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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
Why would Peter Hegseth want to purge women from combat? Look no further than his spiritual mentor, Doug Wilson, and their ideas about "biblical masculinity." Read ‪@kieraevebutler.bsky.social‬'s full story here: bit.ly/3UM5Yd4 📹: @samveep.bsky.social
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And here is @samveep.bsky.social busting Donald Trump's history of promising voters money, and then never delivering. www.youtube.com/shorts/UGQM8...
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Your Deadbeat President Is Never Giving You $5,000
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
Your deadbeat president is never giving you $5,000.
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Your deadbeat president is never giving you $5,000
But the pledge reveals an increasingly frantic midterms strategy.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Rep. Max Miller initially declined to talk to me after a court hearing yesterday regarding his child custody case. But while his lawyer was speaking, Miller interrupted to deliver what sounded like a veiled threat against Sen. Moreno. Watch for yourself. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Rep. Max Miller initially declined to talk to me after a court hearing yesterday regarding his child custody case. But while his lawyer was speaking, Miller interrupted to deliver what sounded like a ...
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yesterday @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social and I spent hours in the courtroom with Ohio GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno, his daughter Emily, and her ex-husband, Rep. Max Miller. Following the hearing we were speaking with Miller's attorney before he intervened with some very choice words for his ex-family-in-law.
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James West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
👀 Congressman Max Miller suggests he has dirt on his ex-father-in-law Senator Bernie Moreno in a rare interview with @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social after a custody hearing in Cleveland on Wednesday. WATCH:
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Max Miller Just Suggested He Has Dirt on Bernie Moreno
“There are certain things that he would like me to remain quiet about.” A heated scene unfolded at the Cuyahoga County family court in Cleveland on Wednesday, as the key players in a bitter dispute…
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alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
At the rally outside Barclays Center hosted by Trans Safety Alliance NYC before the NY Liberty vs. Indiana Fever game tonight. About 100 folks are here as anti-trans attacks targets women's basketball—a league with no openly trans women players.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NEW: Regarding the claims that Rep. Max Miller withheld his toddler's "blue bunny," I have some new screenshots suggesting there was a pattern of Miller not giving the bunny back. There were pleas from multiple people on multiple dates. (Thread: 1/8)
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
New reporting from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social with video by me on the Max Miller scandal. Check it out
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
NEW: Police Footage Shows Rep. Max Miller Downplaying His Daughter’s Broken Collarbone. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Police footage shows Rep. Max Miller downplaying his daughter’s broken collarbone.
Go inside the room as detectives probe the abuse allegations.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Why did Maine dems back a guy with a Nazi tattoo, sexts, and racist Reddit posts? Everyday Americans are often willing to overlook discretions for a candidate who isn't "looking down on them." My conversation with Musa al-Gharbi on why wokeness is a dead end. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Why the scandal-ridden Democrat with a Nazi tattoo won Maine’s Senate primary
According to the Stony Brook sociology professor who wrote the book unpacking why wokeness is a dead end.
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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Babe wake up they’re gooping the drones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Gwyneth Paltrow just goopified drone warfare
Is warmongering really that bad?
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Hey, @samveep.bsky.social & I won a Telly for this video report on a $25K payment Kash Patel got from a Ukrainian American Russian filmmaker who was part of a Kremlin-funded propaganda operation. Check it out. We still don't know where the money came from. (Giuliani got $100K from the same source.)
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The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Just dropped the biggest and baddest thing I’ve ever worked on: 22-minutes documentary into how science is rewritten by corporations and we pay the cost. Hope you queue it up for your night and give it a watch!
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The Secret Plan to Cover the World in Herbicide
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/04/2026
Beyond proud to announce that we've won a Webby Award for our coverage of ICE's Minneapolis takeover. Between January 7 and February 3, we deployed reporters to Minneapolis and brought back indelible footage. 🧵
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NEW Webby Gallery + Index
DISCOVER THE BEST OF THE INTERNET. Welcome to the NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Discover the best of the Internet and uncover trends, insights and talent that define the future of Internet excellence.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/04/2026
We're nominated for a Webby People's Voice Award for our Instagram feed, where millions saw our reporting on Minneapolis, Christian nationalism, surveillance tech, the Golden State Killer, and so much more! VOTE FOR US NOW: wbby.co/58990N
An orange poster with 30th annual Webby Awards. Below it, in bolder text, Vote for US alongside a screenshot of Mother Jones' IG Feed.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Using the r-word is just bad. Democrats should have higher standards for themselves than Trump when it comes to using a slur that MANY disabled people find offensive. Looking at you, Graham Platner. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Graham Platner claims he's changed. Why is he still using the r-word?
The left have their own ableism problems to grapple with, not just Republicans.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/03/2026
SPOTTED: Donald Trump makes an appearance at No Kings in DC. 📹 : Marianne Szegedy-Maszak
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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The AMA said surgeries should “generally be deferred to adulthood.” (The generally established guidance) The NYT characterized this as the AMA having “backed limitations on gender-related surgical treatments.” What the NYT wrote is different than what AMA said. Full stop. 1/2
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/02/2026
The article that keeps on giving:
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The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
the trump administration is taking a lot of inspiration from nazi propaganda. my new video looks at some of the most egregious examples from their feeds—and I think it's helping prime everyday people to cheer on even more awful things.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/02/2026
The US government won't stop sharing Nazi propaganda. This past year, official social media accounts from the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, and other government agencies have adopted a distinct voice online. But if you look closer, a pattern emerges.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Okay, so you wanna do a general strike? Here's some real, practical advice on how to make it happen, from conversations with various Minnesota organizers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Six vital lessons from Minnesota’s general strike
Minneapolis organizers weigh in on how to make the movement go national.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
me: uploads a clean and clear audio file of an interview in english adobe:
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Totally normal headline you see every day in functioning democracies around the world…
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Trump goes public with plan to "take over" elections
After the FBI seized 700 boxes of ballots in Georgia, the president calls on Republicans to assert control over voting "in at least 15 places.”
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Rob has been the only Evangelical I’ve run into who has been actively in the streets to witness, pray, and be a body on the frontline in the streets of Minneapolis. I hope you watch this.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Hard to say how many showed up for Alex Pretti’s vigil, but easily hundreds if not thousands. After community activists and leaders spoke at the park where they gathered, everyone marched to the site of Pretti’s killing. Streets just filled with people demanding ICE out.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Minneapolis has a song just for Kristi Noem.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/01/2026
“If Minnesota falls, everything falls. We’re done as a nation.” Fury. Grief. Anguish. Locals on the frontlines of Trump’s attack on Minneapolis are speaking out following the killing of another one of their neighbors. We’re on the ground with @samveep.bsky.social tracking the aftermath.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/01/2026
Our @samveep.bsky.social is at the scene where 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. Read his heartbreaking dispatch from on the ground.
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"It's a horror show": Anguish sweeps Minneapolis after federal agents kill another neighbor.
We're on the ground covering the aftermath.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“We’re furious that our neighbors are getting kidnapped and murdered in the streets,” a protester named John told me. “This is supposed to be America, the land of the free, and this is not freedom.” I spoke Minnesotans who showed up where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents:
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"It's a horror show": Anguish sweeps Minneapolis after federal agents kill another neighbor.
We're on the ground covering the aftermath.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I was just supposed to follow clergy leaders as they did a pilgrimage from George Floyd Square to Renée Good’s memorial. But then when we got back to the landing spot, we found out an observer had been attacked by ICE agents who had been tailing the religious leaders. From me today in Minneapolis:
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
the protect the children crowd is real quiet
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
New video from our team shows a horrifying ICE attack on a woman who says she is disabled and was just trying to get to her doctor's appointment.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The high schooler at the heart of the current case knows that the battle at the court is about much more than whether she can play track and field with her friends. “It’s just one part of a plan to push transgender people like me out of the public life entirely.”
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Supreme Court battle over trans athletes is about so much more than sports
"It's just one part of a plan to push transgender people like me out of the public life entirely."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/01/2026
In the aftermath of the ICE killing of Renée Good, Trump's admin smeared her as a “domestic terrorist." That’s despite video evidence to the contrary. Today, we joined the Manhattan thong for one of many dozens of protests held around the country this weekend. We asked protesters: What did you see?
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James West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I spoke with noturtlesoup17.bsky.social who is on the ground in Minneapolis for @motherjones.com. She's been one of the country's most prominent chroniclers of ICE escalation. We'll be featuring more of her work over the coming weeks and months. Give her a follow. www.youtube.com/shorts/7otLE...
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We’re on the Ground in Minneapolis as Tensions Flare After ICE Shooting
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A disgusting development in the story of the aftermath of Renee Good’s death. From @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social: Grok unhesitatingly fulfilled a user’s request on Wednesday to generate an image of Renee Good in a bikini—the woman who was killed by an ICE agent that morning in Minneapolis.
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Grok deepfaked Renee Nicole Good's body into a bikini
Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her.
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Katie Herchenroeder @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Grok unhesitatingly fulfilled an X user’s request to put a bikini onto the body of ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good. The chatbot, launched by Elon Musk, has been making deepfakes of a lot of other women, too. My latest in @motherjones.com: 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Grok deepfaked Renee Nicole Good's body into a bikini
Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
shocker: there's a trump-supporting billionaire who could make a shit ton of money off of the attack on venezuela
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/01/2026
Billionaire hedge funder Paul Singer, whose firm acquired oil giant Citgo at a bargain price, has much to gain from Nicolás Maduro’s ouster. On Fox News Saturday, Trump made clear that one of the motivations for Saturday’s attack was to increase the production and export of Venezuelan oil.
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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I made an information science/libraries/archives feed! Mostly for my own enjoyment but thought others may enjoy. Drawn from my growing "Libraries, Archives, & Information" list. Filtered by growing keywords list here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Comment/DM for suggestions or removals! 📖💻📜
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/12/2025
On Tuesday, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
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Doctors Without Borders among dozens of aid groups Israel moves to shut down in Gaza
Allied nations condemned the decision, warning it could halt relief operations within weeks.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I was scrolling TikTok last night and imagine my jumpscare when this is pushed into my feed??? TikTok is selling N*zi gear now I guess.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
this is just a crazy story and further proves how much power the tech bros have over the world
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James West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
A somber scene of reflection and outrage outside the Bondi Pavilion where an impromptu vigil is taking place. Prayer, intense grief, amongst Sydney’s Jewish community.
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 20/11/2025
PTFO collaborated with @msjpauly.bsky.social and @motherjones.com on an investigation into Riley Gaines. Riley’s messaging about trans athletes involves “predatory men” and “sexual assault.” But there’s an important story multiple ex-teammates at Kentucky want you to know: youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
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Riley Gaines Investigated: The Lia Thomas Race, the Coach & Why She "Doesn't Even Like" Trump | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes. So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
NEW @motherjones.com: When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Megyn Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him. Now, with Epstein, she’s claiming it’s not quite fair to call him a a pedophile because he was “into the barely legal type” of minors. ⬇️ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Megyn Kelly suddenly finds pedophilia very hard to define
When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him. Now she's splitting hairs about men "into the barely legal type."
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
um… this is scary (speaking tomorrow at the double exposure film fest in DC on how to build social short form presence!!)
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