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Scott Weiner has forced California to build a lot more homes. Now he's running for Nancy Pelosi's seat. Can his "getting shit done" ethos work in a broken Congress? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, he's putting the "Abundance" theory to the test.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Scott Weiner has forced California to build a lot more homes. Now he's running for Nancy Pelosi's seat. Can his "getting shit done" ethos work in a broken Congress? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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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.
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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...
Zohran hitting up at least two gay clubs (Papi Juice, Mood Ring) and a Knicks game during this final campaign stretch:
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Zohran hitting up at least two gay clubs (Papi Juice, Mood Ring) and a Knicks game during this final campaign stretch:
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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important note from @transjournalists.org on "transgender ideology": www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
important note from @transjournalists.org on "transgender ideology": www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...
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Donald Trump has a history of making national tragedies worse. So here's a quick side by side of how one president responds to a national crisis versus how another does.
September 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Donald Trump has a history of making national tragedies worse. So here's a quick side by side of how one president responds to a national crisis versus how another does.
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There is no reason to post or RT the video of Charlie Kirk being shot. None.
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There is no reason to post or RT the video of Charlie Kirk being shot. None.
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It is always a good time to check your Bluesky settings for content and media and make sure videos and GIFs do not autoplay.
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It is always a good time to check your Bluesky settings for content and media and make sure videos and GIFs do not autoplay.
If you wanna know why millennials are so fcked up, it's because this commercial would pop up outta nowhere between after school cartoons and evening sitcoms:
Debi Austin - "Voicebox" (In Memoriam)
YouTube video by California Department of Public Health
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September 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you wanna know why millennials are so fcked up, it's because this commercial would pop up outta nowhere between after school cartoons and evening sitcoms:
There's nothing like a good, old fashioned newspaper editor. Someone who gets your off your high horse and say write what you mean.
September 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
There's nothing like a good, old fashioned newspaper editor. Someone who gets your off your high horse and say write what you mean.
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I've had a Google Alert set on Missouri AG Andrew Bailey for a couple years. His aggressive (and at times extralegal) attacks on abortion, local Democrats, trans people often get slapped down in court. But winning wasn't the point. The point was building a rep.
Now he's headed to help run the FBI.
Now he's headed to help run the FBI.
Trump rewards MAGA attack dog attorney general with FBI post
"If Andrew Bailey can do this much damage in Missouri, imagine what he’ll do with federal power."
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August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I've had a Google Alert set on Missouri AG Andrew Bailey for a couple years. His aggressive (and at times extralegal) attacks on abortion, local Democrats, trans people often get slapped down in court. But winning wasn't the point. The point was building a rep.
Now he's headed to help run the FBI.
Now he's headed to help run the FBI.
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Great week for people who are like once I saw a black person, therefore it’s time for martial law
August 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Great week for people who are like once I saw a black person, therefore it’s time for martial law
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Israel has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza
The latest killings, on Sunday, were targeted attacks on reporters covering the war in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera, which employed them. New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The latest killings, on Sunday, were targeted attacks on reporters covering the war in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera, which employed them. New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Israel has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza
The latest killings were targeted attacks on reporters covering the war in Gaza, according to the news network that employed them.
www.motherjones.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Israel has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza
The latest killings, on Sunday, were targeted attacks on reporters covering the war in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera, which employed them. New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The latest killings, on Sunday, were targeted attacks on reporters covering the war in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera, which employed them. New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Police Records Access Project database, built by UC Berkeley and Stanford and distributed by news outlets including the Chronicle, allows searches by name, agency or keyword.
Thousands of once-secret California police files made public in searchable database
The Police Records Access Project database, built by UC Berkeley and Stanford and distributed by news outlets including the Chronicle, allows searches by name, agency or keyword.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Police Records Access Project database, built by UC Berkeley and Stanford and distributed by news outlets including the Chronicle, allows searches by name, agency or keyword.
The thing I love most about running is talking to everyone endlessly about how I'm not doing it.
July 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The thing I love most about running is talking to everyone endlessly about how I'm not doing it.
As someone who occasionally dabbles in troll-like behavior, I kinda get Gilbert Arenas. Jokes is jokes. But his KAT take was so mindblowingly misogynist and cruel that I can help but think of him as a bully.
July 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
As someone who occasionally dabbles in troll-like behavior, I kinda get Gilbert Arenas. Jokes is jokes. But his KAT take was so mindblowingly misogynist and cruel that I can help but think of him as a bully.
This Holocaust denier has the most popular history newsletter on Substack -- truly scary (not not surprising!) stuff: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a Nazi-obsessed amateur historian went from obscurity to the top of Substack
Tucker Carlson has called Darryl Cooper the “most important popular historian working in the United States today.” His background is more extreme than previously reported.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This Holocaust denier has the most popular history newsletter on Substack -- truly scary (not not surprising!) stuff: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began."
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began."
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
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How does the Epstein scandal end? I went over some likely scenarios. Mostly it’s just amazing to consider what an absurd Gordian knot the Trump administration has created for themselves. Featuring some thoughts from the very smart @rothschildmd.bsky.social. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How does the Epstein scandal end?
The Trump administration is desperate to kill the story. Here are 5 ways they could try.
www.motherjones.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
How does the Epstein scandal end? I went over some likely scenarios. Mostly it’s just amazing to consider what an absurd Gordian knot the Trump administration has created for themselves. Featuring some thoughts from the very smart @rothschildmd.bsky.social. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Loved doing this short interview where @kashana.bsky.social schooled me on a bit of the history of Black women in comedy: www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...
Kashana Cauley's latest book conjures a new villain for our times: the debt police
We talked to the author, TV writer, and social media wit about "The Payback"—and finding humor in darkness.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Loved doing this short interview where @kashana.bsky.social schooled me on a bit of the history of Black women in comedy: www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...
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1/ Important new piece from @billmckibben.bsky.social: who worries that Trump is ripping the bonds that hold this vast country together—the very idea of a diverse democracy; our aspirational story—past the point of repair: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Will Trump force America to break up?
He seems determined to try.
www.motherjones.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
1/ Important new piece from @billmckibben.bsky.social: who worries that Trump is ripping the bonds that hold this vast country together—the very idea of a diverse democracy; our aspirational story—past the point of repair: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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