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motherjones.comLula's Suprise Win Blocks Trump’s Push for a Far-Right BrazilThe 80-year-old incumbent will serve a fourth term in office.

Just wow

motherjones.comExperts say land venture linked to David Flippo is “batshit” and a “huge red flag”The Nevada Republican benefited from hundreds of thousands of dollars of political donations tied to a dubious Arizona company in which he claims to have a seven-figure stake.

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New: I spoke to experts about a land venture closely tied to Nevada Republican David Flippo. Here's what they said: “Insanity.” “A huge red flag.” “Feasibility is zero.” “A batshit crazy-ass idea.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comArielle Zuckerberg and the DJs of late capitalismOnce a countercultural icon, the identity now attracts opportunists and narcissists of all stripes.

Arielle Zuckerberg's viral DJing clip "reveals how the DJ now functions in most people’s eyes: as an empty, decontextualized social media vessel, around which an elaborate social signaling ritual is performed," writes @janus.bsky.social

motherjones.comKatie Zacharia is out after half a ScaramucciA record-breaking five days as White House press secretary proves once again: Mar-a-Lago face will never save you.

***half a Scaramucci***

motherjones.comThe many ways Trump is kneecapping white-collar crime enforcement"Are we blowing a big bubble of potential corporate fraud that will come to harm us all?”

“We’ve had these bubbles of corporate fraud in this country. The question now is: By pulling back on prosecutions, are we blowing a big bubble of potential corporate fraud that will come to harm us all?” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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MAGA world is counting on a Bolsonaro win in Brazil. “We’re going to achieve the Golden Era of Latin America,” Eduardo Bolsonaro said at a far-right Washington gala.

motherjones.comMAGA world is counting on a Bolsonaro win in Brazil“We’re going to achieve the Golden Era of Latin America,” Eduardo Bolsonaro said at a far-right Washington gala.

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Jane Coaston

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I'm not saying every "dirtbag leftist" was and is an amoral garbage bag, but I'm not not saying that.

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youtube.comRhodesia Is Gone. So Why Is It Everywhere Online?YouTube video by Mother Jones

lots of people have watched this video we made on the resurgence of Rhodesia-posting and Rhodesia-LARPing on the right youtube.com/shorts/tUqyc...

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Quinta Jurecic

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The absolute flood of leaks about this case is maybe an indication that people inside govt aren’t feeling too great about it

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The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe on.wsj.com/4zBOcZ9

on.wsj.comThe federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probeAuthorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.

motherjones.comDavid Flippo has close ties to accused fraudster whose company spent lavishly on his behalfArizona Land Reserve, which the Nevada Republican listed as one of his biggest assets on his financial disclosure, cut $50,000 checks to conservative groups that endorsed him.

Salmon At The Net (a tragedy in three parts)

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A person listed in FEC records as a major donor to David Flippo’s campaign told Mother Jones they did not donate anything to Flippo—let alone the thousands of dollars attributed to them. That “suggests very serious campaign finance violations." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comTrump tries—yet again—to fire Fed Governor Lisa CookThe president continues to threaten the central bank's independence to benefit himself.

Round 67 of the White House v. Lisa Cook, via @h-lev.bsky.social:

Eric's a great reporter who'd be a real asset to your newsroom

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85

“A lot of people in the investment community had hoped he was the adult in the room,” a former Treasury official told @wsj.com about Scott Bessent. Instead, they got this: on.wsj.com/4rR0NF3

motherjones.comTrump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kidsPutting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

"We already don’t have an independent [immigration] judiciary, and to have the defense side of representation also be within the government makes me feel like it’s all a farce and everybody is working together to get the kids removed."

motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

You do not have to be a parent to feel anger at the details in the latest investigation by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @samanthamichaels.bsky.social. But the white-hot rage I felt as a dad reading this is going to stick with me for some time.

Can’t imagine why candidates would prefer he stayed in DC or Mar-a-Lago!

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motherjones.comWhy do Democrats keep posting videos of themselves pumping iron?Call them woke if you want. But don't you dare call them weak.

Weak 1 was craaaazy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Clara Jeffery

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11-yo Andrés lived with his dad in Texas—but was deemed “unaccompanied” by ICE and sent to foster care. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids and keeping them in government custody,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

Thanks, elementary school book fair!

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

This book had me sleeping with the lights on when i was six bsky.app/profile/slee...

motherjones.comIntroducing "Stress Test": The midterms will test democracy. We'll help you through it.David Corn and Garrison Hayes on what to watch, what to tune out, and what's at stake. New episodes twice a week.

Let’s hear it for STRESS TEST, a new video podcast from @motherjones.com in which @davidcorn.bsky.social and @garrisonhayes.bsky.social will talk twice a week with our reporters about the midterms and where you should be paying attention:

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Smash that subscribe button!!! youtube.com/motherjones

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New from me: Hegseth's new Pentagon initiative is weirdly obsessed with...homeschooling?

motherjones.comWhat to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs"Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God."

motherjones.comWhy Trump’s crypto business wants to become a bankSen. Elizabeth Warren decries the first family’s latest crypto play as a “clear conflict of interest and corruption.”

“The problem here is not the fact the Trumps are affiliated with a bank. It’s the fact that Donald Trump can fire the bank regulator if the bank regulator doesn’t do what he says.” Latest from @russchoma.bsky.social:

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Adam Isacson

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The bot gave an accurate response… but nobody thought to ask it, "Would Venezuelans also celebrate if we left the rest of Maduro's government in power and struck oil deals with them?"

Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

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motherjones.comRob Sand says he isn’t trying to turn Iowa blue. It just might happen anyway.In a midterms wave fueled by resistance and revenge, the Democratic candidate for governor is singing a different tune.

spent a bunch of time in Iowa trying to figure what the deal with Rob Sand really is www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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zeteo.com📉 Top Republicans Privately Admit Their Hasan Piker Attacks Are a DudSwin’s conversations with Trumpworld insiders reveal alarm at just how badly the plan to make the leftist streamer the main midterms character is misfiring. Also, Pete Hegseth beclowns himself again.

when in doubt: don't make people learn a new guy.

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social

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If you read one piece on Min Jin Lee's new novel American Hagwon, make it @inaeoh.bsky.social 's: "To hear Lee condemn the racial stereotyping of Asian Americans with such blunt rigor, in a living room sumptuously bedecked with books, was deeply satisfying." www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

motherjones.comThe education of Min Jin LeeIn her latest book, the novelist tackles dislocation and familial sacrifice to ask: Is elite schooling always a passport to a good life?

thecut.comWear All Your Clothes at OnceMen’s designers proposed extremely layered looks — shirts on top of shirts, socks on top of socks — on the fall runways.

Steve Bannon has never felt more validated

New York Magazine@nymag.com

Men’s designers proposed extremely layered looks — shirts on top of shirts, socks on top of socks — on the fall runways.

motherjones.comFirst Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

To speed up mass deportations, the Trump administration didn't just launch raids—it stripped $200M+ from nonprofit legal aid groups, bringing them to the brink of collapse. Here’s how immigrant legal defense barely survived the campaign to kneecap them:

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The nature of the work for these groups also has radically shifted. Instead of guiding asylum seekers at ports of entry, attorneys are now scrambling to file habeas corpus petitions for long-term US residents picked up in warrantless ICE sweeps and shipped to remote detention centers.

motherjones.comFirst Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

Despite the sabotage, legal aid groups are holding the line—on limited funds—to ensure migrants aren't forced into court alone. As one attorney put it, helping a client access due process and get a fair shot "alone is worth celebrating." Read the full story by @kpaoletta.bsky.social:

motherjones.comFirst Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

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The manufactured chaos nearly broke the orgs from within. As federal dollars vanished overnight and workloads spiked, legal aid groups faced painful internal strain, management friction, and union battles while trying to triage thousands of active cases.

The newest outrage? The administration awarded a $158M contract to an anti-trafficking outfit led by former ICE officials with zero legal defense experience—all while illegally withholding millions in overdue payments from actual immigration attorneys.

motherjones.comFirst Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

The human stakes became clear over Labor Day weekend, writes @kpaoletta.bsky.social, when attorneys rushed to detention shelters to stop federal contractors from putting 600 unaccompanied children—including a 3-year-old—on secret deportation flights before a court order halted the planes.

motherjones.comFirst Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

Then came the financial blitz: The White House unilaterally cut $267M in legal defense spending. Organizations like Texas’ RAICES lost more than half their staff, forcing laid-off lawyers to make heartbreaking calls withdrawing representation from vulnerable clients.

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Today in @motherjones.com, my year-long investigation into how the Trump administration pulled over $200 million from the non-profits that provide legal aid to migrants. The ensuing scramble sent several organizations reeling, while others remained steadfast: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comFirst Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

With tens of millions of dollars in funding withheld, the bottom quickly fell out of a number of organizations. Lawyers cut clients adrift. “They were like, ‘No new clients’—and not only no new clients, but ‘No consultations, no pro se workshops, and withdraw from every single pro bono client.’”