"A powerful blend of menace, deadly incompetence, and total lack of drip." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The power of mocking Trump’s pathetic monsters
It's impossible to ignore the administration's blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"A powerful blend of menace, deadly incompetence, and total lack of drip." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I watched Melania at a 10 am screening in a Trumpian corner of New Jersey, where I was (naively) shocked to find at least a dozen others in attendance.
What flashed across the screen over the next hour and 48 minutes amounts to an American obscenity.
What flashed across the screen over the next hour and 48 minutes amounts to an American obscenity.
The Melania movie is an American obscenity
The vapid, corruption-soaked film, which celebrates the myth of the "good immigrant," is more revelatory than it seems.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I watched Melania at a 10 am screening in a Trumpian corner of New Jersey, where I was (naively) shocked to find at least a dozen others in attendance.
What flashed across the screen over the next hour and 48 minutes amounts to an American obscenity.
What flashed across the screen over the next hour and 48 minutes amounts to an American obscenity.
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“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
What do mirrors reflect back to ICE agents who dress up for war? When they outfit themselves in dramatic camo and hats for jungle warfare in...Minneapolis?
I wrote about the inherent theatrics in ICE's tunnel vision of violence and the real identities behind the body armor.
I wrote about the inherent theatrics in ICE's tunnel vision of violence and the real identities behind the body armor.
ICE’s theater of war
Camo and hats for jungle combat do not make sense in American cities. But they are key to dressing for the war ICE has imagined.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
What do mirrors reflect back to ICE agents who dress up for war? When they outfit themselves in dramatic camo and hats for jungle warfare in...Minneapolis?
I wrote about the inherent theatrics in ICE's tunnel vision of violence and the real identities behind the body armor.
I wrote about the inherent theatrics in ICE's tunnel vision of violence and the real identities behind the body armor.
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The first time it happened, a man was outside the day care recording. “There’s nobody here,” he was saying into the camera on his phone.
“Can I help you?” she asked him. The man said he was there because of Nick Shirley’s video. He wanted to see the children.
19thnews.org/2026/01/minn...
“Can I help you?” she asked him. The man said he was there because of Nick Shirley’s video. He wanted to see the children.
19thnews.org/2026/01/minn...
At day cares in Minnesota, strangers are showing up at their doors as parents scramble to protect staff
Parents are stepping in to be volunteer teachers or shuttle providers to work to protect an immigrant workforce.
19thnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The first time it happened, a man was outside the day care recording. “There’s nobody here,” he was saying into the camera on his phone.
“Can I help you?” she asked him. The man said he was there because of Nick Shirley’s video. He wanted to see the children.
19thnews.org/2026/01/minn...
“Can I help you?” she asked him. The man said he was there because of Nick Shirley’s video. He wanted to see the children.
19thnews.org/2026/01/minn...
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shared a pull quote but do read the whole thing, these people have done more for the American project than I (if not Adam) can really put into words www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
shared a pull quote but do read the whole thing, these people have done more for the American project than I (if not Adam) can really put into words www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Wrote about the Spider-Man detail that absolutely crushed me
They want to tell you a kid with a Spider-Man backpack is evil
Liam Ramos' innocence, like the innocence of all kids, is unimpeachable. The visuals of his arrest are excruciating.
www.motherjones.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Wrote about the Spider-Man detail that absolutely crushed me
"The new founders dismissed questions about their immediate video or podcast plans. 'Good writing is really cool,' said Nozlee Samadzadeh, a co-founder.
Gourmet Magazine Is Back. It’s Not Exactly Sanctioned.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"The new founders dismissed questions about their immediate video or podcast plans. 'Good writing is really cool,' said Nozlee Samadzadeh, a co-founder.
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Rose Byrne's win at the Golden Globes is a perfect moment to read our conversation with writer/director Mary Bronstein on "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," one of our favorite films of 2025.
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” invites you to look directly at a woman's rage
Mary Bronstein’s new film is a shot-out-of-a-cannon rejoinder to the message that suffering women should “tough it out.”
www.motherjones.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Rose Byrne's win at the Golden Globes is a perfect moment to read our conversation with writer/director Mary Bronstein on "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," one of our favorite films of 2025.
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Fantastic conversation w/ @inaeoh.bsky.social from @motherjones.com on neo-royalism and what it means for world politcs.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A new theory explains why Trump keeps threatening global takeovers
Neo-royalism challenges us to look beyond a century-old paradigm and see the hierarchical lens through which Trump justifies domination.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Fantastic conversation w/ @inaeoh.bsky.social from @motherjones.com on neo-royalism and what it means for world politcs.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I now desperately want a cigarette www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
Monster of 2025: Cigarettes
Is dying early really pro-social?
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I now desperately want a cigarette www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
I'm a month into TRETINOIN! And reflecting on a year of ~Mar-a-Lago face~
My central question, which I explore plenty here—what it means to CUT UP YOUR FACE to gain purchase in a cruel administration, a la "mass deportations but make it sexy"—is something I still think about all the time.
My central question, which I explore plenty here—what it means to CUT UP YOUR FACE to gain purchase in a cruel administration, a la "mass deportations but make it sexy"—is something I still think about all the time.
In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA
Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm a month into TRETINOIN! And reflecting on a year of ~Mar-a-Lago face~
My central question, which I explore plenty here—what it means to CUT UP YOUR FACE to gain purchase in a cruel administration, a la "mass deportations but make it sexy"—is something I still think about all the time.
My central question, which I explore plenty here—what it means to CUT UP YOUR FACE to gain purchase in a cruel administration, a la "mass deportations but make it sexy"—is something I still think about all the time.
"I didn’t put the injection sites on her...I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things."
His Vanity Fair photos of Trumpworld blew up online. We called to talk.
Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump’s team at the White House for Vanity Fair, defends his unvarnished — and extreme — close-ups.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"I didn’t put the injection sites on her...I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things."
What started as relief that RFK Jr. did not go shirtless this time quickly curdled into a creeping suspicion that something was deeply wrong. That the "pull-ups" we were witnessing were not, in fact, real.
🙏 to @caseyjohnston.bsky.social for the sharp, much-needed clarity
🙏 to @caseyjohnston.bsky.social for the sharp, much-needed clarity
RFK Jr. did zero pull-ups at the airport
"They count 20, but the number of actual pull-ups done here is zero."
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What started as relief that RFK Jr. did not go shirtless this time quickly curdled into a creeping suspicion that something was deeply wrong. That the "pull-ups" we were witnessing were not, in fact, real.
🙏 to @caseyjohnston.bsky.social for the sharp, much-needed clarity
🙏 to @caseyjohnston.bsky.social for the sharp, much-needed clarity
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rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
"You can run all you want, but you’re still running toward the cliff."
Falling Off the Aging Cliff at 44
Research shows that aging catches up with us at distinct moments. Elder millennials are headed toward the edge.
www.thecut.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"You can run all you want, but you’re still running toward the cliff."
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Inae Oh Pulling hazard duty to get to the bottom of why anybody would be attached to RFK Jr: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Inae Oh Pulling hazard duty to get to the bottom of why anybody would be attached to RFK Jr: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The notion of RFK Jr. and sex appeal is risible, nauseating, and deeply upsetting. It disgusts me too!
But some prominent women seem to love him with an unmatched ferocity. How can this be? I look into what ails them:
But some prominent women seem to love him with an unmatched ferocity. How can this be? I look into what ails them:
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The notion of RFK Jr. and sex appeal is risible, nauseating, and deeply upsetting. It disgusts me too!
But some prominent women seem to love him with an unmatched ferocity. How can this be? I look into what ails them:
But some prominent women seem to love him with an unmatched ferocity. How can this be? I look into what ails them:
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In 2021, @nlanard.bsky.social came back from a hunger strike of taxi drivers and told me that a politician who had just turned 30 might be the future of politics in NYC. Here's a look back at a pivotal moment in Mamdani's rise
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The moment that made Mamdani
How a 15-day hunger strike foreshadowed his campaign.
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In 2021, @nlanard.bsky.social came back from a hunger strike of taxi drivers and told me that a politician who had just turned 30 might be the future of politics in NYC. Here's a look back at a pivotal moment in Mamdani's rise
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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It is worth saying that putting “Africana studies” in scare quotes as if it’s a ridiculous concept is not a political argument. It’s just racism. “Africa is not worthy of a major” is the implication. Yeah dude you’re just racist. (From Gerard Baker at the WSJ today)
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It is worth saying that putting “Africana studies” in scare quotes as if it’s a ridiculous concept is not a political argument. It’s just racism. “Africa is not worthy of a major” is the implication. Yeah dude you’re just racist. (From Gerard Baker at the WSJ today)
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
“Our culture is built to eternally forgive men, generally, and white men of means, especially, for their mistakes.”
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Platner and the bone-headed calls from Dems to forgive a wee bit of racism now and then is very, very good.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Platner and the bone-headed calls from Dems to forgive a wee bit of racism now and then is very, very good.
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Our culture is built to eternally forgive men, generally, and white men of means, especially, for their mistakes.”
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Platner and the bone-headed calls from Dems to forgive a wee bit of racism now and then is very, very good.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Platner and the bone-headed calls from Dems to forgive a wee bit of racism now and then is very, very good.
"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" is a GAUNLET of a film and performance by Rose Byrne.
I talked to brilliant writer + director Mary Bronstein about our mutual love for Conan, the cosmic shitshow of motherhood, and the rare thrill of watching a REAL middle-aged woman's face on a giant screen.
I talked to brilliant writer + director Mary Bronstein about our mutual love for Conan, the cosmic shitshow of motherhood, and the rare thrill of watching a REAL middle-aged woman's face on a giant screen.
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” invites you to look directly at a woman's rage
Mary Bronstein’s new film is a shot-out-of-a-cannon rejoinder to the message that suffering women should “tough it out.”
www.motherjones.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" is a GAUNLET of a film and performance by Rose Byrne.
I talked to brilliant writer + director Mary Bronstein about our mutual love for Conan, the cosmic shitshow of motherhood, and the rare thrill of watching a REAL middle-aged woman's face on a giant screen.
I talked to brilliant writer + director Mary Bronstein about our mutual love for Conan, the cosmic shitshow of motherhood, and the rare thrill of watching a REAL middle-aged woman's face on a giant screen.
"When politicians say 'able-bodied,' it’s a roundabout way of downplaying the challenges faced by people who have been left behind, yet deemed capable enough to contribute to capitalism.
But their language fails to hide the true message: The state does not want to help you."
But their language fails to hide the true message: The state does not want to help you."
The deceptive phrase behind Trump's Medicaid purge
How the idea of “able-bodied” is abused
www.motherjones.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"When politicians say 'able-bodied,' it’s a roundabout way of downplaying the challenges faced by people who have been left behind, yet deemed capable enough to contribute to capitalism.
But their language fails to hide the true message: The state does not want to help you."
But their language fails to hide the true message: The state does not want to help you."
One wind farm in Texas had been supplying enough clean energy to power thousands of homes.
"But now it will be sending all that electricity to Eric Trump’s bitcoin machines instead" -- just as Dad declares war on wind power construction for everyone else!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"But now it will be sending all that electricity to Eric Trump’s bitcoin machines instead" -- just as Dad declares war on wind power construction for everyone else!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's war on wind power has one very big exception
The president's sons are using scarce clean energy to mine for bitcoins.
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One wind farm in Texas had been supplying enough clean energy to power thousands of homes.
"But now it will be sending all that electricity to Eric Trump’s bitcoin machines instead" -- just as Dad declares war on wind power construction for everyone else!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"But now it will be sending all that electricity to Eric Trump’s bitcoin machines instead" -- just as Dad declares war on wind power construction for everyone else!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
There are many ways to take in Samin Nosrat's much-anticipated new cookbook! But for me, it arrives as a gorgeous antidote to these soul-sucking times, a practical guide to an intentional life + the daily ask of what makes a good life. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Eight years in the making, Samin Nosrat's new cookbook arrives right on time
Can a cookbook reveal the ingredients for a good life? Nosrat's latest offers a guide.
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
There are many ways to take in Samin Nosrat's much-anticipated new cookbook! But for me, it arrives as a gorgeous antidote to these soul-sucking times, a practical guide to an intentional life + the daily ask of what makes a good life. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...