I asked @motherjones.com readers what they thought of Democrats' response to the shutdown. Let's just say...they're not happy! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Ok I didn’t realize its become socially acceptable (is it?) to bring laptops to cocktail bars and work in the midst of a packed bar… kind of strange tbh 👀😬

Distraught, betrayed, and mad as hell: Your takes on the shutdown. We asked readers to weigh in on Senate Democrats’ deal—and almost nobody is happy.

“I THINK THEY ARE SPINELESS, MEALY MOUTHED, BLOOD SUCKING, TWO FACED BOTTOM FEEDERS.” We asked readers to weigh in on Senate Democrats’ deal—and almost nobody is happy.

I asked @motherjones.com readers what they thought of Democrats' response to the shutdown. Let's just say...they're not happy! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The many, many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement

The great @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and I took a look at the many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement today... including the claims that menopause causes divorce + death, & that the FDA is leading the charge against the "male-dominated medical profession" 🫠 For @motherjones.com:

Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.” By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo

"Trump won a popular vote by less than two points and has governed like he was delivered a far greater mandate. He squandered whatever goodwill he had with the public, and MAGA’s future is now much murkier than it was a year ago." nymag.com/intelligence...

Someone please tell Marty Makary that menopause doesn't kill women or cause divorces.

Cheryl Hines—who has mostly steered clear of RFK’s antivaxx world—headlined a weekend gala for Children’s Health Defense. At the private party, which I watched from the back of the room, she praised CHD and hawked her book— proceeds which were promised to CHD. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

Michelle Obama last week, per @vanityfair.com: “When we talk about the East Wing, it is the heart of the work” of a first lady. “And to denigrate it, to tear it down, to pretend like it doesn’t matter — it’s a reflection of how you think of that role.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

State TV still state TV-ing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yheq...

Exclusive for @msnbc.com: Democrats are showing signs of life not only w/ latest election wins, but also in a groundswell of fundraising The DNC is touting a $6 million haul of small-dollar grassroots donations in October — 3x MORE than Oct ‘17 of Trump’s first term www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

“Newsom and Mamdani represent a repudiation of the practice of politics that the Democratic Party has become accustomed to.” www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Breaking MSNBC: The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.

No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.

A felon whose sentence Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term has been sentenced to 27 months in prison after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. Jonathan Braun had a long history of violence.

No, HHS, menopause does not in fact cause divorce and death, but tell us more about how great you are at women's health. @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and I wrote about how they somehow managed to mess up what should have been good news on HRT with weird claims. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The great @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and I took a look at the many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement today... including the claims that menopause causes divorce + death, & that the FDA is leading the charge against the "male-dominated medical profession" 🫠 For @motherjones.com:

Gov. Gavin Newsom keeps teasing a potential presidential run…again, and again, and again.

The grift goes on... via @zacheverson.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

“For people that are raised in a very traditional way in which a patriarchal structure is normalised, a woman (like Sheinbaum), who is a scientist, a leftist, represents all that macho men, patriarchal status quo men, in Mexico, hate.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“These luxuries and amenities … mark Ms. Maxwell more as a guest at a Trump hotel than a federal prisoner and child sex offender,” Raskin wrote. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..." www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

New @motherjones.com: Florida's attorney general filed a $350 million lawsuit against Planned Parenthood this week, alleging deceptive marketing practices over claims that abortion pills are safer than Tylenol, It's just the latest in the anti-abortion right's all-out attack against abortion pills:

"Eventually [Trump] declared, “I don’t want to hear about the affordability.”" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

A few years ago, Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a criminal and racial justice nonprofit, was awarded $3 million in federal grants to expand its work supporting community violence intervention efforts. This April, Trump's DOJ terminated its funding. Its last day of operations was August 15.

Florida takes on Planned Parenthood

A promising experimental solution to street crisis in San Francisco www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

Gov. Gavin Newsom keeps teasing a potential presidential run…again, and again, and again.

While we're waiting to watch (eep, I hope) a new generation sweep into political power -- in some cases, against the wishes of Democratic elders -- here's the piece I published yesterday on the party's gerontocracy:

"After a campaign marked by attacks over his Muslim faith, his youth and his left-leaning politics, Mr. Mamdani was defiant: “I refuse to apologize for any of this.”" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

New @motherjones.com: Florida's attorney general filed a $350 million lawsuit against Planned Parenthood this week, alleging deceptive marketing practices over claims that abortion pills are safer than Tylenol, It's just the latest in the anti-abortion right's all-out attack against abortion pills:

Trump’s DOJ cancelled community violence intervention grants for local programs working to build public safety. @ejusa.bsky.social couldn’t survive the cuts—& former staff expect other anti-violence orgs will also shutter. “We’re just the tip of the iceberg,” the ED told me. New @motherjones.com:

"Officials in the Trump administration have also been exploring ways for the federal government to direct funding toward teaching more women of reproductive age to accurately identify their fertile windows, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

As he explained in an interview with NBC News last month: “I put a mirror up to [Trump’s] madness.”

Newsom continues teasing a presidential run Yesterday in Texas, Rep. Al Green introduced him as “a future president of the United States of America.” And in an interview with @jaketapper.bsky.social that aired today, he previewed a message based on affordability. New @motherjones.com:

This was… a lot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...

"Many fear these efforts by the Trump administration—which has prioritized a tough-on-crime approach heavily dependent on law enforcement—will both undo the progress they helped create and leave communities with fewer options for reducing crime."

“Beyond the beatings, tear gas and trips to the isolation room, the men said they were mocked or ignored by medical personnel, forced to spend 24 hours a day under harsh lights and made to drink from wells of fetid water.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

“Within days of her arrival at a Texas prison camp in early August, Ghislaine Maxwell gushed in emails to her friends and family over the cleanliness and safety of her new surroundings… Maxwell was moved days after meeting with Deputy AG Todd Blanche in July.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

extra extra right wing knuckleheads are at their election bullshit again and I've written the same thing one billionty times. www.msnbc.com/politics/liv...

Holy moly! Nice reporting here from @juddlegum.bsky.social / @popular.info, republished by @motherjones.com

I hadn't read this before: "[...] states newly covered by the PWFA saw a 3.2 percent increase in births, suggesting that the law has helped reduce miscarriage rates by nearly 9.6 percent. The latest from @julialurie.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Tuesday “was also a test of how well the Democratic Party was recovering in the places where it has suffered the most.” Turns out Mamdani got more votes than Harris in several areas—a major victory for an off-year election w/, in some places, lower turnout.