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"It is often the case that the individuals who commit political violence in this country have incoherent ideological backgrounds. They don’t have clear manifestos, nor do they come from a background that signals attachment to one party or the other." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

New from me: The left and right are both targeted by political violence. But the story of who carries it out is more complex. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Experts tell @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is being weaponized to serve the interests of MAGA. That means dismissing cases about trans and nonbinary people—while transforming the agency into a “grievance apparatus for white, straight, Christian people.”

I went to DC's courts this week to see what's being prosecuted under Trump's crime crackdown. Yes, there were serious charges (shootings, child porn, etc). But in between: LOTS of charges over petty things like shoving, scrapes, idol threats, & smoking joints. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is one of those moments when, if you don't have anything nice to say, you might be better off not saying anything at all.

You've heard about Project 2025. But now Trump and his allies are turning to Project 2026, their brazen plan to undermine free and fair elections and rig the midterms for the GOP. ow.ly/jOJ850WTk0z

A bill the House GOP is reportedly considering would impose criminal penalties—a $500 fine or prison for up to 30 days—for camping on public property in DC. I don't see ANY scenario in which this would reduce the # of homeless people. They'd just relocate... maybe in DC maybe just outside of it.

"To blame the unnerving prevalence of mass shootings in America on the existence of trans people here isn’t just a dangerously stigmatizing, politically motivated take. It’s also bad math." - @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social

Mass Shooters Are Not Disproportionately Transgender www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"As someone who once [allegedly] conducted an autopsy on a whale..."

Love how Nextdoor is now being utilized as an ICE warning system in DC, LA & other targeted communities. “The DC resistance [is] an array of ordinary DC residents documenting what’s happening in their neighborhoods & mobilizing pop-up actions based on the information being shared.”

Yesterday, Politico reported a “lack of street-level backlash” to Trump’s DC takeover. There IS backlash—it’s just a less formal version of it, carried out by Washingtonians with iPhones & spare time rather than by politicians marching the streets with TV cameras. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Control of the Senate could be decided in Maine. This oyster farmer is vying to unseat Susan Collins.

A Marine and Army vet, Graham Platner says he’s running his Democratic campaign on a message to “claw back wealth that was created by the labor." First, he'll need to win the party’s primary against at least two candidates. If successful, Platner will face an even greater challenge: Susan Collins.

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

The new leader of the US Institute of Peace was fired from the first Trump Admin for speaking at a conference heavily attended by white nationalists and once tweeted that “competent white men must be in charge if you want anything to work." @annamerlan.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My new story about the impending raids/arrests. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I’m hearing from multiple sources within government and advocacy groups that law enforcement will begin arresting homeless people in DC by TONIGHT. As I wrote yesterday, there are not enough shelter beds to accommodate the number of people who live outside in DC. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Some MAHA supporters are pissed that Congress is moving forward with what they see as a liability shield for pesticide makers. And they're threatening political consequences for Kennedy and Republicans in the midterms.

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In response to Republicans' plan to gerrymander Texas (and beyond), Democrats say they intend to “fight fire with fire." But their own "fairness" firewalls might stand in the way. I explain here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

1. On February 24, Extremity Care LLC, a company that sells very expensive bandages made from placentas, donated $5 MILLION TO TRUMP'S SUPER PAC Days later, Trump froze a pending rule that would BAR MEDICARE FROM COVERING EXTREMITY CARE'S PRODUCTS, which are overpriced & not backed by science.

The downstream effects of cuts to Medicaid, on which a disproportionate amount of rural residents rely, are estimated to put 380 independent rural hospitals “at serious risk of closure nationwide,” according to Families USA, a non-partisan consumer health care nonprofit.

During Covid everybody came up to their summer homes from southern MI and that’s when we all learned our closest ICU (21 miles) has 5 ICU beds and the next closest (30 miles) had 60.

When the nearest major hospital is 80+ miles away, rural hospitals (with as few as 2 ER beds) play a critical role in stabilizing trauma patients. The OBBA's $50B rural health fund won't nearly make up for the losses hospitals like these face from Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I'm a @motherjones.com reporter looking to speak with federal workers (past and present) at SAMHSA, particularly those whose portfolios included substance use disorder/fentanyl/opioids. My signal is abbyvesoulis.09. As always, you can remain anonymous. 🙏

This is a great reporting by Noah Lanard www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How a Nazi-obsessed amateur historian went from obscurity to the top of Substack

NEW: Darryl Cooper has become famous—with appearances on Tucker, profile in Times—writing about Nazism. Here is how a username associated with him described normalizing the ideas in Mein Kampf

This is the first known test of whether anti-abortion activists can use federal court lawsuits to circumvent state shield laws that have enabled abortion providers to mail abortion pills to banned states. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“If this were a trump son he’d be a MAGA folk hero." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Thank you @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social for profiling the irony in the Trump administration's purported plan to "make America healthy" while ripping away resources we all rely on to protect and advance our health. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Susan Bowlus spent years trying to prove that the Golden State Killer was behind her brutal 1979 rape. But police kept thwarting her efforts, even denying Bowlus access to her own medical records. www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

After a brief, unremarkable stint as a Navy SEAL, Shawn Ryan now has one of today's most popular podcasts. But who is Ryan? We talked to former classmates and military personnel about MAGA's favorite military influencer. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"MAHA" is a mirage. While RFK Jr. rebukes ultra-processed foods, the Trump Admin has simultaneously: ▪️ cut 2,100 NIH grants ▪️ withheld $140M fentanyl addiction crisis ▪️ enacted a law that will strip health insurance from 16M ▪️ slashed $186B from food aid www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Do not miss the latest from @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @nlanard.bsky.social on the US-Venezuela prisoner swap that sent more than 200 Venezuelans stuck in El Salvador’s CECOT megaprison back to Caracas www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I endorse. Come home Dan, you roid knucklehead

In light of the devastating Texas floods, it's relevant that the Trump admin recently clawed back nearly $900 million in grant funding already promised but not yet disbursed to states for improvements to stormwater systems and building flood control systems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Rep. @sarajacobs.house.gov, a multimillionaire, is introducing a bill that would increase her own taxes to make childcare more affordable. She talked to me about her bill + how it contrasts with the GOP's OBBB (which lowers taxes for the rich to gut the poor.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Tim's View: Attacking people’s citizenship and identity as punishment for their politics is a fascist move. It will destroy the country’s civic life if unchallenged. Challenge it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"The 'big, beautiful bill' finances largesse for the rich with austerity for the poor. It will kill tens of thousands of Americans and impoverish millions more to grant million-dollar tax cuts to Trump and other billionaires." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Good time to read @serenaalin.bsky.social's profile of Zohran Mamdani. He said: "While there may not be an ideological majority in New York City, there is a majority of New Yorkers who feel left behind by the economic policies of this mayor and by politics today.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

📍This is such an insightful piece that sheds light on all of the courageous humanitarians who are helping women since the gut-wrenching Dobbs decision three years ago.🦋

Check out Abby's epic series for @motherjones.com on all the people who make it possible for people to travel out of state to access abortion: Pilots, funders, physicians and more ⬇️

Why Dems should pay attention to today's NYC mayoral race even if they don't live there... via @timothypmurphy.bsky.social "Trump’s popular-vote victory was an earthquake. And New York City was its epicenter." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"Instead of asking which future is coming, we should be asking which future we want: one in which humans are replaced or only augmented?" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...

They're on bluesky! @elevatedaccess.bsky.social Donation link: www.elevatedaccess.org/donate

I missed this great piece by @julialurie.bsky.social last week! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🧵 Yesterday I published an exhaustive guide of the kinds of help people and organizations are offering strangers access out-of-state abortion care. Today, on the 3rd anniversary of the Dobbs decision that makes the work necessary, I am gonna delve a bit into each helper.