California's Prop 50 has passed... so what's next? Beyond the significance of offsetting Texas’ Trump-inspired mid-decade gerrymander, Democrats hope the momentum from Prop 50 inspires other Democratic states to take similar action. Read Ari Berman's story here: https://bit.ly/3WIvoWz

Following the worst mass killing in the state’s history, Maine has become the 22nd state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59% of voters. The latest from @markfollman.bsky.social:

🚨 COP 30 Thread 🚨 The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to 21th. This will be our thread to keep up with what is going on ⬇️

🚨Election Thread🚨 What do yesterday's elections mean for climate change, clean energy, and other environmental questions? Our partner reporters have answers. Starting with @fieseler.bsky.social on New Jersey:

New Jersey voted on Tuesday for a candidate who aims to keep the state’s climate ambitions alive. The long-held vision of offshore wind turbines being central to these goals endures—for now.

Red flag laws have had strong *bipartisan* support among voters nationally for nearly a decade. Maine is the 22nd state to add this prevention policy, approved by a strong majority of voters after the worst mass shooting in the state's history www.motherjones.com/politics/202... @motherjones.com

“The ripple effect on families, children, and communities is going to be enormous.” Cleaners, nannies, and home health aides work full-time—and still disproportionately rely on food stamps. Trump's shutdown is hitting them especially hard.

Earlier this year, Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley fled to Canada. Why? Because he studies fascism—and he believes it’s already arrived in the US. 🎧 Listen to our latest More To The Story: tinyurl.com/5v2x48ah

Things like SNAP subsidise the absurdly low minimum wage. They shouldn't need to, but they do. You can't have starvation wages and cut food assistance like this.

The Supreme Court appears poised to halt Trump’s imposition of sweeping tariffs. But what seems like a loss for Trump will, in fact, be a favor. And the GOP-appointed justices—who have spent the past 10 months giving Trump virtually everything he wants—surely know this.

"Having somebody hungry and worried about feeding their own children is an enormous amount of stress." For domestic workers who count on SNAP, Trump's shutdown is hitting hard.

In my Curtis Sliwa party report for @motherjones.com: the word “genderologies,” right-wing vigilantes, an energy healer with a pet chihuahua, universal hatred for Andrew Cuomo, and several people complimenting my bangs for some reason

As Sean Duffy threatens to cut thousands of flights a day amid a government shutdown, read @smencimer.bsky.social's look into the former reality star's holy war at the Transportation Department.

"Sliwa supporters in the room decried socialism but couldn’t muster as much hate for Mamdani as they have for Cuomo."

"Having somebody who is hungry and worried about feeding their own children is an enormous amount of stress that will impact anybody’s ability to do their job well." I spoke with @aijenpoo.bsky.social about the issues domestic workers face at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"She enthusiastically complimented my bangs and I was later disturbed to discover that she’d been arrested in 2022 for breaking into the apartment building of a New York City councilmember and vandalizing his office building with homophobic messages." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This week, Maine became the twenty-second state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59 percent of voters. It will allow families to petition a judge to remove firearms temporarily from a family member who appears to pose a threat to themselves or others.

In New Jersey, offshore wind notches a win—and dodges a bullet [via @canarymedia.com]

“The ripple effect on families, children, and communities is going to be enormous.” Domestic workers count on SNAP. Trump's shutdown is hitting hard.

We checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.

Sliwa supporters in the room decried socialism but couldn’t muster as much hate for Mamdani as they have for Cuomo.

"I study fascism. I’ve already fled America." On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”

A guy from Infowars circled the room like a vulture. People sporting 'Anti-Mamdani Social Club' shirts. Plenty of red berets, but not a single red MAGA hat in sight. This is just a snippet of Curtis Sliwa's watch party.

"A vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the earth." Former Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) didn't mince her words when asked about the president in an interview with CNN. Watch—

womp womp.

Our very own @monikab.bsky.social sat down with the Nonprofit Leadership Podcast to talk about today's troubling media landscape and discuss how transitioning to a nonprofit model could be key to its survival. Check it out!

The number one thing everyone at the Curtis Sliwa election night watch party could agree on was loving Curtis Sliwa. The number two thing was hating Andrew Cuomo. Aside from that, it was kind of a mixed bag.

An anti-Trump turn is a problem not just for the president, but also for the Republican-appointed justices.

At the Republican watch party, there was one point of political agreement: Andrew Cuomo sucks.

After Wednesday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court, it appears that a majority of the justices will vote to halt Trump’s imposition of sweeping tariffs. But a loss for Trump will, in fact, be doing him a favor.

“I hope it’s dawning on people the sobriety of this moment, what’s at stake. We can de facto end Donald Trump’s presidency as we know it.” Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to rig the midterm elections took a massive hit on Tuesday.

The red flag policy follows the worst mass killing in the state’s history.

“Everybody loves Curtis,” Sliwa told @juliannemcshane.bsky.social. “It’s just a question of getting them to vote for you.” But everybody does not, in fact, love the red beret-wearing, subway vigilante-turned mayoral candidate.

I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn’t care what you think.

I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think. "Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. New @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

On Tuesday, Democrats passed new congressional maps, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected pro-democracy judges. But, as Trump hints at ramping up his attempts to rig the midterm elections, voting rights advocates warn us that the real work is only just beginning.

Amid horrendously long lines at food banks around the country, the president is willing to let Americans go hungry.

“New York City is now a third-world metropolis wearing the Big Apple as a skin suit.”

The throughline of Mamdani’s campaign was a willingness to meet people where they were, in physical and ideological ways.

Trump’s unprecedented attempt to rig the midterm elections took a massive hit on Tuesday. Democrats struck back with their own redistricting efforts, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected Democratic judges who have ruled against Trump’s election subversion schemes.

Despite years of voter suppression efforts by the state’s Republican Party, Virginians have spoken: It’s time for GOP gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to “go somewhere and sit down.”

we were spared a longer piece from me on this because I was out of town for the official Zohran Mamdani soccer tournament, but I did think it was worth noting he pandered to soccer fans more than any candidate in American history www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

In addition to all the big obvious good news for Dems and democracy there were deeper structural wins too. From @ariberman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Last night was huge rejection of Trump's plan to rig midterms: -CA passes prop 50, giving Dems up to 5 new seats -VA elects Dem gov & leg, boosting redistricting chances -ME voters defeat voter suppression initiative -Dems retain majority PA Supreme Court www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Around the country, voters soundly reject Trump's plot to rig the next election.

In the final years of his life, Dick Cheney earned praise for breaking with his beloved Republican Party and defying Donald Trump. But Cheney, who died at 84 on Monday, never addressed the worst transgression of his decades in politics: his deployment of lies to grease the way to the Iraq invasion.

Don't tell Donald Trump, but Texas is deep into wind and solar power

The moment that made Mamdani

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today over President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on almost every nation on earth, in ever-changing amounts. But the real question before the high court? Will the conservative justices honor the president—or their plutocratic patrons?

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...