Border Patrol agents led by Greg Bovino have used force far more often relative to assaults they've faced than anywhere else in that agency, according to a new @pogo.org & Amer. Uni. Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis of four ys of federal data www.pogo.org/investigatio...

As we were saying....

So Trump is gonna steal $230M from US taxpayers and then give it to charity? That claim, if you know anything about Trump's history with charitable giving, is downright laughable.

ICYMI: @dfriedman.bsky.social & I explored a big DHS deal being challenged in court: “the contract adds to a growing number of deals that have prompted questions about the integrity of DHS contracting."

What happens when a miscarriage is treated like a crime? That’s not a hypothetical anymore. It’s happening in the U.S. right now. 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

• Iris-scanning system that would give agents the “capability to quickly and accurately identify individuals encountered during ICE operations” • Lobbying by Ballard Partners, one of the most Trump-connected K Street firms • No-bid contract awarded in August

Check out our latest investigation, by @schwellenbach.bsky.social in collaboration with @russchoma.bsky.social at @motherjones.com: Clients of a Trump-Connected Lobbying Firm Keep Landing No-Bid ICE Contracts

My newest story, co-authored with @russchoma.bsky.social, is out. It's a collaboration b/t @pogo.org & @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Quite the headline on this @annamerlan.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social joint www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

President Trump is using his time before the United Nations to once again rail against "the green energy scam" and...windmills. A good time to read how Trump's war on wind power has one very big exception, by @russchoma.bsky.social.

Here, @russchoma.bsky.social's @motherjones.com article seems to have been plagiarised Original: www.motherjones.com/politics/202... (GREAT READ BTW) Plagiarised: archive.ph/wip/EghBx web.archive.org/web/20250923... Reddit should be auto-blocking these sites and banning the guy(s) running them

This is part of a massive generative slop / plagiarism operation seemingly being run by one dude operating a bunch of similarly designed websites - "Krishna Pathak" (not sure if actual real dude) Also being syndicated on MSN. Registered at 'paper mill' address in Wyoming GenAI is the WORST

Big scoop by @carolleonnig.bsky.social & @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social. Undercover FBI agents recorded Trump border czar Tom Homan accepting $50k in cash as he promised to steer federal contracts. Trump's DOJ shut the probe down www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Trump has been using to try to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Trump family got a $2 billion deposit into their crypto company, the United Arab Emirates got a huge amount of restricted AI chips despite security concerns. Our story about how how business is being done, and influence gained, in the second Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

The royal family of grift is sucking up power, electrical and otherwise, like there's no tomorrow. And check out the very cool animated art on this story by my colleague @russchoma.bsky.social. You have to click to see it.

"Trump’s War on Wind Power Has One Very Big Exception The president’s sons are using scarce clean energy to mine for bitcoins." @russchoma.bsky.social for @motherjones.com

Q: When does the Trump family actually support wind power? A: When it provides the lowest cost energy to power one of Don Jr and Eric's crypto scams. Great reporting from @motherjones.com @russchoma.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump's war on wind power has one very big exception www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

EXCL: Donald Trump's Scottish resorts received more than £20,000 from the US government for accommodation for Secret Service agents assigned to protect his son, Eric, during a visit to Scotland earlier this year. www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...

The Trump administration has said it will drop a Biden-era plan to require airlines to compensate passengers for carrier-caused disruptions.

FHFA Director Bill Pulte's attacks on Trump targets for mortgage application missteps are drawing attention to his own issues. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

As Feds Flaunt Trump’s Takeover, DC Pushes Back -via Dan Friedman and me. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Just gonna leave this 2020 feature from @russchoma.bsky.social here:

For nearly 15 years, Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein socialized in New York and Florida before a falling out that preceded Epstein’s first arrest. What seemed to draw them together, according to those who knew them at the time, was a common interest in hitting on — and competing for — young women.

Our govt has disappeared a 82-year-old--decades after he fled torture from Pinochet's regime. He went to govt office for a new green card Then, nothing. "Inquiries to immigration officials, prisons, hospitals and even a morgue yielded no information. Leon’s name was not in ICE’s online database."

One in five Trump nominees and top officials own crypto, which the administration is now basically choosing not to regulate. Bitcoin's price has surged 70% since the election. Doesn't get more swamp-drainy than this www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... @ence.bsky.social @cqzakrz.bsky.social

President Trump owns 55 percent of Trump Intl Realty and he counts commissions earned at the firm as part of his own personal income. Now, one of the world's biggest pharma companies, in the midst of heavy lobbying push on tariffs, has listed a NYC condo it owns, with Trump's own realty firm.

Trump Org leans in on FIFA paying the US president’s company. 🏙️⚽️💰

Crucial roles were vacant at local National Weather Service offices as severe rainfall hit parts of Central Texas on Friday morning. Some experts question whether it hurt coordination with emergency officials.

Time to start writing about how unhappy the fans were… missing supporters, no cheers and a sour, angry mood in the stands. The problems go beyond the play on the field.

This. Should. Be. A. Big. Deal.

In 2017 we probably would be asking if a Swiss pharma company that has openly lobbied the admin and now has hired the president to sell their condo, amounts to an emolument www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Pharma Giant Roche Hires Trump to Sell Swanky Condo – Mother Jones

So much important information here. ‘of the approx 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult.’ ‘10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening.’

Looks like the worst part of Trump v. Musk is happening again.

Smells like phone.

2017: "President-elect Trump [is] committed to ensuring that the activities of the Trump organization are beyond reproach and cannot be perceived to be exploitive of the office of the presidency." - Trump attorney Sherri Dillon, 2025: “President Trump’s official fragrances”

👀 "Trump Media Board Member Who Led SPAC Merger Sells Nearly All His Shares" me with Brittany Lewis for @forbes.com

"Pharma Giant Roche Hires Trump to Sell Swanky Condo" @russchoma.bsky.social for @motherjones.com

NEW: @russchoma.bsky.social found another Trump conflict-of-interest. His realty firm is trying to sell a $12 million residence owned by Roche, the pharma giant w/ lots of interests in DC. If it sells, Trump's firm could pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Pharma giant Roche has spent millions lobbying in DC. Now it’s turning to the president’s realty firm for help offloading a $12 million residence.

In 2017 we probably would be asking if a Swiss pharma company that has openly lobbied the admin and now has hired the president to sell their condo, amounts to an emolument www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Pharma Giant Roche Hires Trump to Sell Swanky Condo – Mother Jones

President Trump owns 55 percent of Trump Intl Realty and he counts commissions earned at the firm as part of his own personal income. Now, one of the world's biggest pharma companies, in the midst of heavy lobbying push on tariffs, has listed a NYC condo it owns, with Trump's own realty firm.

Kristi Noem seems to have pocketed money from political donors, @propublica.org reports. Maybe that’s how she could afford a $50,000 watch on her public sector salary. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

🚨 NEW from me: Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration crackdown, has a financial stake of up to a quarter million dollars in Palantir, a key ICE contractor. Experts cite conflict of interest concerns Read it @pogo.org: www.pogo.org/investigatio...

Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

Dull, placid, humid, scene awaiting parade along Constitution Ave slightly enlivened by the occasional aggressive sign.