The president of Planned Parenthood Southeast, whom @byninamartin.bsky.social reported on a few months back, has resigned. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Who could have predicted that the people who seized on rumors without verifying anything would end up being completely and utterly wrong? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

New from me: Laura Loomer, Benny Johnson, and other luminaries of the right are repeating unfounded claims of self-styled internet sleuths.

Why did Donald Trump pardon a former president who was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine and taking millions of dollars in bribes? Follow the tech bros.

It was fascinating talking to @gilduran.com about the tech right, Christian nationalism, and all the convergences thereof.

Read @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's report here:

Elon Musk reposted to his 229 million followers a since-deleted tweet blaming the left for the shooting. He commented, “The murderous indoctrination needs to stop now.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

New from me: Literally nothing is known about the shooter. And yet. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A public school in Ohio is teaching a course based on the philosophy of the Weston A. Price Foundation, which holds that raw milk is healthy, Covid isn't contagious, and eating foods high in saturated fat can prevent people from being trans. www.themahareport.com/p/the-maha-c...

New from me: Whooping cough cases are skyrocketing, but CDC is silent—plus the agency's new second-in-command is the former Louisiana surgeon general, a vaccine critic who waited till two babies died of whooping cough to sent out an alert to his state. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“This has a great potential to cause harm, and I simply hope that the committee will accept its responsibility when this harm is caused,” ACIP member Joseph Hibbeln said after voting against changing the guidance. By @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The former president of Honduras was sentenced to 45 years in prison for importing 500 TONS OF COKE into the US. Trump, who allegedly hates drug traffickers, pardoned him. The reason may have to do with a Thiel-backed, tech-right deregulated zone in Honduras. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Given that 3 infants have died in an ongoing outbreak in Kentucky, I'm gonna go with yes?

New from me: The weird connection between Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras and the network state/tech right crowd: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

In case this wasn't.... matchlessly clear... RFK Jr. told the New York Times he's personally responsible for the new CDC website page claiming that vaccines may cause autism. This is a lie and Kennedy employed tortured logic to try to justify it to the paper. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like: “The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.” “I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”

An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame. But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.

Not a drill, folks. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Um

New from me: We have entered an age of polio denialism. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

But wait, there's more

Two of the far-right's favorite pseudo-intellectuals have a new show, and they appear to be trying to beat Nick Fuentes at his own game. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Totally normal thing for a state surgeon general to post

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...

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:

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...

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This is a giant yet poorly understood part of the current MAGA infighting. A (very large) faction of the pro-Israel, allegedly pro-Jewish evangelicals believe that the Jews must return to Israel to bring about Jesus' return. (And it doesn't end well for Jews.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I wrote about the far-right temper tantrums over Dems' wins. "This is worse than NYC electing a tranny," one guy wailed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My favorite part of reporting this piece was finding out that RFK Jr. once reportedly chaired a fundraiser gala to find a cure for food allergies in the form of...wait for it...a vaccine. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

During his interview with Nick Fuentes, Tucker said of Christian Zionists, "I dislike them more than anybody." “Wasn’t aware that Tucker despises me," tweeted Mike Huckabee. "I do get that a lot from people not familiar with the Bible or history. Somehow, I will survive the animosity.”

I've been allergic to peanuts, cashews, and pistachios for my whole life. It's a real pain in the butt, so I was thrilled about the news that early exposure to allergens led to food allergy rates plummeting. But RFK Jr. continues to blame allergies on vaccines. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, the maker of Tylenol, over Trump's unfounded autism claims. To see just how we got here, check out @annamerlan.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's piece breaking down the origins of this buckwild wellness myth.

Took a look at the new so-called Pentagon "journalists" w/ @annamerlan.bsky.social for @motherjones.com. Here's how they've covered their new overlord and the agency they're tasked w/ reporting on: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

To be clear, this story is NOT about another crisis pregnancy center. These exec level people—one said she was pro-life, another asked about partnering with an anti-abortion group—are now leading an actual PLANNED PARENTHOOD chapter. With @byninamartin.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

WTF has been going on at the Planned Parenthood affiliate that serves Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi???? And how is this crisis affecting repro justice work in the region? My latest w/the great @kieraevebutler.bsky.social @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

One new leader asked a colleague in an email if Planned Parenthood Southeast had ever worked with Students for Life, one of the country's largest anti-abortion groups. (As one activist noted, “That’s like asking if the ACLU has ever partnered with the KKK.”) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The American Mind, a Claremont publication, is coming for birth control, declaring in a new article by Scott Yenor that the birth control pill has had “grave consequences for our society...” 10/20/25… 1/ americanmind.org/salvo/rfk-sh...

One of the new leaders of Planned Parenthood Southeast said she was pro-life. Another complained that the group was focusing on abortion. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: With the great Nina Martin, I wrote about bombshell allegations about a Planned Parenthood chapter in the South that has been taken over by new leaders with conservative connections. One new leader has even described herself as "pro-life." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

18 months 14 newsrooms 70 journalists 1 groundbreaking investigation into a global surveillance empire whose phone-tracking software has targeted world leaders, corporate executes, journalists, activists, celebrities…and maybe even you ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE #surveillancesecrets

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation. @annaleighclark.bsky.social

Ladapo's wife believes that even children choose the harm that they experience. In fact, some children opt for “lives of sacrifice,” an insight that emerged from a vision she had of herself as a young mother with three children, each of whom she was forced to watch get burned alive at the stake.

I've worked on crazy stories, but this, with @juliannemcshane.bsky.social, might be the wildest. Joseph Ladapo, FL surgeon general who aims to end school vax laws, is influenced by 2 ppl who believe in communicating w spirits, levitating, & even weirder stuff. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I joined @juliekkohler.bsky.social on the White Picket Fence podcast to discuss the growing pronatalist movement: who's behind it, what it stands for, and its links to Christian Nationalism. Listen here: lnk.to/wpf-ep3

Today Trump and Netanyahu announced a plan for ending the war in Gaza. Here's my piece about the one group that may have more power than any other over US Israel policy: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“I am Charlie Kirk.” Last week, I spoke to a group of anti-vaccine activists rallying near the Atlanta headquarters of the CDC in support of RFK Jr. Here's what some of them had to say. Video over on X: x.com/MotherJones/...

New from me: I talked to these people outside the CDC headquarters about Tylenol, vaccines, Charlie Kirk, and going "down the truth rabbit hole"

Israeli settlers have an influential lobbyist working in Washington to push the Trump administration to okay annexation of the West Bank. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...