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“Posobiec’s email arrived the day after my inquiries… This was either an incredible coincidence or a deliberate message: Publish your article and get smeared.” ow.ly/EpQp50XHpYo

Among many other things, this is a story about how real journalism works to expose the propaganda crew Hegseth has installed at the Pentagon.

"This is what it looks like when Supreme Court justices are completely unburdened by history," @pemalevy.bsky.social writes, "the logical conclusions of their own reasoning, and the real-world consequences of their own actions. And we are all along for the ride."

Sotomayor is on fire this morning, daring Noel Francisco to claim there's no quid pro quo for donations after Musk got to run wild through the federal government after becoming Trump's biggest financial backer. Francisco laughs awkwardly and pretends he doesn't understand what she's talking about

Alito in oral arguments in NRSC v. FEC: "In our much maligned, I think unfairly maligned, decision in Citizens United" So you're saying it's maligned...

Trump spent $230 million to remodel the White House. It sucks. You can support our journalism for just $5/month. It rocks. If you're able, please consider donating today! tinyurl.com/y6wzer7w

Now that SCOTUS will decide the fate of the Constitution's birthright citizenship clause, here are two pieces I wrote on the Trump admin's historically nonsensical and morally broken arguments to deny some children their lawful citizenship

The (unconstitutional) unitary executive theory imagines a robust, presumably young president taking charge of every aspect of executive branch power. But we only have elderly, enfeebled presidents here. Good piece from @pemalevy.bsky.social. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Roberts court created a roadmap by which states could enact partisan and racial gerrymanders, as long as they didn't say the race part out loud. Then Texas went and said the race part out loud. Will the GOP appointees let Texas get away with it anyway? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire www.motherjones.com/politics/202... The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

🎯🎯Must read piece on how John Roberts created the conditions for Trump’s rise and has enabled his criminality at every turn by @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Can’t believe I have to do kid pick-up instead of finishing the Jerry Smith dissent

This @pemalevy.bsky.social / @ariberman.bsky.social joint effort on John Roberts is a must-read. "The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.” This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️

Agree this is an important piece. Also: -Don't miss Lincoln Caplan's excellent piece, on same theme, last month in Harvard magazine www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem... -Every Roberts profile should point out that he was on GWB's Florida Recount team in 2000. As were Brett K, Amy CB.

Great and correct piece by @pemalevy.bsky.social. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Chief Justice John Roberts rigged our democracy, helped Trump retake power, and is now discarding legal and constitutional constraints on Trump's actions. But Roberts needs Trump, too. This symbiotic relationship means there is no hope for course correction. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"From the end of February to August, grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated, and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine."

Magistrate judge in James Comey prosecution says prosecutorial missteps may have so tainted the grand jury process that the indictment should be dismissed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Thanks for having me on!

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Dreamers were once obvious candidates for a path to citizenship—to both sides of the aisle. Now, they’re getting picked up, detained, and set for potential deportation. @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social on DACA's betrayal.

Live TOMORROW with @olurinatti.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social. Talking about the shutdown, media's reaction to the Z-man, and what's coming down next from the Supreme Court. Don't miss! youtube.com/live/G0H11b2...

In Mother Jones, @pemalevy.bsky.social Levy offers a political economic reading (laudatory) of the Supreme Court’s tariff case.

It’s the economy, stupid

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 appointees’ conservative project.

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 appointees’ conservative project.

The Roberts Court appears poised to knock down Trump’s tariffs. As in so many other cases, they would be doing him a favor. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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...

put a stake in it www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Who wants the free version when you could pay for it

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 court’s other preferred client: the court's plutocratic patrons. @pemalevy.bsky.social breaks down the high-stakes battle in SCOTUS's tariff case.

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

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...

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? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I feel like something is off when we are learning about the literal destruction of the White House through press scoops

A fun byproduct of unitary executive theory—if the president controls everyone under him, he can demand they transfer hundreds of millions in tax dollars into his bank account

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 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve 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."

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

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. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW from @h-lev.bsky.social: As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

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

Neo-Confederacy making moves. bsky.app/profile/kris...

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...

You break it, you own it. Kudos to @akalhan.bsky.social.

Thanks to @onthemedia.bsky.social for a great conversation about how the Supreme Court is facilitating a “dual state” form of authoritarianism!