Clara Jeffery
@clarajeffery.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting/Reveal. Past president of the American Society of Magazine Editors. Mom. Upzoning, street tree, and rescue dog enthusiast. Views, mine.
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Clara Jeffery
@clarajeffery.bsky.social
· Feb 15
We are the ones who are coming to save us.
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I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
January 6, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
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What happens when right wing white men are given DEI jobs.
January 6, 2026 at 7:11 AM
What happens when right wing white men are given DEI jobs.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule)
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule)
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
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Listen to the panic of this moment as #ICE shoots into her car with kids inside.
How can anyone think that this is acceptable?
It's absolutely repugnant.
#ICELawlessness is happening again & again.
Just about every attack is being done without warrants on innocent people by anonymous thugs.
How can anyone think that this is acceptable?
It's absolutely repugnant.
#ICELawlessness is happening again & again.
Just about every attack is being done without warrants on innocent people by anonymous thugs.
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Listen to the panic of this moment as #ICE shoots into her car with kids inside.
How can anyone think that this is acceptable?
It's absolutely repugnant.
#ICELawlessness is happening again & again.
Just about every attack is being done without warrants on innocent people by anonymous thugs.
How can anyone think that this is acceptable?
It's absolutely repugnant.
#ICELawlessness is happening again & again.
Just about every attack is being done without warrants on innocent people by anonymous thugs.
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"Hernández boasted that he would 'stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses' while trafficking more than 500 tons of cocaine into the US.
"Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
"Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
After Venezuela operation, Trump haunted by his pardon for Honduran drug trafficker
Two Latin American strongmen were charged with drug trafficking. One was captured as part of a military raid, the other is free thanks to a Trump pardon.
www.ms.now
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"Hernández boasted that he would 'stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses' while trafficking more than 500 tons of cocaine into the US.
"Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
"Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Mamdani's administration plans to use existing authority to go after companies illegally hiding fees. Right now, Ticketmaster is breaking NY state law by hiding fee breakdowns behind additional toggles and clicks. (same with Seatgeek, Stubhub etc.) Fees are supposed to be clear & conspicuous!
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Mamdani's administration plans to use existing authority to go after companies illegally hiding fees. Right now, Ticketmaster is breaking NY state law by hiding fee breakdowns behind additional toggles and clicks. (same with Seatgeek, Stubhub etc.) Fees are supposed to be clear & conspicuous!
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Reading about a cartoonist who had it all--popular syndicated strip, best-selling books, merchandise, media tie-ins, friendship with celebrities and politicians--but he became a bitter rightwing crank in his final years and seemed almost compelled to destroy his own legacy.
January 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Reading about a cartoonist who had it all--popular syndicated strip, best-selling books, merchandise, media tie-ins, friendship with celebrities and politicians--but he became a bitter rightwing crank in his final years and seemed almost compelled to destroy his own legacy.
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I made an information science/libraries/archives feed! Mostly for my own enjoyment but thought others may enjoy.
Drawn from my growing "Libraries, Archives, & Information" list.
Filtered by growing keywords list here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Comment/DM for suggestions or removals! 📖💻📜
Drawn from my growing "Libraries, Archives, & Information" list.
Filtered by growing keywords list here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Comment/DM for suggestions or removals! 📖💻📜
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I made an information science/libraries/archives feed! Mostly for my own enjoyment but thought others may enjoy.
Drawn from my growing "Libraries, Archives, & Information" list.
Filtered by growing keywords list here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Comment/DM for suggestions or removals! 📖💻📜
Drawn from my growing "Libraries, Archives, & Information" list.
Filtered by growing keywords list here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Comment/DM for suggestions or removals! 📖💻📜
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MTG's split from Trump certainly has been interesting to watch, but obviously it doesn't erase her extensive record of extremism and toxic politics. E.g., the time when she endorsed political violence in support of Trump, a story I broke around the 2020 election www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The price of blood": We uncovered video showing Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsing political violence just before Election Day
The House Republican said in a broadcast with a gun activist that defending freedom could demand bloodshed.
www.motherjones.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM
MTG's split from Trump certainly has been interesting to watch, but obviously it doesn't erase her extensive record of extremism and toxic politics. E.g., the time when she endorsed political violence in support of Trump, a story I broke around the 2020 election www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Tonight is the fifth anniversary of the Freedom Plaza rally that preceded the attack on Congress the next day. Here’s a story I wrote on Roger Stone’s role in that event and prior Stop the Steal stuff. (He missed January 6 because he got mad he wasn’t speaking.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Roger Stone did something wrong
Stone raised funds for "security" for January 6 events, mingled with Oath Keepers, and urged "an epic struggle" for Trump.
www.motherjones.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Tonight is the fifth anniversary of the Freedom Plaza rally that preceded the attack on Congress the next day. Here’s a story I wrote on Roger Stone’s role in that event and prior Stop the Steal stuff. (He missed January 6 because he got mad he wasn’t speaking.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
he's very concerned
Cassidy rips RFK Jr. vaccine schedule change, says it's 'based on no scientific input' thehill.com/policy/healt...
Cassidy rips RFK Jr. vaccine schedule change, says it’s ‘based on no scientific input’
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who cast a critical vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, on Monday blasted the reduction of the childhood immun…
thehill.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
he's very concerned
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Turns out removing cars from dense urban areas by making them pay for all their deleterious impacts dramatically improves cities. We should be doing this in San Francisco. We have studied it endlessly. The time is now
Congestion pricing has improved commute times, bus speeds, noise levels, traffic safety, and businesses and restaurants have seen more profits. A runway success by any measure. And a model for other cities too. Gift 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Turns out removing cars from dense urban areas by making them pay for all their deleterious impacts dramatically improves cities. We should be doing this in San Francisco. We have studied it endlessly. The time is now
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This isn't just Trump riffing. I heard over the weekend this was actively being discussed at the working level.
Just what the heatland voted for. Subsidizing oil companies colonizing a country where their kids may be sent off to protect.
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
This isn't just Trump riffing. I heard over the weekend this was actively being discussed at the working level.
It's a Covid conspiracy level event for folks on the west side of SF
It's a good park but some people seem to like losing and clinging to seething resentments more than they like spending peaceful time by the ocean in the company of their community so I suspect we haven't seen the last of them.
Now that opponents have lost two lawsuits and two elections, we invite them to accept the will of San Franciscans and work with us to make the most of our coastal park.
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
It's a Covid conspiracy level event for folks on the west side of SF
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It's been nearly an entire year since the President promised federal disaster relief to the people of Los Angeles that he's never delivered.
What are you waiting for, Donald Trump?
What are you waiting for, Donald Trump?
January 6, 2026 at 2:26 AM
It's been nearly an entire year since the President promised federal disaster relief to the people of Los Angeles that he's never delivered.
What are you waiting for, Donald Trump?
What are you waiting for, Donald Trump?
lol
TESLA CHINA: OFFERING 5-YEAR INTEREST FREE LOANS FOR MODEL 3/Y PURCHASES
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
lol
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Watched the America250 projection on the Washington Monument tonight. Mentioned: Columbus, Ford, Edison, Lewis & Clark, both World Wars, AI. Not mentioned: The Civil War, Lincoln, Native Americans, immigration, slavery, race, civil rights, MLK, Vietnam, or any woman.
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Watched the America250 projection on the Washington Monument tonight. Mentioned: Columbus, Ford, Edison, Lewis & Clark, both World Wars, AI. Not mentioned: The Civil War, Lincoln, Native Americans, immigration, slavery, race, civil rights, MLK, Vietnam, or any woman.
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Carlina Acantiflora from 'Flora Pedemontana' by Carlo Allioni, 1785
January 6, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Carlina Acantiflora from 'Flora Pedemontana' by Carlo Allioni, 1785
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If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
A fact that I recently learned (or relearned) is that Robert E. Lee wasn't a general in the US army. He only got that title when he became a traitor.
January 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A fact that I recently learned (or relearned) is that Robert E. Lee wasn't a general in the US army. He only got that title when he became a traitor.
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I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
Just what the heatland voted for. Subsidizing oil companies colonizing a country where their kids may be sent off to protect.
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Just what the heatland voted for. Subsidizing oil companies colonizing a country where their kids may be sent off to protect.
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Wow holy fucking shit. As someone in recovery, this is a living nightmare even I didn't see coming. Very cool. These are death machines that sometimes make kiddie porn. Simple as.
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Wow holy fucking shit. As someone in recovery, this is a living nightmare even I didn't see coming. Very cool. These are death machines that sometimes make kiddie porn. Simple as.