completely.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h

In her latest book, Min Jin Lee, the novelist behind the hit book Pachinko, tackles dislocation and familial sacrifice to ask: Is elite schooling always a passport to a good life?

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The education of Min Jin Lee

In her latest book, the novelist tackles dislocation and familial sacrifice to ask: Is elite schooling always a passport to a good life?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

Immigration law is infamous for its impossible hours and laughable salaries, but since early 2025, the sense of purpose that animates so many immigration attorneys has been tested by the federal government’s efforts to target them—and their budgets. The ensuing chaos nearly broke them.

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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.

How legal aid groups survived the administration’s attacks—barely.

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Can a democratic socialist win in deep-red Florida? @angieforfl.bsky.social thinks so. The candidate for US Senate joins us this week to talk about her grassroots campaign for Congress and how the DSA is reshaping the midterms.

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Can a Democratic Socialist win in deep-red Florida?

Angie Nixon’s outspoken and progressive campaign for US Senate tries for an upset in the November midterms.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

After 23 years of war and occupation, the last US soldiers officially left Iraq on Wednesday, Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced in a statement on the “successful conclusion” of operations against the Islamic State organization in Iraq.

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The war in Iraq is finally over

The last of the Pentagon's "military advisers" left Wednesday, ending a 23-year presence.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

Patel, month after month, has been mostly failing at his original mission to weaponize the FBI against Trump’s political enemies, but he is certainly succeeding at turning the FBI into a laughingstock, which in some ways will likely prove even more damaging to our country over the long term.

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The disgrace and danger of Kash Patel

Here's the latest on the FBI director's raft of scandals—including, of course, the bestiality.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h

Pete Hegseth has reportedly fired 20% of the military's generals, claiming, "No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors." This toxically masculine ethos sounds straight out of the handbook of Doug Wilson, Hegseth's Christian nationalist spiritual advisor.

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Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.

Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h

Want to know where Hegseth got this hypermasculine and toxic ethos? Look no further than Doug Wilson, the self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and spiritual advisor to the Secretary of Defense.

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Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.

Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h

The president’s military flyovers are torturing DC-area residents, with locals sharing stories online of pets hiding under the couch, night workers losing sleep, and the roar of low-flying aircraft setting off car alarms.

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From birthday celebrations to murderous dictators, Trump brings out the jets

The President's military flyovers are torturing DC-area residents.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h

Even beyond the challenges about the FBI’s future, Kash Patel’s day-to-day tenure as director remains a national embarrassment, marked by ethical compromises, partisan grandstanding, and MAGA-land associations that would sink any normal presidential appointee to the FBI.

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The disgrace and danger of Kash Patel

Here's the latest on the FBI director's raft of scandals—including, of course, the bestiality.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h

On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves, a “pain compliance” tool and recent hit with ICE officers that function similarly to tasers at a lower voltage.

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California bans ICE’s favorite shock gloves

A DHS spokesperson has said the agency “will not abide” by any state ban.

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Josh Sanburn @joshsanburn.bsky.social · 12h

Our @revealnews.org guest this week: the buzzy, fiery, DSA-affiliated, comic book co-author, Democratic US Senate candidate for Florida and "biggest thorn" in Gov. Ron DeSantis' side Angie Nixon. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Can a Democratic Socialist Win in Deep-Red Florida?

Podcast Episode · Reveal's More To The Story With Al Letson · September 30 · 26m

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

About 7 out of 10 rural voters went for Trump in 2024. But now, about 8 out of 10 rural voters say the administration’s healthcare platform—which includes abandoning long-standing vaccine policies and promoting a red-meat-heavy diet—has “had a negative effect or no impact" on their communities.

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Rural voters like MAHA. They just don't think it's working.

8 out of 10 rural voters polled by the Associated Press and KFF say MAHA policies aren't helping their communities.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

Rob Sand does not want to turn a red state blue; he insists. He wants to be the candidate who gets you to stop thinking like that altogether. “There are some people who want me to be, quote unquote, ‘more of a Democrat.’ I am who I am.”

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Rob Sand says he isn’t trying to turn Iowa blue. It just might happen anyway.

In a midterms wave fueled by resistance and revenge, the Democratic candidate for governor is singing a different tune.

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Maddie Oatman @moatmanjourno.bsky.social · 10h

If you read one piece on Min Jin Lee's new novel American Hagwon, make it @inaeoh.bsky.social 's: "To hear Lee condemn the racial stereotyping of Asian Americans with such blunt rigor, in a living room sumptuously bedecked with books, was deeply satisfying." www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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The education of Min Jin Lee

In her latest book, the novelist tackles dislocation and familial sacrifice to ask: Is elite schooling always a passport to a good life?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

Russian bots are trying to impersonate us and flood your feed with misinformation. It’s never been clearer that freedom of the press is what stands between democracy and autocracy. We’re ready to keep uncovering the truth that those in power don’t want you to know. We need your support to do that:

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 11h

Despite the sabotage, legal aid groups are holding the line—on limited funds—to ensure migrants aren't forced into court alone. As one attorney put it, helping a client access due process and get a fair shot "alone is worth celebrating." Read the full story by @kpaoletta.bsky.social:

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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.

How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 11h

To speed up mass deportations, the Trump administration didn't just launch raids—it stripped $200M+ from nonprofit legal aid groups, bringing them to the brink of collapse. Here’s how immigrant legal defense barely survived the campaign to kneecap them:

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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.

How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

Nearly a decade after the runaway success of "Pachinko," Min Jin Lee's latest tackles sweeping themes such as education, ambition, and familial sacrifice. But tucked inside the pages of "American Hagwon" is a central question: What constitutes a good life? www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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The education of Min Jin Lee

In her latest book, the novelist tackles dislocation and familial sacrifice to ask: Is elite schooling always a passport to a good life?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h

Can a Democratic Socialist win in deep-red Florida? @angieforfl.bsky.social thinks so. The candidate for US Senate joins our friends at @revealnews.org this week to talk about her grassroots campaign for Congress and how the DSA is reshaping the midterms. Listen here: tinyurl.com/2dtcnstt

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Reveal @revealnews.org · 12h

Can a Democratic Socialist win in deep-red Florida? @angieforfl.bsky.social thinks so. The candidate for US Senate joins host @alletson.bsky.social this week to talk about her grassroots campaign for Congress and how the DSA is reshaping the midterms. Listen here: tinyurl.com/2dtcnstt

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 14h

With tens of millions of dollars in funding withheld, the bottom quickly fell out of a number of organizations. Lawyers cut clients adrift. “They were like, ‘No new clients’—and not only no new clients, but ‘No consultations, no pro se workshops, and withdraw from every single pro bono client.’”

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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.

How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h

No, our @davidcorn.bsky.social did not say, “Apparently, there’s a fissure somewhere in the US that leads straight to hell." Fake Russian bot accounts impersonating him did. Here's how David got dragged into a Putin disinformation op:

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How I got dragged into a Putin disinformation op

This just confirms the warning in my new book.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

"I asked myself, if I had one more book to write, I wanted to write about what’s most important to Koreans around the world, and it was so clear to me that it was education."

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The education of Min Jin Lee

In her latest book, the novelist tackles dislocation and familial sacrifice to ask: Is elite schooling always a passport to a good life?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h

New York’s climate superfund law would have charged fossil fuel companies $75 billion over 25 years. Last week, a judge struck it down. That ruling could offer the fossil fuel industry a roadmap for challenging similar laws.

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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.

Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h

Buried away and completely hidden out of sight in a dense forest, more than 1,600 immigrants are imprisoned here on any given day in what is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast.

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Trump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania

"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system."

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026

Iowa farmers are desperately trying to tell leaders how difficult the economy has become for small business owners. Instead of listening, Trump blames Democrats for high prices and calls polls showing competitive Congressional races "fake."

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Trump says the polls are “fake.” Iowa farmers say they’re “bleeding money.”

As Republicans face competitive midterm races, Iowa farmers sound the alarm over soaring costs.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026

Perhaps Senator Eric Schmitt was a little too hawkish during his questioning of Jack Smith today. After accusing the former special counsel of perjury over whether he’d been at a Hawks basketball game, Schmitt was hit with an awkward moment of live fact-checking.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026

Rob Sand says he isn’t trying to turn Iowa blue. It just might happen anyway. In a midterms wave fueled by resistance and revenge, the Democratic candidate for governor is singing a different tune.

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Rob Sand says he isn’t trying to turn Iowa blue. It just might happen anyway.

In a midterms wave fueled by resistance and revenge, the Democratic candidate for governor is singing a different tune.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026

After we published “ChatGPT Helped Tumbler Ridge Shooter Focus on Guns, Tactics, and Terror,” Follman got a flood of media requests to discuss his investigation uncovering how OpenAI’s chatbot had fueled the Tumbler Ridge school shooter for months up to the attack.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026

“You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” How ChatGPT fueled the violent fantasies of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter, according to our new investigation. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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