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Schuyler Mitchell

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assistant editor at mother jones 🌀 bylines in the intercept, truthout, the lever, the baffler, etc / DM for signal

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NEW: Police are spending hundreds of thousands of opioid settlement dollars on Flock cameras and other AI-powered license plate readers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Police are spending opioid settlement funds on Flock cameras
Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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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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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
There’s always another Max Miller story. (More good work from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social)
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Legal filings allege Rep. Max Miller made “false statements” to an Ohio court
The Republican is accused of misrepresenting evidence to get a civil protection order against his ex-wife Emily Moreno.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“If my brother hadn’t been deported, he might still be alive.” @hurwitz.bsky.social has a beautiful & important piece on Glendy Marisol González de la Cruz & Nixon Giovanni Pérez Paz—the St. Louis couple murdered in Guatemala last month after being deported www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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She followed ICE’s advice to self-deport. Five weeks later, she was dead.
A St. Louis mother took her three daughters to reunite with her deported husband in Guatemala. Neighbors found the couple bound and shot in a sugarcane field.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/08/2026
"A broken clavicle or collarbone in a toddler—very, very common." Watch Rep. Max Miller downplay his child's broken collarbone when questioned by Ohio detectives about domestic violence accusations in video footage obtained by Mother Jones.
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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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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
15 people in Minneapolis were indicted for “conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer.” The prosecutor couldn’t name a single instance in which they actually injured anyone, but insisted that didn’t matter.
According to the indictment, the protesters blockaded ICE facilities, followed ICE vehicles, and coordinated their activities in various group chats. (The phrase "group chat" is used 31 times throughout the indictment.) But reporters repeatedly pressed federal officials on whether the Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters indicted had ever actually injured an officer-and Rosen could only insist that that wasn't the point.
"Whether or not they actually at the end of the day caused bodily harm is not the measure of whether or not they committed a serious federal crime," Rosen said.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The inability of @nytimes.com to properly credit other journalists (in this case Abby/us) is something that of course journalists feel most dearly. But it is absolutely indicative of the arrogance that leads the paper—which is great/I support—astray and weakens the trust that people have in it.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
SCOOP: I obtained a July 2025 police report that reveals a Homeland Security task force officer surveilling and tracking protesters last summer. The report doesn't state that any of these people were under investigation for any wrongdoing. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Records reveal how Homeland Security agents surveilled ICE protesters
Spokane police documents show a DHS task force officer tracing protesters' cars, identities, and whereabouts without alleging any wrongdoing.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/07/2026
NEW: Public records shared with Mother Jones show a DHS task force officer tracing protesters’ cars, identities, and whereabouts without alleging any wrongdoing.
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Records reveal how Homeland Security agents surveilled ICE protesters
Spokane police documents show a DHS task force officer tracing protesters' cars, identities, and whereabouts without alleging any wrongdoing.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/07/2026
This administration’s embrace of conspiracy theories mirrors the growing weaponization of conspiracy charges: Both obfuscate where true power lies.
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Why Trump wants you to think all dissent is a “conspiracy”
What Pizzagate, election fraud lies, and Trump’s crackdown on antifa have in common.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
For the upcoming print issue of Mother Jones, I wrote a short essay on the word CONSPIRACY—and what Pizzagate, election fraud lies, and Trump’s crackdown on antifa all have in common. You can read it online today. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Why Trump wants you to think all dissent is a "conspiracy"
What Pizzagate, election fraud lies, and Trump’s crackdown on antifa have in common.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/07/2026
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, voted 70 percent for Trump in 2024. But when ICE bought an empty warehouse to turn into a “mega” detention center, coal-country locals fought back—fueled by decades of being treated as a "dumping ground."
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How the threat of an ICE detention center galvanized a Trump-country coal town
“We do deserve better than a plethora of data centers, detention centers, warehouses, biosolids processing plants, massive landfills.”
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
DHS has denied keeping a database of anti-ICE protesters. But I reviewed a new letter, in which ICE told @edmarkey.bsky.social it doesn't manage the "Terrorist Screening Dataset"—which is something totally different and not what anyone asked about. So...what's the deal with the database?
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ICE finds a new way to dodge Congress about a secret protester database
New letters show ICE shifting its rhetoric—and Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Max Frost demanding answers.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The FBI used software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite to secretly extract data from the phones of 13+ ICE protesters. A month later, the feds charged nine people with “conspiracy to impede or injure” officers. -via @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters’ phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“This is one of the first pages in the authoritarian’s playbook," said Tom Bowman of @cdt.org. "Identify the people who disagree with you by surveilling their free speech and association rights, and then conduct further surveillance to intimidate or suppress their speech.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/06/2026
Public records show the FBI used software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite to secretly extract data from the phones of at least a dozen protesters.
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Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters' phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
SCOOP: I obtained documents revealing the FBI used Cellebrite to extract data from at least 13 protesters' phones after a mass arrest at an anti-ICE protest in Spokane last summer. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters' phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/05/2026
A lawsuit, filed by Protect Democracy on behalf of Maine residents, centers on statements made by federal agents—including some caught on camera—warning people they would be added to a domestic terrorist database simply for observing immigration operations.
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DHS is getting sued for the truth about its "domestic terrorism watchlist"
The agency denies keeping ICE protesters in a database of terror threats—which makes certain incidents very hard to explain.
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Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case
Judge Breyer: Okay. Thank you very much. Juror 96, I think that you also have strong views. Could you set them aside?

Juror 96: I believe that in a criminal trial, I would feel morally obligated to convict. However, in a civil trial, I feel I can set those views aside.

Judge Breyer: That’s interesting.

Juror 96: I’m happy to expand.

Judge Breyer: Sure.

Juror 96: I believe it would be to the benefit of the human race were Mr. Musk to be sent to prison. However, I don’t believe a loss of several hundreds of millions of dollars in a civil trial would be even a drop in the bucket to his wealth, so it doesn’t really matter. Therefore, I would be able to consider the facts.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy May Day! I chatted with @erikloomis.bsky.social about general strikes: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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So you want to organize a general strike
Trump opponents are marking May Day with walkouts, boycotts, and marches. What's the next step?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/04/2026
@schuylermitchell.bsky.social breaks down the controversial bill at the link below ⬇️
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Congress is in chaos over a surveillance law—but the full story is classified
Trump said he was against the FISA spy program. Then he got back into office.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/04/2026
Should the federal government need a warrant to spy on US citizens? According to most interpretations of the Fourth Amendment, the answer is a simple yes. But for nearly two decades, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has created a nifty loophole. 🧵
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Congress is in chaos over a surveillance law—but the full story is classified
Trump said he was against the FISA spy program. Then he got back into office.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/04/2026
A little more than a year ago, @paperwords.bsky.social received a letter from the US Forest Service detailing plans for a new wildfire recovery project. But a single word caught his eye—and alerted him to a secret, Big Tobacco-style campaign with ramifications for our forests.
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We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/04/2026
It’s Earth Day, so seriously, check out these bald eagles.
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Justin Bieber’s Coachella Livestream Was Fine But Have You Seen These Birds
It's Earth Day, so seriously, check out these bald eagles.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Today @motherjones.com is rolling out “Power Hungry,” our package on the AI oligarchs who are upending communities and destabilizing democracy in their quest for a new level of intelligence—and riches. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How the AI oligarchy devoured America
How the AI oligarchy devoured America.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/04/2026
Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of a new American oligarchy. Since then, this system has only become more entrenched, ever concentrated around a crew of tech titans going all in on AI. Our newest cover story investigates these new AI overlords and their consolidation of power.
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How the AI oligarchy devoured America
How the AI oligarchy devoured America.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/04/2026
But could this same technology soon outsmart us all? That’s a real concern among some tech bros who want to create baby geniuses to protect us from the threat of AI. @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social reports on the new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups straight out of “Brave New World.”
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Creating baby geniuses to thwart the AI threat? (Yes, really.)
The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.”
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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Since last December, I have been obsessed with how AI has influenced polling and survey research, here is the tl;dr 1- Some researchers are using "silicon respondents" (AI bots) to simulate human responses 2- AI bots have gotten so advanced they can evade detection in some online surveys
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Polling has an AI respondent problem
Democracy doesn't know what's coming.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
“I think women’s sports always really activated the global right because of what sports success says about women’s independence.” Fascinating interview on the IOC's gender testing decision with historian @michaelwaters.bsky.social, by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:
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The ugly history behind the Olympics’ new gender test
How Nazi-era fears about gender gave rise to sex testing—and why the policy is resurfacing now.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Chatted with the brilliant @michaelwaters.bsky.social about the new sex testing policy at the Olympics—which is really a revival of an earlier regime of gender surveillance & control. His book, The Other Olympians, traces this history to the 1936 Games in Berlin. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The ugly history behind the Olympics’ new gender test
How Nazi-era fears about gender gave rise to sex testing—and why the policy is resurfacing now.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Stories about life inside ICE's family detention center in Dilley, Texas, are hard to come by. But @julialurie.bsky.social reviewed hundreds of pages of sworn oral declarations given by detained children and their parents about conditions at the facility. This is Dilley, in their own words:
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Wormy food, intimidating guards, sick kids: Inside ICE’s only family detention center
First-person accounts paint a bleak picture of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We started a major war whose goal after a month is now to fix something that was only a problem caused by starting the war
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: In a now-viral video, an ICE agent suggested to a Maine observer that she'd was going to be added to a domestic terrorism database. It wasn't until DHS was sued that the agency reminded ICE agents about the existence of the First Amendment.
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DHS waited until it was sued to remind ICE agents about the First Amendment
New legal filings reveal an internal scramble over an alleged “domestic terrorism” database.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW: Legal filings and emails reviewed by me reveal an internal scramble at DHS over its alleged “domestic terrorist” database of ICE observers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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DHS waited until it was sued to remind ICE agents about the First Amendment
New legal filings reveal an internal scramble over an alleged “domestic terrorism” database.
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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
SCOOP: The #1 "Justice Facility" architecture firm in the country, DLR Group, has committed not work on ICE detention or deportation facilities, after workers raised ethical objections to a deal to turn an an old private prison in Oklahoma into a new ICE jail. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Top architecture firm won’t design more ICE prisons after employees revolt
They thought their firm focused on humane design. Then they learned of the private detention center contract.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/03/2026
The commemorative coin line is just one of many ways that the White House has used America’s 250th anniversary as an opportunity to crusade against diversity, equity, and inclusion and rewrite America’s history in Trump’s image
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First Trump scrapped “DEI” coins. Now the new dime is losing the olive branch.
The America250 revisionism is coming for your pocket change.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026
A Saturday scoop from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: Previously unreported documents show that DHS wants to build a tool that would track personal travel data, including passenger names and their itineraries. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.
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DHS wants to build a system to surveil Americans’ travel records
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
NEW from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: DHS and the Secret Service want to build a tool for tracking US travelers’ flights and other personal information, according to previously unreported documents
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DHS wants to build a system to surveil Americans’ travel records
Previously unreported documents show the agency has asked companies for input. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
SCOOP: DHS & Secret Service are seeking input on a tool to surveil Americans’ flight records. It seems to be an attempt to recreate a controversial and now-defunct database. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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DHS wants to build a system to surveil Americans’ travel records
Previously unreported documents show the agency has asked companies for input. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
My dispatch from the Jersey suburbs: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"How am I going to sell my house with this crap in my backyard?"
ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back. @schuylermitchell.bsky.social reports from a weekend protest in New Jersey:
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"How am I going to sell my house with this crap in my backyard?"
ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
SCOOP: Previously unreported details in the Epstein files reveal Howard Lutnick & his firm had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. One email shows "HWL" discussing the investment with Epstein as late as 2018. Via @nlanard.bsky.social 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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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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Mornings with Zerlina. @zerlinamornings.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Hello Friday! Joining @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social: @motherjones.com Assistant Editor @schuylermitchell.bsky.social, Midi Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kathleen Jordan + Tara Roberts, Author of Written in the Waters! ☎️ 866-997-4748 📻 @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Ch. 127 siriusxm.us/Zerlina
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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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/02/2026
While there have always been dubious pardons for political cronies, “unprecedented” doesn’t begin to describe how Donald Trump has corrupted the power of presidential forgiveness.
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How to get away with anything: Trump’s sordid year of pardons
No president has ever forgiven this much fraud—or stiffed this many victims.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 05/02/2026
Courts have warned about the danger of the FACE Act being abused by overzealous prosecutors for years.
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The Farcical Case Against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for Protest Reporting
The Justice Department is weaponizing a law intended to protect those seeking abortions to punish reporters covering anti-ICE activism.
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Inside Donald Trump's crypto-fueled war on America history www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
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