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Itâs the economy, stupid
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It was likely not lost on the justices that hours before oral arguments, Democrats won sweeping victories in off-year elections. Letting Trump go wild with tariffs might, ultimately, help unravel the GOP appointeesâ conservative project.
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It was likely not lost on the justices that hours before oral arguments, Democrats won sweeping victories in off-year elections. Letting Trump go wild with tariffs might, ultimately, help unravel the GOP appointeesâ conservative project.
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The Roberts Court appears poised to knock down Trumpâs tariffs. As in so many other cases, they would be doing him a favor.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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On tariffs, the Supreme Court's GOP justices appear ready to save Trump from himself
The administration's economic recklessness threatens Republicans' grip on power.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/tariffs-supreme-court-donald-trump/
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A different kind of Supreme Court oral argument preview: The tariffs case isn't a hard question on the law. It is a hard question if you're a GOP-appointed justice caught between your billionaire patrons and Trump's authoritarian ambitions:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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On tariffs, the Supreme Court must choose between the president and their plutocratic patrons
This case is all about power and loyalty.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/donald-trump-tariffs-supreme-court/
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Tim Murphy
2 days ago
put a stake in it
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic party into the future
This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/zohran-mamdani-wins-mayor-new-york-city-nyc-cuomo-democratic-party-schumer-jeffries-kicking-dragging-future/
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Who wants the free version when you could pay for it
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Mother Jones
3 days ago
President Trump has been on a winning streak when it comes to the Supreme Court. But tomorrow, the Trump administration will be up against the high courtâs other preferred client: the court's plutocratic patrons.
@pemalevy.bsky.social
breaks down the high-stakes battle in SCOTUS's tariff case.
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On tariffs, the Supreme Court must choose between the president and their plutocratic patrons
This case is all about power and loyalty.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/donald-trump-tariffs-supreme-court/
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How dare you assume this prosecution isn't by the book, write brand new us attorney appointed to file this case and attorney shipped in from Missouri to assist in the prosecution that the Virginia prosecutors wouldn't sign on to
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The tariff case finds the GOP-appointed justices caught between their billionaire patrons on one side and Trump on the other. Whatever legal reasoning they use to decide the case will be window-dressing. They are mediating an intra-party disagreement:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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On tariffs, the Supreme Court must choose between the president and their plutocratic patrons
This case is all about power and loyalty.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/donald-trump-tariffs-supreme-court/
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John Roberts' decisions gave the president total control over the executive branch. Trump is now using that power to pay himself $230m. Roberts claims he was promoting democratic accountability. Is this how someone who feels accountable to the public would act?
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As Trump plans to steal $230 million from taxpayers, we can thank John Roberts
Shall we call it a "Roberts reward"?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/donald-trump-justice-department-compensation-legal/
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I feel like something is off when we are learning about the literal destruction of the White House through press scoops
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A fun byproduct of unitary executive theoryâif the president controls everyone under him, he can demand they transfer hundreds of millions in tax dollars into his bank account
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Ari Berman
16 days ago
North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like
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Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged
North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/north-carolina-republicans-gerrymandering-trump-don-davis/
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"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. Theyâve had their necks kneeled on. Theyâve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear." About two dozen "said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."
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Feds use a dangerous tactic of ramming a car with their vehicle in order to stop it, then throw tear gas in a crowd, then detain a US citizen, who is a child, for hours without letting him make any calls
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The Supreme Court is about to hear oral arguments in a case over the load-bearing pillar of American multi-racial democracy: the Voting Rights Act. The GOP appointees have been chipping away at the VRA for over a decade. Now, they may finish the job.
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Voting rights are on the Supreme Courtâs chopping block
Wednesday's case pits fanciful claims of racial harmony against the reality of ongoing discrimination.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-hearing/
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Ian Gordon
23 days ago
NEW from
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: As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didnât.
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The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasnât even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didnât.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/bill-pulte-lisa-cook-letitia-james-fannie-mae-disclosure-sec/
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Micah Loewinger
26 days ago
Holy crap the
@pemalevy.bsky.social
interview is not to be missed. An eye-opening look at the Nazi-esque dual-state that SCOTUS is enabling
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Aaron Sojourner
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Neo-Confederacy making moves.
bsky.app/profile/kris...
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg
27 days ago
FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/trump-administration-cdc-layoffs.html
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Sherrilyn Ifill
27 days ago
You break it, you own it. Kudos to
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Thanks to
@onthemedia.bsky.social
for a great conversation about how the Supreme Court is facilitating a âdual stateâ form of authoritarianism!
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On the Media
27 days ago
đ»On this weekâs show: @gregsargent.
bsky.social
on Stephen Millerâs plan to âsleepwalkâ America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.
bsky.social
on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.
writes.news
on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty.
https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
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Mother Jones
27 days ago
Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a âKavanaugh stop.â Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:
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Remember, the Supreme Court okayâd this without explanation on the shadow docket
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Madison Pauly
about 1 month ago
A year and a half ago,
@hencarnell.bsky.social
and I investigated the movement to resurrect conversion therapy Now, oral arguments are about to begin in a Supreme Court case, Chiles v. Salazar, that could overturn bans in 23 states.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy is ineffective and dangerous, leading to suicidality and depression. Today, the Supreme Court will consider bringing this torturous practice back from the dustbin of history where it belonged.
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SCOTUS wades back into the war on trans kidsâand considers greenlighting conversion therapy
The science is in: The anti-LGBTQ "treatments" are ineffective and dangerous.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/chiles-salazar-transgender-conversion-therapy-scotus/
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âThe reality is that the court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.â To understand the Supreme Court's role in Trump's authoritarian project, I turned to the idea of a dual state: an authoritarian regime that keeps up a facade of normalcy
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The âdual stateâ theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianismâbut make it look like the rule of law.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/dual-state-supreme-court/
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Clara Jeffery
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We are experiencing a "dual state" phenomenon, writes
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, when "a dictator can exercise unfettered power " ensuring a "'zone of lawlessness' can swallow some, while the rest go about their lives under the protection of the law."
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The âdual stateâ theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianismâbut make it look like the rule of law.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/dual-state-supreme-court/
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My Fatherâs Daughter
about 1 month ago
essential read:
@pemalevy.bsky.social
does an excellent job of bringing it full circle & making it relatable & plain - that if read - no excuse for anyone to pretend, or think itâs temporary or it will revert back, or âit doesnât affect meâ. Your ânormalcyâ is an illusion on the verge of collapse.
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Kyle Cheney
about 1 month ago
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release.
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âThis is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm.â I spoke with
@thelisagraves.bsky.social
about John Roberts' road to Supreme Court, his legacy after 20 years as chief justice, and how he's empowered Trump.
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Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20âand the shadowy forces that built it
"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/supreme-court-john-roberts-lisa-graves/
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Is this a Kavanaugh stop? "Rodrick Johnson, 67...detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties. Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours"
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Save VOA
about 1 month ago
We are journalists, scientists, foreign aid workers, space experts, and more. Together, our voices are stronger. Check out this report by
@pemalevy.bsky.social
on
@motherjones.com
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Meet the posters behind Instagramâs federal agency alt accounts
How to defend the work of government, one meme at a time
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/alt-agency-accounts-federal-workers/
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Amidst fear and capitulation from big law, big media, and universities, here is the story of ordinary moms and federal employees who are defending their agencies, good government, and American democracy. Meet the people behind Instagram's alt agency accounts:
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Meet the posters behind Instagramâs federal agency alt accounts
How to defend the work of government, one meme at a time.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/alt-agency-accounts-federal-workers/
about 2 months ago
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Remember, Trump can order prosecutions of political opponentsâeven unlawful onesâthanks to the Supreme Court. âHe could use the DOJ to obstruct justice. He could use the DOJ as leverage for extortion.â He could order the fabrication of evidence.
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Chris Geidner
about 2 months ago
Truly appreciative of the time and care that
@motherjones.com
and
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put into this. Itâs important.
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Exhibit A
abcnews.go.com/US/trump-off...
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In Alabama, a trans civil rights lawyer is facing criminal charges; three civil rights lawyers are fighting sanctions. I spoke to
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about how federal judges came after a team of civil rights lawyers who challenged a transgender care ban
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How federal judges put a trans civil rights lawyer under criminal investigation
A "ego driven, petty" attack targets attorneys who fought a transgender care ban in Alabama.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/trans-civil-rights-lawyers-investigation/
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My latest installment in a series I should start calling "Thanks John Roberts"
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The Supreme Court greenlit Trumpâs political prosecutionsâeven the ones that are illegal
Thanks, John Roberts.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/donald-trump-political-prosecutions-supreme-court/
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Mother Jones
about 2 months ago
After Trump v. US, any attempted oversight or course correction of Trump's politically motivated investigations now runs up against his new exclusive powers. That's because, as
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writes, the Supreme Court has made clear that no other branch of government may intervene.
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The Supreme Court greenlit Trumpâs political prosecutionsâeven the ones that are illegal
Thanks, John Roberts.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/donald-trump-political-prosecutions-supreme-court/
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How will the court square letting ICE snatch people because of how they look or talk while banning the consideration of race in college admissions andâalmost certainly in the coming monthsâwhen divvying up political representation?
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The Supreme Court says colleges canât consider race. But ICE can.
So much for the justices' promise of a "colorblind Constitution."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/supreme-court-race-racial-profiling/
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Ari Berman
about 2 months ago
SCOTUS allowing ICE to racially profile will embolden Trump to use ICE & military against his political opponents, potentially demanding citizenship checks at polls & intimidating Dem voters in 2026. Already seeing such tactics with occupation of LA, DC & Chicago
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favo...
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/donald-trump-plan-to-rig-2026-midterm-elections-voter-suppression-gerrymandering-certification/
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Republicans aren't just using gerrymandering to go after Democratic seatsâthey're going after Democratic seats held by Black lawmakers. And thanks to the Supreme Court, it's about to get a lot worse.
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Republican gerrymandering targets minority voters and their representatives
Black political power is on the line.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/republican-racial-gerrymandering/
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Committee to Protect Journalists
3 months ago
An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from
#Gaza
. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement:
cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
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Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 10, 2025âThe Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...
https://cpj.org/2025/08/israel-kills-al-jazeera-journalists-in-targeted-gaza-city-airstrike/
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Don't miss
@ariberman.bsky.social
on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Actâand the right's plan to repeal it
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.
âThe long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.â
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-texas-gerrymandering/
3 months ago
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The justices are now preparing to take us back to a time when elected officials at all levels of government were white, and the rights of minorities were trampled.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know it
And they don't want you to notice.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-2/
3 months ago
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NEW: A whistleblower reveals what's really happening at US-funded Gaza aid sites.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyNu...
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Gaza Aid Whistleblower Speaks Out Amid Escalating Famine
YouTube video by Mother Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyNuwKRSXjg
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Mother Jones
3 months ago
An American-funded food distribution network provided Israel with cover as starvation spread,
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reports. âThis is Trumpâs famine."
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âThis is Trumpâs famineâ: How the US is complicit in Gazaâs suffering
An American-funded food distribution network provided Israel cover as starvation spread.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/gaza-famine-united-states-donald-trump/
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