Ian Gordon
@idgordon.bsky.social
Editorial director for teams and coverage, @MotherJones.com. Immigration, Latin America, sports, and serial commas. Dadfluencer.
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Jesus Christ: "Ultimately, between the money she made from her interactions with men and in the food services industry she was able to save up enough money to get braces."
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In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
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November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Jesus Christ: "Ultimately, between the money she made from her interactions with men and in the food services industry she was able to save up enough money to get braces."
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"With the penny’s demise, coin enthusiasts’ worried eyes now turn toward its longtime associate, the nickel. Its purchasing power has also shrunk to nearly nothing, and it costs more than a dime to make."
The Penny Dies at 232
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"With the penny’s demise, coin enthusiasts’ worried eyes now turn toward its longtime associate, the nickel. Its purchasing power has also shrunk to nearly nothing, and it costs more than a dime to make."
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Meanwhile, on X
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Meanwhile, on X
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
someone stop adam silver, man
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
someone stop adam silver, man
@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social has provided absolutely vital reporting on Trump’s deportation campaign. Here’s another can’t-miss story:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social has provided absolutely vital reporting on Trump’s deportation campaign. Here’s another can’t-miss story:
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Well... at least we know where Red Panda is tonight...
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Well... at least we know where Red Panda is tonight...
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with @nlanard.bsky.social we ran the numbers on where Mamdani-mentum peaked—and checked back on the neighborhoods where Democratic support cratered in 2024 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Democrats collapsed here last year. How’d Zohran do?
New York's mayor-elect launched his campaign by talking to non-voters and Trump supporters. Some of them even came along.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
with @nlanard.bsky.social we ran the numbers on where Mamdani-mentum peaked—and checked back on the neighborhoods where Democratic support cratered in 2024 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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jesus christ
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
jesus christ
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"She enthusiastically complimented my bangs and I was later disturbed to discover that she’d been arrested in 2022 for breaking into the apartment building of a New York City councilmember and vandalizing his office building with homophobic messages." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My night with Sliwa superfans
At the Republican watch party, there was one point of political agreement: Andrew Cuomo sucks.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"She enthusiastically complimented my bangs and I was later disturbed to discover that she’d been arrested in 2022 for breaking into the apartment building of a New York City councilmember and vandalizing his office building with homophobic messages." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.
"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
New @motherjones.com:
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"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
New @motherjones.com:
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I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.
"Everybody loves Curtis," the failed Republican candidate said, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.
"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
New @motherjones.com:
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Whatever you do, make sure to read to the end of this great @timothypmurphy.bsky.social wrap-up
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Whatever you do, make sure to read to the end of this great @timothypmurphy.bsky.social wrap-up
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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In case you've missed Sean Duffy's latest crusade—turning the US Merchant Marine Academy into what one critic calls an "unconstitutional, fundamentalist Christian nationalist filth-saturated institution"—@smencimer.bsky.social has you covered in this great piece
Sean Duffy’s holy war at the Transportation Department
“Could we bring Jesus up from the basement?”
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October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In case you've missed Sean Duffy's latest crusade—turning the US Merchant Marine Academy into what one critic calls an "unconstitutional, fundamentalist Christian nationalist filth-saturated institution"—@smencimer.bsky.social has you covered in this great piece
The Gather Step As Liminal Space: Vol. 1
There's traveling discourse out there so you know I had to weigh in www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Why this Giannis Antetokounmpo move wasn't a travel — even if it (maybe) should be
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October 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Gather Step As Liminal Space: Vol. 1
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
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October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
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According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history. The leading cause of death? Covid-19.
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How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history. The leading cause of death? Covid-19.
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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The ideal Chotiner interview subject is an expert who cares deeply about their expertise but feels it isn't understood properly to the general populace and Chotiner acts as an intermediary.
The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.
The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.
October 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The ideal Chotiner interview subject is an expert who cares deeply about their expertise but feels it isn't understood properly to the general populace and Chotiner acts as an intermediary.
The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.
The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.
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We got you covered: www.youtube.com/shorts/-hnAt...
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We got you covered: www.youtube.com/shorts/-hnAt...
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This is how the GOP thinks it can achieve permanent minority rule.
The new map targets the district of Democratic US House Rep. Don Davis, which has been represented by a Black member of Congress for more than three decades, shifting it from a district Trump won by 3 points to 12 points under the new lines.
"Today’s strategies are about cheating outright.”
"Today’s strategies are about cheating outright.”
Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged
North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is how the GOP thinks it can achieve permanent minority rule.
“Most of the spending was on guns and armor, but there have also been significant purchases of chemical weapons and ‘guided missile warheads and explosive components.’” — @juddlegum.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“Most of the spending was on guns and armor, but there have also been significant purchases of chemical weapons and ‘guided missile warheads and explosive components.’” — @juddlegum.bsky.social
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Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:
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October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:
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ICYMI: When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
Featuring a cameo by Trump's onetime acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney! bit.ly/3WMeCG1
Featuring a cameo by Trump's onetime acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney! bit.ly/3WMeCG1
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ICYMI: When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
Featuring a cameo by Trump's onetime acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney! bit.ly/3WMeCG1
Featuring a cameo by Trump's onetime acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney! bit.ly/3WMeCG1