Dan Friedman
@dfriedman.bsky.social
Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67
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I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
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“Asian wife sharing,” Pentagon press policy, and me: Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
poets.org/poem/do-not-...
1/ WSJ reports that Trump is always dozing off, struggles to hear, refuses to wear compression socks, get adequate sleep, or follow medical advice, relying intead on his “good genetics” to keep him alive. www.wsj.com/us-news/as-s...
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
poets.org/poem/do-not-...
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
poets.org/poem/do-not-...
“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump said. “I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?” www.wsj.com/us-news/as-s...
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump said. “I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?” www.wsj.com/us-news/as-s...
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"Defeated in the Revolution, George is mounting a comeback. 2025, a bad year for American democracy, was a good one for its first enemy. The king is dead. Long live the king."
Hero of 2025: King George III
The villain of the American Revolution is the patron saint of Donald Trump's second term.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
"Defeated in the Revolution, George is mounting a comeback. 2025, a bad year for American democracy, was a good one for its first enemy. The king is dead. Long live the king."
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Mayor Mamdani thanks Eric Adams, prompting boos from the crowd.
"He and I have had our share of disagreements, but I will always be touched that he chose me as the mayoral candidate that he would most want to be trapped with on an elevator," he says.
"He and I have had our share of disagreements, but I will always be touched that he chose me as the mayoral candidate that he would most want to be trapped with on an elevator," he says.
January 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Mayor Mamdani thanks Eric Adams, prompting boos from the crowd.
"He and I have had our share of disagreements, but I will always be touched that he chose me as the mayoral candidate that he would most want to be trapped with on an elevator," he says.
"He and I have had our share of disagreements, but I will always be touched that he chose me as the mayoral candidate that he would most want to be trapped with on an elevator," he says.
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“Yield, man,” Johnson said. “Let the troops come into your cities.”
Hero of 2025: King George III
The villain of the American Revolution is the patron saint of Donald Trump's second term.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“Yield, man,” Johnson said. “Let the troops come into your cities.”
The villain of the American Revolution is a hero for second Trump administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hero of 2025: King George III
The villain of the American Revolution is the patron saint of Donald Trump's second term.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The villain of the American Revolution is a hero for second Trump administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Executed for smuggling weed. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
December 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Executed for smuggling weed. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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This year felt like a decade. I wanted to highlight some of the immigration reporting I've done over the past 12 months:
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
The big-money right-wing push to upend the Constitution—and kill birthright citizenship
“We’re in totally uncharted territory.”
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December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This year felt like a decade. I wanted to highlight some of the immigration reporting I've done over the past 12 months:
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
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Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area.
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Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
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December 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area.
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The president “appears to be considering political, personal and financial interests and not the interests of the American public." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The president “appears to be considering political, personal and financial interests and not the interests of the American public." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
It would be weird if the Secretary blowing up people without due process in the Caribbean was super careful about properly crediting a video clip. Just be glad he's not droning you.
Oh my god.
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It would be weird if the Secretary blowing up people without due process in the Caribbean was super careful about properly crediting a video clip. Just be glad he's not droning you.
DOGE: Real damage, fake savings.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
DOGE: Real damage, fake savings.
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
The sentencing of Miles Guo, the Chinese exile and former billionaire convicted in July 2024 of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from followers of a cult like anti-CCP group he started with Steve Bannon, has been delayed again, from January to April.
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The sentencing of Miles Guo, the Chinese exile and former billionaire convicted in July 2024 of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from followers of a cult like anti-CCP group he started with Steve Bannon, has been delayed again, from January to April.
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I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
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December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
Hopefully this hero can quickly get back to work towing illegally parked ICE vehicles. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
South LA tow truck driver found not guilty of stealing immigration agent's car during arrest
Bobby Nunez, 33, towed an immigration agent's car that was blocking an apartment complex's driveway, according to the DOJ.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Hopefully this hero can quickly get back to work towing illegally parked ICE vehicles. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
Mother Jones is stepping up coverage of ICE and CBP's draconian, police-state style operations in places like New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago. From @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social, who is chasing Bovino around around the country and writing for MJ: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Mother Jones is stepping up coverage of ICE and CBP's draconian, police-state style operations in places like New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago. From @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social, who is chasing Bovino around around the country and writing for MJ: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
We hope to continue covering waste and corruption in DHS contracting. Reupping this story we did back in October on a question "self-deportation" contract that went to a new company run by a guy with links to top DHS officials. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport"
The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We hope to continue covering waste and corruption in DHS contracting. Reupping this story we did back in October on a question "self-deportation" contract that went to a new company run by a guy with links to top DHS officials. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Unintentionally heard a bit of the White House presser on drug prices, with pharma execs looking like hostages. Caught the president saying: “This will have a tremendous impact on the reduction of healthcare.”
December 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Unintentionally heard a bit of the White House presser on drug prices, with pharma execs looking like hostages. Caught the president saying: “This will have a tremendous impact on the reduction of healthcare.”
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This is one of the most "I'm not angry, actually, and actually I'm laughing!" responses of all time
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is one of the most "I'm not angry, actually, and actually I'm laughing!" responses of all time
The chutzpah of the congratulations to JFK at the end is why she gets the big bucks. What an honor for JFK's family and fans.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The chutzpah of the congratulations to JFK at the end is why she gets the big bucks. What an honor for JFK's family and fans.
Two weeks late, I want to point to this news as an example of why guns at protests are bad and threaten to spread political violence. There are (cautious, partial) connections to Kyle Rittenhouse. I wrote this after his acquittal in late 2021. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Two weeks late, I want to point to this news as an example of why guns at protests are bad and threaten to spread political violence. There are (cautious, partial) connections to Kyle Rittenhouse. I wrote this after his acquittal in late 2021. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls