Schuyler Mitchell

Calley Means, top MAHA advisor to RFK Jr, just quit the administration over frustration that the movement has been ignored and co-opted. Which is the subject of our cover package: www.motherjones.com/mag/2026/11/...

In the age of the influencer, "the DJ has become a being of pure spectacle: Whether or not it’s backed by a genuine love of music is often beside the point" writes @janus.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/media/2026/1...

Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops

At the rally outside Barclays Center hosted by Trans Safety Alliance NYC before the NY Liberty vs. Indiana Fever game tonight. About 100 folks are here as anti-trans attacks targets women's basketball—a league with no openly trans women players.

There’s always another Max Miller story. (More good work from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social)

“If my brother hadn’t been deported, he might still be alive.” @hurwitz.bsky.social has a beautiful & important piece on Glendy Marisol González de la Cruz & Nixon Giovanni Pérez Paz—the St. Louis couple murdered in Guatemala last month after being deported www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"A broken clavicle or collarbone in a toddler—very, very common." Watch Rep. Max Miller downplay his child's broken collarbone when questioned by Ohio detectives about domestic violence accusations in video footage obtained by Mother Jones.

15 people in Minneapolis were indicted for “conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer.” The prosecutor couldn’t name a single instance in which they actually injured anyone, but insisted that didn’t matter.

The inability of @nytimes.com to properly credit other journalists (in this case Abby/us) is something that of course journalists feel most dearly. But it is absolutely indicative of the arrogance that leads the paper—which is great/I support—astray and weakens the trust that people have in it.

SCOOP: I obtained a July 2025 police report that reveals a Homeland Security task force officer surveilling and tracking protesters last summer. The report doesn't state that any of these people were under investigation for any wrongdoing. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: Public records shared with Mother Jones show a DHS task force officer tracing protesters’ cars, identities, and whereabouts without alleging any wrongdoing.

This administration’s embrace of conspiracy theories mirrors the growing weaponization of conspiracy charges: Both obfuscate where true power lies.

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, voted 70 percent for Trump in 2024. But when ICE bought an empty warehouse to turn into a “mega” detention center, coal-country locals fought back—fueled by decades of being treated as a "dumping ground."

DHS has denied keeping a database of anti-ICE protesters. But I reviewed a new letter, in which ICE told @edmarkey.bsky.social it doesn't manage the "Terrorist Screening Dataset"—which is something totally different and not what anyone asked about. So...what's the deal with the database?

The FBI used software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite to secretly extract data from the phones of 13+ ICE protesters. A month later, the feds charged nine people with “conspiracy to impede or injure” officers. -via @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“This is one of the first pages in the authoritarian’s playbook," said Tom Bowman of @cdt.org. "Identify the people who disagree with you by surveilling their free speech and association rights, and then conduct further surveillance to intimidate or suppress their speech.”

Public records show the FBI used software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite to secretly extract data from the phones of at least a dozen protesters.

SCOOP: I obtained documents revealing the FBI used Cellebrite to extract data from at least 13 protesters' phones after a mass arrest at an anti-ICE protest in Spokane last summer. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A lawsuit, filed by Protect Democracy on behalf of Maine residents, centers on statements made by federal agents—including some caught on camera—warning people they would be added to a domestic terrorist database simply for observing immigration operations.

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

Happy May Day! I chatted with @erikloomis.bsky.social about general strikes: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

@schuylermitchell.bsky.social breaks down the controversial bill at the link below ⬇️

Should the federal government need a warrant to spy on US citizens? According to most interpretations of the Fourth Amendment, the answer is a simple yes. But for nearly two decades, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has created a nifty loophole. 🧵

A little more than a year ago, @paperwords.bsky.social received a letter from the US Forest Service detailing plans for a new wildfire recovery project. But a single word caught his eye—and alerted him to a secret, Big Tobacco-style campaign with ramifications for our forests.

It’s Earth Day, so seriously, check out these bald eagles.

Today @motherjones.com is rolling out “Power Hungry,” our package on the AI oligarchs who are upending communities and destabilizing democracy in their quest for a new level of intelligence—and riches. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of a new American oligarchy. Since then, this system has only become more entrenched, ever concentrated around a crew of tech titans going all in on AI. Our newest cover story investigates these new AI overlords and their consolidation of power.

But could this same technology soon outsmart us all? That’s a real concern among some tech bros who want to create baby geniuses to protect us from the threat of AI. @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social reports on the new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups straight out of “Brave New World.”

“I think women’s sports always really activated the global right because of what sports success says about women’s independence.” Fascinating interview on the IOC's gender testing decision with historian @michaelwaters.bsky.social, by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:

Stories about life inside ICE's family detention center in Dilley, Texas, are hard to come by. But @julialurie.bsky.social reviewed hundreds of pages of sworn oral declarations given by detained children and their parents about conditions at the facility. This is Dilley, in their own words:

We started a major war whose goal after a month is now to fix something that was only a problem caused by starting the war

NEW from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: In a now-viral video, an ICE agent suggested to a Maine observer that she'd was going to be added to a domestic terrorism database. It wasn't until DHS was sued that the agency reminded ICE agents about the existence of the First Amendment.

NEW: Legal filings and emails reviewed by me reveal an internal scramble at DHS over its alleged “domestic terrorist” database of ICE observers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

SCOOP: The #1 "Justice Facility" architecture firm in the country, DLR Group, has committed not work on ICE detention or deportation facilities, after workers raised ethical objections to a deal to turn an an old private prison in Oklahoma into a new ICE jail. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The commemorative coin line is just one of many ways that the White House has used America’s 250th anniversary as an opportunity to crusade against diversity, equity, and inclusion and rewrite America’s history in Trump’s image

A Saturday scoop from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: Previously unreported documents show that DHS wants to build a tool that would track personal travel data, including passenger names and their itineraries. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.

NEW from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: DHS and the Secret Service want to build a tool for tracking US travelers’ flights and other personal information, according to previously unreported documents

SCOOP: DHS & Secret Service are seeking input on a tool to surveil Americans’ flight records. It seems to be an attempt to recreate a controversial and now-defunct database. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My dispatch from the Jersey suburbs: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back. @schuylermitchell.bsky.social reports from a weekend protest in New Jersey:

SCOOP: Previously unreported details in the Epstein files reveal Howard Lutnick & his firm had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. One email shows "HWL" discussing the investment with Epstein as late as 2018. Via @nlanard.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A MOTHER JONES SCOOP! New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. This challenges his claim he had minimal contact with Epstein. The two were involved in a deal for six years, and an email shows they discussed it. @nlanard.bsky.social

New: Emails and documents from Epstein files reveal Howard Lutnick and his firm had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. The two were involved in a deal for at least six years, and an email shows "HWL" discussing the investment with Epstein in 2018. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...