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Noah Lanard

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Reporter at Mother Jones. Previously @washingtonian and freelancing from Mexico City. Now New York.

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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
David Flippo has reported putting nearly $2.5 million into his campaigns. He was also named as a debtor in relation to apparent home improvement projects during the period he was loaning heavily to his campaign. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Opening paragraphs of article about David Flippo: On March 31, David Flippo, the Republican nominee for Congress in northern Nevada, loaned his campaign $600,000, according to federal records. In doing so, he massively increased his topline fundraising numbers for a quarter—the last before Nevada’s primary elections—in which he brought in less than $20,000 from outside supporters. Within weeks, Flippo’s campaign repaid him $12,000 of the money he had lent. Two days later, Nevada public records show he was listed as a debtor to a company that specializes in financing home improvement projects. The agreement was collateralized by “FLOORING” at the Flippos’ Las Vegas home.

The financing statement is one of many transactions, detailed in records obtained by Mother Jones, that do not typically fit the profile of an independently wealthy candidate who has reported providing his campaign operation nearly $2.5 million over his past two congressional bids. Adding to the mystery over the source of his funding: Flippo, dating back to his first run for Congress, has failed to submit the required disclosures that would illuminate his personal financial position.

Flippo’s campaign did not respond to a request I sent on September 14 to discuss the missing financial disclosures. The campaign also did not respond to a follow-up that included detailed questions about Flippo’s personal and campaign finances.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The clearest example of that is George Santos.” Why David Flippo’s failure to file financial disclosures is raising red flags for campaign finance experts. Previously unreported records add new questions about major loans he has reported to his campaign. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for Congress
David Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023.
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Daniel Schulman @danielschulman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
David Flippo has reported funneling millions of his own money into his congressional campaigns. @nlanard.bsky.social reviewed loan and financing statements that raise questions about the Nevada Republican's personal and campaign finances www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for Congress
David Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: Nevada GOP congressional candidate David Flippo has failed to file legally required financial disclosures for years. Previously unreported records raise many questions about the nearly $2.5 million he has reported putting into his campaigns. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for Congress
David Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Must read piece from @nlanard.bsky.social
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Current state of the race to replace Stefanik. Constantino is being sued for suggesting a fellow conservative may have sent a hitman upstate. One of 3 friends who attended his wedding was recently arrested for allegedly kidnapping one of the other 2. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Close associates of Anthony Constantino have been accused or found guilty of kidnapping and stealing money from a youth baseball league. He's also called AOC a "fake bitch" in Spanish and rapped about Mamdani's "boy Osama." He may soon be heading to Congress. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The bizarre backstory of the Trump-endorsed sticker mogul who could be headed to Congress
“We can’t recall ever meeting a more unsuitable candidate,” one paper said of Anthony Constantino.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Anthony Constantino—a Trump-loving sticker baron, who moonlights as a boxer and rapper—may soon replace Elise Stefanik in Congress. He's also the guy behind this music video. Read below for the full story on his rise and how it explains today's GOP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh8f...
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Constantino - Trump (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by WORLDSTARHIPHOP
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Florida Republicans are voting today on whether Congressman Cory Mills should be their party's nominee for the third time. He received Trump's "Complete and Total" endorsement after everything below. And that's far from an exhaustive list. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I'm so used to stories about middle-aged Republican men dating women in their late teens that the part that really tripped me up was a congressman confusing "libel" and "slander"
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James West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Florida Rep. Cory Mills has Trump’s “complete and total” endorsement. He also has: 🚩 Accusations of stolen valor 🚩 A restraining order from an ex 🚩 A massive House Ethics investigation 🚩 More Now @nlanard.bsky.social reports that the scandal-plagued Republican might actually lose his primary.
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One of Congress’ most scandal-plagued Republicans may be about to lose his primary
Florida's Cory Mills has been accused of stolen valor, was subject to a restraining order, and is reportedly under investigation by the Justice Department. He also has Donald Trump's "Complete and…
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New: I asked Florida GOP Rep. Cory Mills if he dated a 19-year-old as a member of Congress in his 40s. His response, in part: "[A]dults are entitled to date in their attempt to find their person. Sometimes you get lucky and find that immediately, but many are not so blessed."
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A few overlooked details from my July 18 piece on Rep. Max Miller—threading them below. 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A mysterious group called the Center for Democratic Priorities spent $6.5 million backing Haley Stevens. Its sole director is "John Jones," the same name as a person tied to an AIPAC-aligned super PAC. I found many clues about who Jones may actually be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Michigan's Democratic Senate primary now has more super PAC spending than any Dem congressional primary on record. It's hard to overstate just how lopsided the spending has been in favor of Haley Stevens. Article here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You know the ICE officer who killed someone in Maine and was then accused by two ex-wives of abuse? Turns out he was likely eligible to skip a significant portion of training after ICE hired him, due to a policy change under this administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
MS Now is reporting that DOJ is investigating Cory Mills. For a sense of the many, many things they might be interested in, here's my profile from earlier this year: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
1/ Had ICE done even a tiny bit of background checking, they never would have* hired the agent who gunned down a young dad in front of his 3 yo. A deep, deep dive from @nlanard.bsky.social @samanthamichaels.bsky.social @hurwitz.bsky.social *should have www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We spoke with former friends and family of the ICE officer who reportedly killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine. Court records show how ICE gave a lifeline to a man who'd been accused of abuse by two ex-wives before becoming "voluntarily underemployed." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
read this excellent piece by @nlanard.bsky.social on a Central Valley candidate fighting to win back over Latinos who went for Trump last election: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A Bernie-backed community college professor fights for the soul of the Democratic Party
In California’s Central Valley, Randy Villegas is hoping to win back Latino voters who cast ballots for Trump.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In 2024, Trump surged among Latino voters in California's Central Valley. Now a key House primary pits a Bernie and AOC backed college prof vs a moderate state legislator supported by the DCCC and pro-Israel spending. Here's what it looks like on the ground. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A Bernie-backed community college professor fights for the soul of the Democratic Party
In California’s Central Valley, Randy Villegas is hoping to win back Latino voters who cast ballots for Trump.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Crypto Super PACs are spending massive amounts of money to buy Alabama's GOP Senate primary. The $7 million they've put in so far serves two purposes: Securing another senator and scaring everyone else into submission. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How crypto billionaires are trying to buy a Senate seat in Alabama
The country's richest industry super PAC is spending big in a deep-red state.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Must read on the rise of our AI oligarchy filled with pitch-perfect lines like this: "I reached a long gray building with earthmovers scattered around the exterior and rows of identical Cybertrucks in the parking lot. This is ­MechaHitler’s bunker." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How the American oligarchy went hyperscale
The AI boom is fueling a literal and metaphorical power grab by tech billionaires—and forcing a reckoning.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/04/2026
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has reportedly resigned from Congress right before the Ethics Committee was to announce sanctions against her. As @nlanard.bsky.social reported last week, Rep. Cory Mill is STILL hanging on despite facing a staggering number of scandals.
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Two congressmen resigned after accusations of misconduct against women. Another remains.
Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) appears set on staying in Congress as he battles a litany of scandals.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
As calls to expel Cory Mills from Congress increase, check out this profile we published of Mills based on interviews with 18 people who've known him. As one man who served with Mills in the Army told me: "I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
After Trump's threat that a "whole civilization will die tonight," I asked the White House about concerns Trump is considering using nuclear weapons. They directed me to Trump's post. Their follow-up stated: "Only the President knows where things stand and what he will do."
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Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Hey, I'm a Features Editor at New York Mag now. I'll be working on a mix of stuff, with a focus on news and politics. (You can pitch me, or belittle me, at the email in my bio.)
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/03/2026
“He was deceived by Israel” is going to be the story so many people are going to reach for and I think creating this stabbed in the back myth is going to have some really bad consequences down the line.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The on-the-record quotes in this story about Rep. Cory Mills are absolutely bananas. Sample: "When you’re a Grade A jackass and you do dumb shit and you make everybody look bad, you get remembered." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"An email exchange from...2018, shows 'HWL'...discussing AdFin with Epstein—an apparent sign that Lutnick was aware of Epstein’s involvement in the company and that he maintained a business relationship with Epstein far longer than he has acknowledged." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New: Emails and documents from Epstein files reveal Howard Lutnick and his firm had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. The two were involved in a deal for at least six years, and an email shows "HWL" discussing the investment with Epstein in 2018. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
A MOTHER JONES SCOOP! New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. This challenges his claim he had minimal contact with Epstein. The two were involved in a deal for six years, and an email shows they discussed it. @nlanard.bsky.social
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"Everybody Hates Cory": Mother Jones does a deeeeep dive into scandal-plagued stinker, #Florida Congressman Cory Mills, detailing his entanglement with sex workers, his stolen valor case & the restraining order he just got www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @motherjones.com
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Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
In the last 7 months, Cory Mills and his company have each faced their own separate and unrelated eviction lawsuits for not paying rent, AND each have had judges slap them with their own separate and unrelated restraining orders—Cory for dating violence, his company to freeze its assets
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
It takes a lot for a politician to stand out as especially sleazy in this era, but Rep. Cory Mills makes the cut. His district (Florida's 7th, suburbs between Orlando and Daytona Beach) is only rated R+5 and there's a competitive Democratic primary, so hopefully he'll be booted this year.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
My profile of Congressman Cory Mills is based on interviews with 18 people who have known the Florida Republican from his youth to the present day. There's stolen valor, a restraining order, a failed grenade company, sex workers, a Trump endorsement, and much much more. Here's what I found.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Here's a three-minute video that goes through my reporting in the profile below. The My Cousin Vinny-esque cross examination at the start alone is worth the watch.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Watch this if you want to see a sitting member of Congress say something obviously false under oath before getting hit with a restraining order. Pro tip: Don't tell a lawyer cross-examining you that your divorce hasn't filed if she is holding your divorce papers in her hand.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
You’ve got to click through to really be able to read this, but note that the box on the top right says this will actually be a two-level facility, with around 5,200 beds on the ground floor (if I’m reading the blurry text right) and around 3,100 on the “mezzanine.”
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Now that's a lede From @nlanard.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...


Over the past few months, I have spoken to over a dozen people who know Rep. Cory Mills. Nearly everyone, I found, dislikes him. Some outright despise him: “repulsive and vile,” “schmuck,” “little bitch.” Others were more formal. “I have no use for people with no honor,” an Idaho firearms instructor who worked with Mills in the Middle East told me. The most blunt was a veteran who once reported to Mills in the Army. He told me of the congressman from Florida: “I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.”
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This is just a brutal profile. It's worth noting that FL-7 is only an R+5 district ... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We watched more than 50 hours of dashcam and bodycam footage taken from the first night of the ICE sweeps in Nashville in May. During one arrest, an agent finds an immigrant's ID and notes he's a manager at a Mexican restaurant. “The guacamole is never going to taste the same,” the agent laughs.
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Tennessee said yes to ICE—and turned into a deportation state
How the feds worked with state troopers to terrorize Nashville’s immigrants.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Incredible read from @nlanard.bsky.social
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I spoke with 18 people who've known Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills. Nearly everyone, I found, dislikes him. As one Army veteran who served with Mills put it, “I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Veterans accuse him of stolen valor. His international arms company is deep in debt. He had a restraining order placed on him last year. And he's widely disliked. Read my profile of Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Excellent profile of JB Pritzker by @timothypmurphy.bsky.social that shows the family history behind his efforts to stand up to another very different billionaire www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one
Few national Democrats have pushed back as forcefully against Trump’s authoritarian crackdown. There’s a reason for that.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
spent some time in Chicago, and also at a very nice library at Yale, trying to understand JB Pritzker www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one
Few national Democrats have pushed back as forcefully against Trump’s authoritarian crackdown. There’s a reason for that.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Kudos to Mayor Mamdani. This is what economic justice looks like. And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/0…
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