Stephanie Mencimer
@smencimer.bsky.social
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I spent some time in Southwest Virginia, talking to people in a county that gave Trump his biggest primary victory in 2016 but which is now getting crushed by his 2nd administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump has betrayed the people of coal country. They love him anyway.
“He thinks our people are idiots.”
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February 8, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I spent some time in Southwest Virginia, talking to people in a county that gave Trump his biggest primary victory in 2016 but which is now getting crushed by his 2nd administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New from me and @ariberman.bsky.social:
Trump wants control “over the voting in at least 15 places.” There's actually a mechanism for him to get that control in Fulton County, Georgia. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump wants control “over the voting in at least 15 places.” There's actually a mechanism for him to get that control in Fulton County, Georgia. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s FBI raid could lead to a takeover of elections in Georgia’s largest county
Trump wants control "over the voting in at least 15 places.” He could start in Fulton County, Georgia.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
New from me and @ariberman.bsky.social:
Trump wants control “over the voting in at least 15 places.” There's actually a mechanism for him to get that control in Fulton County, Georgia. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump wants control “over the voting in at least 15 places.” There's actually a mechanism for him to get that control in Fulton County, Georgia. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years. @erikwemple.bsky.social on one of the Post's true gems. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
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February 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years. @erikwemple.bsky.social on one of the Post's true gems. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons
No president has ever forgiven this much fraud—or stiffed this many victims.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons
No president has ever forgiven this much fraud—or stiffed this many victims.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Bad Bunny, billionaires, and the business of sports www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Bad Bunny, billionaires, and the business of sports
Sports journalist Pablo Torre, host of the podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” talks about the impact of money and politics on sports in America.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Bad Bunny, billionaires, and the business of sports www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Inside Donald Trump's crypto-fueled war on America history www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Inside Donald Trump's crypto-fueled war on America history www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
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ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers https://theonion.com/ice-opens-new-supermax-detention-center-for-most-harden-1827838332/
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers https://theonion.com/ice-opens-new-supermax-detention-center-for-most-harden-1827838332/
For the Sake of Our Money, Scott Bessent Needs to Shut Up newrepublic.com/article/2057... via @newrepublic.com
For the Sake of Our Money, Scott Bessent Needs to Shut Up
The more thuggish the treasury secretary gets, the more reason to fear the economy will tank.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM
For the Sake of Our Money, Scott Bessent Needs to Shut Up newrepublic.com/article/2057... via @newrepublic.com
The Washington Post is reportedly going to lay off most of its brave international reporters, some who've risked their lives to tell important stories. But the now-rightwing opinion section apparently has plenty of money to hire another social media editor to polish up its tweets.
January 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The Washington Post is reportedly going to lay off most of its brave international reporters, some who've risked their lives to tell important stories. But the now-rightwing opinion section apparently has plenty of money to hire another social media editor to polish up its tweets.
Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom
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January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
Former NuSkin flack and BYU kicker in the running to replace Noem? utahpolitics.news/former-utah-...
Chaffetz floated for Homeland Security amid Noem fallout
Former Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz is reportedly in the mix to replace Kristi Noem at DHS, potentially detouring a 2028 Utah governor run.
utahpolitics.news
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Former NuSkin flack and BYU kicker in the running to replace Noem? utahpolitics.news/former-utah-...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:49 PM
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Washington Post’s suicide-by-1,000-cuts business plan is going swimmingly. defector.com/jeff-bezos-i...
Jeff Bezos Is Putting The Washington Post Into Hospice | Defector
The Washington Post’s suicide-by-1,000-cuts business plan is going swimmingly. Word of the most recent act of self-harm came with a New York Times report on Friday on an internal memo informing the…
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January 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The Washington Post’s suicide-by-1,000-cuts business plan is going swimmingly. defector.com/jeff-bezos-i...
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1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
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Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
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As a matter of public service, we feel compelled to alert you to yet another depressing development: the absolutely stunning amount of poop currently flowing into the Potomac River.
More Bad News: A “Small Geyser” of Poop Water Is Flooding Into the Potomac River - Washingtonian
Look, we get it: the last thing you need to read is more bad news. Not when masked paramilitaries are laying siege to Minneapolis, prominent members of the executive branch of the federal government…
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January 27, 2026 at 9:46 PM
As a matter of public service, we feel compelled to alert you to yet another depressing development: the absolutely stunning amount of poop currently flowing into the Potomac River.
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"The federal government is killing people in the streets, so sports are canceled," is the point we have reached.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — NBA postpones Warriors-Timberwolves game at the Target Center 'to prioritize the safety and security' of the community.
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
"The federal government is killing people in the streets, so sports are canceled," is the point we have reached.
They want to tell you a kid with a Spider-Man backpack is evil www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:00 PM
They want to tell you a kid with a Spider-Man backpack is evil www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kudos to @timothynoah.bsky.social for originally bringing this travesty to light
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Kudos to @timothynoah.bsky.social for originally bringing this travesty to light
I'm sure this is going to go well
ICYMI, the governors of states along the Colorado River have been summoned to Washington DC next week by the Trump administration to try to negotiate a deal over the water for more than 40 million people in the West: www.fox13now.com/news/colorad... #utpol #Utah
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I'm sure this is going to go well
That's the sound of Antonin Scalia rolling over in his grave.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:17 PM
That's the sound of Antonin Scalia rolling over in his grave.
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Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
Meet the Minneapolis neighbors standing up to ICE by the thousands
Local resistance is "growing exponentially," says Defend the 612's Andrew Fahlstrom.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.