Michael Bell, sentenced to death for murder, spent time at a Florida reform school so violent that the state later apologized for the abuse and paid millions to the victims. Bell is among at least 34 boys from Dozier who ended up on Florida’s death row:

Tell that to my back.

"Mientras Trump defiende a los trabajadores extranjeros en TV, su empresa busca cifra récord para 2025" me, para Forbes

They came to the United States as kids. Now, Trump is targeting them for deportation. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s vendetta against EVs is driving up costs for every vehicle owners www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Republican mad libs: Kid Rock had Donald Trump appoint Mike Johnson’s landlord to the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

I wrote this last year. I guess I wasn't reaching. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Note: By my count, this brings number of clergy who claim to have been and/or have been *filmed* being hit with projectiles shot by ICE/DHS or Illinois state police to *7.*

If the Trump administration wants more babies, it shouldn’t let poor families go hungry www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

On tariffs, the Supreme Court must choose between the president and their plutocratic patrons www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Data from ICE shows that none of its agents have ever been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s more than two-decade history.

With no word leaking out on a deal, it kinda feels like negotiators are putting off studying for the big test and are going to *cram* in the last minute for the big test.

ICYMI, the Utah State Engineer is warning people of a possible worst-case scenario if negotiations over the Colorado River fall apart. It includes curtailments (including to a not-so-insignificant part of the Wasatch Front’s drinking water supply): www.fox13now.com/news/colorad... #utpol #Utah

This is so utterly depressing.

Sean Duffy once danced naked on MTV's "Real World." Now he's using official government resources to make religious videos and promote Christianity through the Transportation Department. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: I spoke with the inestimable Terry Gross (!) on @nprfreshair.bsky.social about my year-long investigation of Russ Vought, the "shadow president" of Trump's second presidency. Listen here: www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...

The Justice Department targets cartels by prosecuting them. Since January, federal drug prosecutions have dropped to their slowest pace in decades. That enforcement pullback was steepest for the types of cases used to go after higher-level traffickers. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

it's the unitary executive, the tribune of the people, the all-powerful sovereign, the sun and the moon. it can bomb fishermen and deport citizens. but it cannot, it turns out, free up money to pay for SNAP—there are laws, after all.

Read my latest story investigating how a political action committee tried to funnel $14K in campaign donations from an Arizona Christian nationalist pastor to an Ogden City Council candidate in a scheme to circumvent campaign contribution limits.

If you’re looking to understand why Brett Kavanaugh is Trumpier than ever, look no further than how he’s feeding Donald Trump judicial nominees. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

The staid Department of Transportation is a tough place from which to launch a culture war. But with official religious DOT videos and USMMA football game prayers, Secretary Sean Duffy is giving it his best shot: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

There's a lot going on these days, so Sean Duffy may have flown under the radar. But he's been using taxpayer resources to promote Christianity in what once would have been seen as a shocking constitutional violation even during the last Bush administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sean Duffy’s holy war at the Transportation Department www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

😲 SEATTLE: Shackled at his wrists and ankles, an elderly man struggles in the cold rain to mount the slippery stairs to this Avelo jet, which will fly him to another detention facility in Texas 👀

Suggesting that Neal Katyal arguing the tariff case is a "strategic blunder" because he's a liberal is so embarrassing @postopinions.bsky.social. Among other things, it fails to mention Katyal pissed off liberals by introducing conservative Neil Gorsuch at his confirmation hearing. wapo.st/4nlTi5e

In which Tim Noah has me ready to bail out of the stock market today: newrepublic.com/article/2021... via @newrepublic.com

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.

Important to get the Epoch Times into the Pentagon! Their CFO was indicted for laundering money through the outlet last year. www.npr.org/2024/06/13/n...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go." The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Politicians whose campaigns still owe large sums, according to October FEC filings: - Newt Gingrich: $4.6 million - Al Sharpton: $925,000 - Rick Santorum: $983,000 - Mehmet Oz: $25.5 million - Mike Pence: $127,000 via @davelevinthal.com & @taylorgiorno.bsky.social www.notus.org/money/politi...

This is a terrible idea. Capitol Reef is full of fragile cryptobiotic soil that can be irreparably damaged by a single footprint. ATVs would be catastrophic. ksltv.com/environment/...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

best headline ever

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time: Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz. (1/x)

American Gulag www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Some background on the absolute monarchy where the Trump administration is now paying to imprison people deported by ICE Story here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

One woman's quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How the Border Patrol uses rodeos to recruit www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: I talked to scholars who study political contagion about how America’s freefall could affect the rest of the world. They are… concerned. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The @sltrib.com has all the deets here: www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

The Trump BLM just sold 17,000 acres of land for oil and gas leasing in Utah to a company called Bro Energy. Some of that land is around the White River, which feeds into the Colorado. Biden had halted oil drilling there but now it's back on the table. www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Pizzagate Darling Jack Posobiec is Voting Illegally in My State While he falsely accuses Democrats of fraudulently stealing elections, Posobiec is committing voter fraud himself.

There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won. newrepublic.com/article/2012... via @newrepublic.com

Today marks the 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

such a great headline

Trump's deportation machine has diverted some 42,000 crime fighters from other tasks www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you saw "Trump Rx" and immediately thought "Trump Steaks" and other grifts, well, you're right. You will not even be able to buy anything on Trump Rx; it's just a funnel to existing corporate patient assistance sites that don't touch the structural factors that keep drug prices high. From me:

“I saw several co-workers who were walked out, crying, saying, ‘How could he do this? I voted for him!’” --What happened when DOGE came for one of this Trump-loving area's largest employers--the IRS. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“The administration’s explicit goal to unleash the fossil fuel industry will also unleash plastic pollution.” RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he’s part of an administration embracing it.