James West
@jamespwest.bsky.social
Executive Editor, Center for Investigative Reporting (Mother Jones, Reveal)
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“If Minnesota falls, everything falls. We’re done as a nation.”
Fury. Grief. Anguish. Locals on the frontlines of Trump’s attack on Minneapolis are speaking out following the killing of another one of their neighbors. We’re on the ground with @samveep.bsky.social tracking the aftermath.
Fury. Grief. Anguish. Locals on the frontlines of Trump’s attack on Minneapolis are speaking out following the killing of another one of their neighbors. We’re on the ground with @samveep.bsky.social tracking the aftermath.
January 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
“If Minnesota falls, everything falls. We’re done as a nation.”
Fury. Grief. Anguish. Locals on the frontlines of Trump’s attack on Minneapolis are speaking out following the killing of another one of their neighbors. We’re on the ground with @samveep.bsky.social tracking the aftermath.
Fury. Grief. Anguish. Locals on the frontlines of Trump’s attack on Minneapolis are speaking out following the killing of another one of their neighbors. We’re on the ground with @samveep.bsky.social tracking the aftermath.
It’s not quite as cold as MN right now, but NYC just turned out a massive protest in solidarity in plunging temps, heading up 6th ave.
January 23, 2026 at 10:53 PM
It’s not quite as cold as MN right now, but NYC just turned out a massive protest in solidarity in plunging temps, heading up 6th ave.
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In the aftermath of the ICE killing of Renée Good, Trump's admin smeared her as a “domestic terrorist." That’s despite video evidence to the contrary. Today, we joined the Manhattan thong for one of many dozens of protests held around the country this weekend. We asked protesters: What did you see?
January 12, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Watch this series of interviews by @jamespwest.bsky.social
A big crowd has amassed on Fifth Avenue in near Central Park in Manhattan this afternoon and after hearing some speeches a march is about to begin. I’ll be speaking to rally goers throughout so more soon.
January 11, 2026 at 6:57 PM
A big crowd has amassed on Fifth Avenue in near Central Park in Manhattan this afternoon and after hearing some speeches a march is about to begin. I’ll be speaking to rally goers throughout so more soon.
I spoke with noturtlesoup17.bsky.social who is on the ground in Minneapolis for @motherjones.com. She's been one of the country's most prominent chroniclers of ICE escalation. We'll be featuring more of her work over the coming weeks and months. Give her a follow.
www.youtube.com/shorts/7otLE...
www.youtube.com/shorts/7otLE...
We’re on the Ground in Minneapolis as Tensions Flare After ICE Shooting
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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January 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I spoke with noturtlesoup17.bsky.social who is on the ground in Minneapolis for @motherjones.com. She's been one of the country's most prominent chroniclers of ICE escalation. We'll be featuring more of her work over the coming weeks and months. Give her a follow.
www.youtube.com/shorts/7otLE...
www.youtube.com/shorts/7otLE...
This is an excellent listen from @revealnews.org … wanted to get this to you as fast as we could so we brought forward our regular midweek show… everything about Venezuela’s oil, the market, the politics, and the giant shockwaves radiating around the world… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
What Trump’s Venezuela Attack Means for the World
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 01/06/2026 · 32m
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January 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is an excellent listen from @revealnews.org … wanted to get this to you as fast as we could so we brought forward our regular midweek show… everything about Venezuela’s oil, the market, the politics, and the giant shockwaves radiating around the world… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
After the Sydney Hanukkah massacre, I saw anguish, outrage, and the beginnings of a national reckoning: How could the Jewish community have been left so vulnerable? And how did a nation that prides itself on strict gun laws allow two men to be so heavily armed?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Unfathomable.” Hanukkah massacre shatters Australia’s long-held pride in guns and safety.
Anguish, outrage, and a national reckoning over antisemitism and gun control.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
After the Sydney Hanukkah massacre, I saw anguish, outrage, and the beginnings of a national reckoning: How could the Jewish community have been left so vulnerable? And how did a nation that prides itself on strict gun laws allow two men to be so heavily armed?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A somber scene of reflection and outrage outside the Bondi Pavilion where an impromptu vigil is taking place. Prayer, intense grief, amongst Sydney’s Jewish community.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A somber scene of reflection and outrage outside the Bondi Pavilion where an impromptu vigil is taking place. Prayer, intense grief, amongst Sydney’s Jewish community.
“I want to be a part of it, New York, New York!” Sinatra kicking in after Mamdani’s speech. A quick sampling of the joy these Brooklyn bar-goers are feeling tonight: “We did it!” And this is just one small local bar.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
“I want to be a part of it, New York, New York!” Sinatra kicking in after Mamdani’s speech. A quick sampling of the joy these Brooklyn bar-goers are feeling tonight: “We did it!” And this is just one small local bar.
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Huge night for voting rights so far:
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Huge night for voting rights so far:
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court
-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map
-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting
-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
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put a stake in it www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic party into the future
This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
put a stake in it www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This was super fun to make today. We’re in the middle of a nationwide frog costume shortage crisis!
“I tried to get a Portland frog outfit and they were sold out until November!”
Frogs, axolotls, and at least one giant pink hippo made its way through Manhattan on Saturday, alongside thousands of others, part of the nationwide “No Kings” rallies.
Follow for more No Kings coverage!
Frogs, axolotls, and at least one giant pink hippo made its way through Manhattan on Saturday, alongside thousands of others, part of the nationwide “No Kings” rallies.
Follow for more No Kings coverage!
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This was super fun to make today. We’re in the middle of a nationwide frog costume shortage crisis!
Some quick images from an extremely lively, festive #NoKings rally that is happening right now in Manhattan as thousands upon thousands streamed down Seventh Avenue from Times Square.
October 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Some quick images from an extremely lively, festive #NoKings rally that is happening right now in Manhattan as thousands upon thousands streamed down Seventh Avenue from Times Square.
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Pink inflatable hippo expert here: pink inflatable hippos only walk like this when they are distressed (because the tyrant-in-chief is destroying the country)
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Pink inflatable hippo expert here: pink inflatable hippos only walk like this when they are distressed (because the tyrant-in-chief is destroying the country)
We just dropped a major new investigation with partners @lighthousereports.com and a dozen other international partners, uncovering a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US.
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We just dropped a major new investigation with partners @lighthousereports.com and a dozen other international partners, uncovering a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US.
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
If you're in Edinburgh right now, I'll be interviewing @nytimes.com's @ewong.bsky.social alongside @channel4news.bsky.social's Lindsey Hilsum TODAY about their incredible new books, journalism in 2025, and "USA, WTF?!" at the majestic McEwan Hall, 1:30p. Come! www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
The Front List: Anne Applebaum & Edward Wong
From Sun 17 Aug - It’s hard to overstate the extent to which the Trump administration has disrupted the past 70 years’ world order. Journalists Anne Applebaum and Edward Wong are here to report on whe...
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August 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
If you're in Edinburgh right now, I'll be interviewing @nytimes.com's @ewong.bsky.social alongside @channel4news.bsky.social's Lindsey Hilsum TODAY about their incredible new books, journalism in 2025, and "USA, WTF?!" at the majestic McEwan Hall, 1:30p. Come! www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
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NEW: We spoke with the families of some of the men returned to Venezuela tonight after Trump disappeared to El Salvador in March. Horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
NEW: We spoke with the families of some of the men returned to Venezuela tonight after Trump disappeared to El Salvador in March. Horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Today I asked protesters in New York City: "What are you worried America is turning into?" Their answers were poignant, and defiant. Watch the video I took (edited by masterful @peter-berger.bsky.social).
Hear from marchers at today's vast No Kings rally in New York City: "I'm glad to see everybody out here right now, knowing that people's eyes are open—and they're fighting for what's right."
“That’s Why America Is Great”: New York City Protesters Push Back With Love and Defiance
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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June 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Today I asked protesters in New York City: "What are you worried America is turning into?" Their answers were poignant, and defiant. Watch the video I took (edited by masterful @peter-berger.bsky.social).
Here's my dispatch from the big "No Kings" demonstration clowns, singers, drummers, pets, long-time activists, protest neophytes—and an air of defiance, and yes, love.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"That's why America is great": New York City protesters push back with love and defiance.
"Keep fighting for what is right."
www.motherjones.com
June 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here's my dispatch from the big "No Kings" demonstration clowns, singers, drummers, pets, long-time activists, protest neophytes—and an air of defiance, and yes, love.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Some voices from today:
When I met Monica Pierce, a 55-year-old from Texas with Colombian heritage, she was standing alone with a sign that simply said “NO,” surrounded by colorful string lights. “This means a lot to me,” she said, gazing out on the crowd. “My mom went through a lot to come here.”
When I met Monica Pierce, a 55-year-old from Texas with Colombian heritage, she was standing alone with a sign that simply said “NO,” surrounded by colorful string lights. “This means a lot to me,” she said, gazing out on the crowd. “My mom went through a lot to come here.”
June 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Some voices from today:
When I met Monica Pierce, a 55-year-old from Texas with Colombian heritage, she was standing alone with a sign that simply said “NO,” surrounded by colorful string lights. “This means a lot to me,” she said, gazing out on the crowd. “My mom went through a lot to come here.”
When I met Monica Pierce, a 55-year-old from Texas with Colombian heritage, she was standing alone with a sign that simply said “NO,” surrounded by colorful string lights. “This means a lot to me,” she said, gazing out on the crowd. “My mom went through a lot to come here.”
Heading to the NYC #NoKings protest.
Nancy Wilks, a 64yo architect from Brooklyn:
“I’m worried we’re going to lose our rights. The constitution is being trampled on.”
It’s packed here.
Nancy Wilks, a 64yo architect from Brooklyn:
“I’m worried we’re going to lose our rights. The constitution is being trampled on.”
It’s packed here.
June 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Heading to the NYC #NoKings protest.
Nancy Wilks, a 64yo architect from Brooklyn:
“I’m worried we’re going to lose our rights. The constitution is being trampled on.”
It’s packed here.
Nancy Wilks, a 64yo architect from Brooklyn:
“I’m worried we’re going to lose our rights. The constitution is being trampled on.”
It’s packed here.
Here’s Trump’s secret roadmap for attacking health science, leaked to @motherjones.com’s @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social
NIH is ending funding for research on vaccine hesitancy, the Covid pandemic, gender-affirming care, climate change, DEI, and more.
Here’s the language the agency will require staff to use to describe the cuts, according to a leaked draft guidance memo: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here’s the language the agency will require staff to use to describe the cuts, according to a leaked draft guidance memo: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Leaked memo reveals details about Trump's war on science at the NIH
On the chopping block for grants: Vaccine hesitancy, the health effects of climate change, gender-affirming care, DEI, research in China, and more.
www.motherjones.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Here’s Trump’s secret roadmap for attacking health science, leaked to @motherjones.com’s @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social
Holy shit!!
We were just named Pulizer Prize finalists!
For "40 Acres and a Lie" a collaboration between The Center for Public Integrity, @motherjones.com @revealnews.org colleagues.
pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
We were just named Pulizer Prize finalists!
For "40 Acres and a Lie" a collaboration between The Center for Public Integrity, @motherjones.com @revealnews.org colleagues.
pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
May 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Holy shit!!
We were just named Pulizer Prize finalists!
For "40 Acres and a Lie" a collaboration between The Center for Public Integrity, @motherjones.com @revealnews.org colleagues.
pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
We were just named Pulizer Prize finalists!
For "40 Acres and a Lie" a collaboration between The Center for Public Integrity, @motherjones.com @revealnews.org colleagues.
pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
Murdoch once enjoyed kingmaker status in Aussie politics. No longer.
As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Australia fought back against Murdoch. Your turn, America.
What's the future of the aging mogul's global empire? Look to the place where it all began.
www.motherjones.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Murdoch once enjoyed kingmaker status in Aussie politics. No longer.
As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Let's keep good news rolling: My @revealnews.org colleagues ALSO won a Webby People's Voice Award in "Podcasts Documentary", for their work with Center for Public Integrity reporters, as they proved that formerly enslaved people were given legal title to plantation land, only to have it taken back.🏆
April 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Let's keep good news rolling: My @revealnews.org colleagues ALSO won a Webby People's Voice Award in "Podcasts Documentary", for their work with Center for Public Integrity reporters, as they proved that formerly enslaved people were given legal title to plantation land, only to have it taken back.🏆