Throughout yesterday's conference, Trump and RFK Jr. framed autism as something to eliminate rather than what scientists agree it is: a spectrum of neurological differences with a wide range of symptoms.

After Trump's autism announcement, MAHA activists were frustrated that the president blamed the condition's prevalence on Tylenol, and not vaccines.

Erik Siebert, the federal prosecutor whom President Donald Trump pushed out Friday for declining to prosecute his political enemies, listed as an attorney on 675 federal cases. His replacement, Lindsey Halligan, who's Trump's former lawyer, has worked on only three.

Trump has unleashed a gold rush among private prison companies taking on immigration detention. In cash-strapped cities, like Walsenburg, Colorado, residents aren’t sure the money is worth it.

Pete Hegseth’s new grooming policy practically guarantees an unfathomable wave of terminations, with Black service members likely to face the brunt. Does the secretary know who mainly benefits from the waivers? There’s almost no way he doesn’t.

A Pokemon-themed video of ICE arrests proclaiming "Gotta catch 'em all'? A montage of memes featuring Theo Von designed to promote mass deportation? Unfortunately, this is all par for the course with the new official voice of our government: cruel, gross, and weird.

A rare bit of good news to brighten your feed 🫶

This summer, I wrote about Paul Dama, a Boko Haram survivor and award-winning restaurant manager who had been detained by ICE. Yesterday, after 3+ months in custody, Paul was granted asylum (!!) He's still in detention - DHS has until Oct 23 to appeal.

The Leahy law passed in the ’90s was designed to prevent US military aid from being used by foreign units accused of human rights violations. The author of the law tells Reveal it has never been applied to Israel because of a lack of political will.

Jimmy Kimmel is right; Donald Trump is not going to stop at comedians. "He’s gunning for our journalists, too." But while so much of corporate media caves, we are doubling down on reader-supported, non-profit journalism. Please consider supporting our mission. secure.motherjones.com/flex/mj/key/...

With James Comey reportedly about to be indicted, read all about the wildly unqualified lawyer who Trump just installed to prosecute his political "enemies" www.motherjones.com/politics/202... From @motherjones.com's @nlanard.bsky.social & @dfriedman.bsky.social

Donald Trump and his cabinet full of enablers are waging a whole-of-government retribution campaign.

"I want folks to be very aware that they're attacking these Black-led cities...that have historic reductions in violent crime.” On this week’s “More To The Story,” Brandon Scott says Trump's threats to send the National Guard are a distraction from the city’s historic efforts to reduce crime.

“There are people who have real benefits [from this care]. To deny it to people, to make people suffer unnecessarily, that’s another type of harm.” Trans health care “skeptics” lost a key ally—now they’re having a meltdown.

This is really great reporting from Mother Jones - the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine disavows the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine for misusing his work. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Folks, we've got an epistemological crisis and it's not going well www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trouble in paradise! @annamerlan.bsky.social and I wrote about how some corners of the anti-vax universe are displeased by Trump's Tylenol announcement. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Some MAHA activists are extremely frustrated that Trump has blamed the existence of autism on Tylenol, and not vaccines.

Ahem the guy who invented the term "evidence based medicine" just rebuked the most prominent anti-trans health lobby group in the world www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The anti-trans right heavily praised Gordon Guyatt as the “godfather” of evidence based medicine. He worked for SEGM and was responsible for their GRADE reviews. Now he disavows them, says evidence supports transgender youth care. Great coverage from Henry carnell.

Since 2021, the Sierra Club has been grading US utilities on their commitment to a clean-energy transition. While most utilities have not earned high marks on the group’s annual scorecards, as a whole they had been showing some progress. That’s over now.

While Jimmy Kimmel has returned to late-night, Sinclair Broadcasting's willingness to bend the knee to Trump should surprise no one. Let's revisit our 2017 feature explaining the company's right-wing ambitions:

It's predictable that Sinclair Broadcasting is doing Trump's bidding and keeping Jimmy Kimmel off the air in many US markets. They've always been in Trump's camp. And yet, it's still shocking that ANY media organization would contribute to a president's outright attack on the First Amendment.

Did you miss our Sunday Newsletter? Read it here: link.motherjones.com/view/68cc766...

As the US Marshals Service prepared for Donald Trump’s expected pardon of January 6 defendants, officials went to unusual lengths to facilitate the defendants’ travel home from the DC jail, newly obtained records show.

Donald Trump is trying to make Lindsey Halligan—his former lawyer with zero experience as a prosecutor—into the legal equivalent of a contract killer.

"I hope people understand that the grieving process is lonely, but that nobody is alone in it." In her new book, Ashley M. Jones, Alabama's poet laureate, builds a monument for the state, her late father, and Black people in America.

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown

When the best and brightest young people are encouraged to chase money and status instead of following more meaningful pursuits, that's a missed opportunity for them--and us. Elite colleges can do better, educator Evan Mandery argues in this thoughtful @motherjones.com story.

Baltimore’s homicide and violent crime rates are approaching all-time lows. So why is Trump threatening to send the National Guard in? Mayor Brandon Scott's hunch: Because the city is Democratic and Black-led. From our friends at @revealnews.org: tinyurl.com/47rwb43r

President Trump has unleashed a gold rush among private prison companies taking on immigration detention. In cash-strapped cities, residents aren’t sure the money is worth it. “We don’t want to be known as a town with a concentration camp.”

“What’s happening in Walsenburg isn’t just corrupt. It’s fascist. It’s a blueprint for authoritarianism wrapped in barbed wire and dressed up as local revival.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Elite colleges are infamous for funneling students into the Big Three—consulting, tech, and finance—high-paying fields that perpetuate status and wealth. To some young people, it feels like entrapment: “They get you before you could be exposed to other jobs.”

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night on Tuesday to a powerful standing ovation before using his opening monologue to directly condemn President Trump's aggressive efforts to bring his critics and the larger media to heel.

Pete Hegseth announced that members of the US military who need a shaving exemption for more than a year will be forced out of the service, tossing out a decades-old policy created mainly for Black and brown troops with pseudofolliculitis barbae.

Big utilities are even worse on climate than they were five years ago [via @canarymedia.com]

Baltimore’s homicide and violent crime rates are approaching all-time lows. So why is Trump threatening to send the National Guard in? Mayor Brandon Scott has an answer on this week’s More To The Story with @alletson.bsky.social. 🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/47rwb43r

US Marshals' efforts around Trump's January 6 pardons were “highly unusual"

Alabama's poet laureate reckons with personal and political grief

Students at elite colleges often arrive not even knowing what consulting or investment banking is. But aggressive efforts by schools end up pushing them into high-paying fields anyway. The psychological consequences, for some, are steep. “I feel inhuman.”

"Godsend" or "concentration camp"? A lucrative ICE deal divides a Colorado town.

Trump’s goal is to cast as wide a net as possible to vilify his critics and political foes. If Kamala Harris is a radical leftist, then just about every Democrat is a radical leftist—and a prime target for their new Red Scare.

Trump’s long history of being obsessed with eugenics set the tone for his recent press conference, where the president and RFK Jr. framed autism as something to eliminate—rather than what scientists agree it is: a spectrum of neurological differences with a wide range of symptoms.

Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people. And if Republicans get their way, more pregnant women will be joining their ranks.

For years, Black troops fought for policies that allowed them to thrive in the service—including around grooming. To Hegseth, that’s the whole problem: a military with Black leadership and without obstacles to a diverse corps is one in which white men have to take orders from the wrong kind.

On Sunday, a crowd of 80,000 people—plus scores more watching online—memorialized Charlie Kirk. The event was bizarre—unless you’re acquainted with the liturgy and theology of Christian nationalism.

As the president brings the media to heel through coercion and multibillion-dollar lawsuits, we're doubling down on fearless reporting. Through September 30, donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar. That means TWICE the impact to power a non-profit, reader-supported newsroom.

After Charlie Kirk's horrific murder, Trump has blamed the “radical left” for political violence in the US and has vowed to demolish it. But, his use of this term has been rather elastic, affording him the leeway to pursue anyone he considers an opponent or detractor. Even, possibly, you.

It’s anyone from antifa to Kamala Harris.

The most striking omission from Monday's White House pageant: autistic people.