Jacob Rosenberg
@jacobrosenberg.bsky.social
articles editor at Mother Jones (@motherjones.com), CIR union UAW 2103 (@cir-union.bsky.social)
Pinned
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
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. @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @nlanard.bsky.social spoke to those close to ten men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration. The reporting makes clear:
The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
(Atenborough voice):
Gather round as the New Right poster—once hunter of the Bush-era conservative—transforms into its former prey: the neocon
Gather round as the New Right poster—once hunter of the Bush-era conservative—transforms into its former prey: the neocon
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
(Atenborough voice):
Gather round as the New Right poster—once hunter of the Bush-era conservative—transforms into its former prey: the neocon
Gather round as the New Right poster—once hunter of the Bush-era conservative—transforms into its former prey: the neocon
There's no reason to accept any of this logic, but it seems uniquely heinous right now (and manipulative of those who have died from drugs in the US) that Republicans regularly say Venezuela is a state that sends tons of drugs to the US.
It does not—it sends drugs to Europe
It does not—it sends drugs to Europe
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
There's no reason to accept any of this logic, but it seems uniquely heinous right now (and manipulative of those who have died from drugs in the US) that Republicans regularly say Venezuela is a state that sends tons of drugs to the US.
It does not—it sends drugs to Europe
It does not—it sends drugs to Europe
Trump's "just take the oil" as totalizing foreign policy—from Iraq then, to Venezuela now
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Trump's "just take the oil" as totalizing foreign policy—from Iraq then, to Venezuela now
Trump Freudian slips at the end: "I watched one of the most precise attacks on sovereignty."
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Trump Freudian slips at the end: "I watched one of the most precise attacks on sovereignty."
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With his anachronistic score for ‘Marty Supreme,’ Oneohtrix Point Never, a.k.a. Daniel Lopatin, joins the ranks of star composers.
How the Safdie Sound Is Made
With his anachronistic score for ‘Marty Supreme,’ Oneohtrix Point Never, a.k.a. Daniel Lopatin, joins the ranks of star composers.
www.vulture.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
With his anachronistic score for ‘Marty Supreme,’ Oneohtrix Point Never, a.k.a. Daniel Lopatin, joins the ranks of star composers.
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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.
cool to see this on Bloomberg’s most admired climate stories of 2025
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
cool to see this on Bloomberg’s most admired climate stories of 2025
Merry Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Merry Christmas
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@jacobrosenberg.bsky.social writes that Hanna Pickard’s forthcoming What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine “has changed [his] understanding of [his] habits—and maybe it will change yours, too.” www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
Monster of 2025: Cigarettes
Is dying early really pro-social?
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December 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
@jacobrosenberg.bsky.social writes that Hanna Pickard’s forthcoming What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine “has changed [his] understanding of [his] habits—and maybe it will change yours, too.” www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
nice to include a (correct) sicko ode to Angeball maxread.substack.com/p/the-read-m...
The Read Max year in review 2025
Over 30 lists and 15,000 words from Read Max friends, foes, and family
maxread.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
nice to include a (correct) sicko ode to Angeball maxread.substack.com/p/the-read-m...
Discovered a new Bill Murray
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Discovered a new Bill Murray
wrote about smoking and a new book on the philosophy of addiction
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
Monster of 2025: Cigarettes
Is dying early really pro-social?
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
wrote about smoking and a new book on the philosophy of addiction
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
December 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Even if you do go offline, you’ll find the real world is now a lot like the AI experience on your phone: supposedly easy, but shitty, and decidedly vacant"
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
Monster of 2025: AI slop
The drive for a frictionless existence has sloppified our offline lives, too.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Even if you do go offline, you’ll find the real world is now a lot like the AI experience on your phone: supposedly easy, but shitty, and decidedly vacant"
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
huge news:
"doves and pigeons are part of the family Columbidae, which includes hundreds of species, and there’s no real scientific distinction between the two bird groups"
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
"doves and pigeons are part of the family Columbidae, which includes hundreds of species, and there’s no real scientific distinction between the two bird groups"
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Hero of 2025: plucky pigeons
It's about time someone showed them a little appreciation.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
huge news:
"doves and pigeons are part of the family Columbidae, which includes hundreds of species, and there’s no real scientific distinction between the two bird groups"
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
"doves and pigeons are part of the family Columbidae, which includes hundreds of species, and there’s no real scientific distinction between the two bird groups"
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
theintercept.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
re-read Greg Grandon on Kissinger and thinking today about the unbroken circle of political arguments for American militarism
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
re-read Greg Grandon on Kissinger and thinking today about the unbroken circle of political arguments for American militarism
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Venezuela is not completely surrounded by an armada, because Venezuela is not an island.
Also, Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, when Hugo Chávez was 21 and Nicolás Maduro was 13.
Also, Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, when Hugo Chávez was 21 and Nicolás Maduro was 13.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Venezuela is not completely surrounded by an armada, because Venezuela is not an island.
Also, Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, when Hugo Chávez was 21 and Nicolás Maduro was 13.
Also, Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, when Hugo Chávez was 21 and Nicolás Maduro was 13.
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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if you went to an ivy league school and traveled out to LA with a pilot in the peak tv/streamers era and couldn't get a solitary job in a writers room you must have been an UNBELIEVABLY bad hang
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
if you went to an ivy league school and traveled out to LA with a pilot in the peak tv/streamers era and couldn't get a solitary job in a writers room you must have been an UNBELIEVABLY bad hang