Mark Follman
@markfollman.bsky.social
Author, dad, journalist at Mother Jones/CIR. My book TRIGGER POINTS is the story of expert teams who are preventing mass shootings, from K-12 schools to the FBI https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062973533/
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Mark Follman
@markfollman.bsky.social
· Mar 30
Lessons from a mass shooter's mother
A decade after her son committed a massacre, Chin Rodger is on a quest to help prevent the next tragedy.
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Some cool news: My investigation “Lessons From a Mass Shooter’s Mother”—chronicling how a killer's mom is now trying to help stop other massacres—is a National Magazine Award finalist x 2. In profile, and 1 of 2 @motherjones.com cover stories in General Excellence www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
objectively the opposite of a ‘golden age’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump’s First Year Back, in 10 Charts
Steven Rattner recaps the year of Trump in charts.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
objectively the opposite of a ‘golden age’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
“If the standard for airing a story becomes ‘the government must agree to be interviewed,’ then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.” www.wsj.com/business/med...
Inside Bari Weiss’s Decision to Pull a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
A conflict over the CBS News editor in chief’s decision to hold a segment spotlights the internal tensions over editorial standards.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“If the standard for airing a story becomes ‘the government must agree to be interviewed,’ then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.” www.wsj.com/business/med...
Interesting to ponder whether chatbots could be trained on humans explaining their process of discovery in detail, and whether those chatbots could then actually use that data to do that kind of discovery themselves. (Seems doubtful with the current state of AI) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/o...
Opinion | I Asked ChatGPT to Solve an 800-Year-Old Italian Mystery. What Happened Surprised Me.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Interesting to ponder whether chatbots could be trained on humans explaining their process of discovery in detail, and whether those chatbots could then actually use that data to do that kind of discovery themselves. (Seems doubtful with the current state of AI) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/o...
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💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
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ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Bari Weiss needs to read up on the Streisand Effect
Watching the spiked 60 Minutes episode on YouTube, thanks to @phillewis.bsky.social. It's not like the Trump admin didn't have its say. At about 4:15 mark, there is footage of Trump saying CECOT was "great facilities, very strong facilities"
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WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Bari Weiss needs to read up on the Streisand Effect
“The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment.
“One of Weiss’s suggestions was to include a fresh interview with Stephen Miller… architect of Trump’s immigration crackdown” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
“One of Weiss’s suggestions was to include a fresh interview with Stephen Miller… architect of Trump’s immigration crackdown” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment.
“One of Weiss’s suggestions was to include a fresh interview with Stephen Miller… architect of Trump’s immigration crackdown” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
“One of Weiss’s suggestions was to include a fresh interview with Stephen Miller… architect of Trump’s immigration crackdown” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
If you were to look up ‘abject lesson’ in the dictionary www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
If you were to look up ‘abject lesson’ in the dictionary www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
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RFK Jr.’s handpicked anti-vaccine staff at HHS have apparently decided that the CDC will no longer recommend most childhood vaccines.
They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead.
This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.
They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead.
This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
RFK Jr.’s handpicked anti-vaccine staff at HHS have apparently decided that the CDC will no longer recommend most childhood vaccines.
They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead.
This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.
They will encourage parents to discuss it with doctors instead.
This is going to kill babies, and it will cause the most harm among the most vulnerable.
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Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
He made them into the party of full-blown demagoguery. Now they all must jump to conclusions that support the weaponized far-right narrative — before legitimate investigation, before any real facts even are gathered. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Trump allies amplified unfounded online theories in wake of Brown shooting
In the gap between the shooting and an arrest, several top officials cast the school as inept and ideologically hostile to conservatives.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
He made them into the party of full-blown demagoguery. Now they all must jump to conclusions that support the weaponized far-right narrative — before legitimate investigation, before any real facts even are gathered. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
American presidents don’t try to name national institutions after themselves while in office. This is more akin to the behavior of autocrats in places like China, Russia and North Korea wapo.st/4s49qeX
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex “the Trump Kennedy Center.”
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December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
American presidents don’t try to name national institutions after themselves while in office. This is more akin to the behavior of autocrats in places like China, Russia and North Korea wapo.st/4s49qeX
Top White House economic advisor admits “it’s the Trump economy now”
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'It's the Trump economy now,' top WH economic adviser says amid affordability concerns
NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez, Ryan Nobles, Christine Romans and Jonathan Allen join Meet the Press NOW to report on President Trump’s messaging on the economy as he urges voters to blame his predecessor f...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Top White House economic advisor admits “it’s the Trump economy now”
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
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Covering mass shootings for as long as I have, I'm especially grateful for the work of my colleagues @h-lev.bsky.social in Providence and @jamespwest.bsky.social in Sydney—both with vivid, moving reporting directly from the aftermath of these latest tragedies. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Two countries. Two tragedies. One huge difference.
In the wake of the Bondi massacre, Australia is uniting in a way that seems impossible in Donald Trump’s post-truth America.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Covering mass shootings for as long as I have, I'm especially grateful for the work of my colleagues @h-lev.bsky.social in Providence and @jamespwest.bsky.social in Sydney—both with vivid, moving reporting directly from the aftermath of these latest tragedies. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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Trump and Epstein, according to new NYTimes investigation: "the two men’s relationship was both far closer and far more complex than the president now admits" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u... (gift link)
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
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December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Trump and Epstein, according to new NYTimes investigation: "the two men’s relationship was both far closer and far more complex than the president now admits" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u... (gift link)
Epitomizes the grift of the MAGA era. Just bananas stuff. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @smencimer.bsky.social
A Florida sheriff had a message for Kyle Rittenhouse: "I think you’re a joke"
The once-famous teenage shooter's comeback lasted exactly one week.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Epitomizes the grift of the MAGA era. Just bananas stuff. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @smencimer.bsky.social
Reminder: the mass shooter who murdered 23 people and injured 22 others in El Paso during Trump’s first term was driven by this same demonizing ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory also pushed hard by Trump and Fox News pundits back then 👉🏻 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Reminder: the mass shooter who murdered 23 people and injured 22 others in El Paso during Trump’s first term was driven by this same demonizing ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory also pushed hard by Trump and Fox News pundits back then 👉🏻 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“I have lived in Providence for nearly a decade—first as a Brown student, and then when I returned to make it my home—and I have never seen it like this, the energy sucked out of it by fear.”
Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting
What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“I have lived in Providence for nearly a decade—first as a Brown student, and then when I returned to make it my home—and I have never seen it like this, the energy sucked out of it by fear.”
Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
On CBS News, Erika Kirk gave no clear answer or further context when asked about Charlie Kirk's remarks justifying gun deaths per 2A, doubting the ability of Black pilots, or calling the Civil Rights Act a "mistake"
He "loved excellence" and was a "thought leader," she said youtu.be/Rbna6lHE7D4?...
He "loved excellence" and was a "thought leader," she said youtu.be/Rbna6lHE7D4?...
Bari Weiss Sits Down With Erika Kirk | Full Interview
YouTube video by The Free Press
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December 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
On CBS News, Erika Kirk gave no clear answer or further context when asked about Charlie Kirk's remarks justifying gun deaths per 2A, doubting the ability of Black pilots, or calling the Civil Rights Act a "mistake"
He "loved excellence" and was a "thought leader," she said youtu.be/Rbna6lHE7D4?...
He "loved excellence" and was a "thought leader," she said youtu.be/Rbna6lHE7D4?...