James West
@jamespwest.bsky.social
Executive Editor, Center for Investigative Reporting (Mother Jones, Reveal)
“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.
Reposted by James West
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)
Trump’s people are calling this a hate rally. Here’s a live shot from the hate rally.
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)
Trump’s people are calling this a hate rally. Here’s a live shot from the hate rally.
October 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trump’s people are calling this a hate rally. Here’s a live shot from the hate rally.
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...
www.edbookfest.co.uk
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...
Undercover reporters caught Trump’s former campaign boss bragging about advising Peter Dutton’s conservative Liberal party (he & Dutton deny it). On the eve of an election already somewhat shaped by Trump, quite the @australia.theguardian.com exclusive. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign
Exclusive: Chris LaCivita, Trump’s presidential campaign co-manager, tells undercover reporters he advised on ‘structural issues’ related to Peter Dutton; the Coalition denies LaCivita was involved in...
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Undercover reporters caught Trump’s former campaign boss bragging about advising Peter Dutton’s conservative Liberal party (he & Dutton deny it). On the eve of an election already somewhat shaped by Trump, quite the @australia.theguardian.com exclusive. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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.🏆
Incredible: My colleague @garrisonhayes.bsky.social just won the Webby for best Creator (News & Politics)! This is the SECOND year in a row he has won in a Creator category. Garrison played a singular role in profiling the dynamics of Black politics in 2024. winners.webbyawards.com/2025/creator...
April 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Incredible: My colleague @garrisonhayes.bsky.social just won the Webby for best Creator (News & Politics)! This is the SECOND year in a row he has won in a Creator category. Garrison played a singular role in profiling the dynamics of Black politics in 2024. winners.webbyawards.com/2025/creator...
Just dropped: The latest @revealnews.org More To The Story features fellow Aussie @justinwolfers.bsky.social wishing Trump had taken his Econ 101 class—might’ve saved us all a whole lot of chaos.
🎧 LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
🎧 LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just dropped: The latest @revealnews.org More To The Story features fellow Aussie @justinwolfers.bsky.social wishing Trump had taken his Econ 101 class—might’ve saved us all a whole lot of chaos.
🎧 LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
🎧 LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
So so proud to be working with Clara and the whole CIR newsroom at this exact moment. So much good stuff to check out in this panoply of winning stories.
1/ THRILLED to announce that we've won two National Magazine Awards!
The big kahuna: General Excellence (in politics, literature, science)
and
Podcasting
We also had nominations in Reporting and Profile.
asme.memberclicks.net/american-soc...
The big kahuna: General Excellence (in politics, literature, science)
and
Podcasting
We also had nominations in Reporting and Profile.
asme.memberclicks.net/american-soc...
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCES NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2025 WINNERS
asme.memberclicks.net
April 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
So so proud to be working with Clara and the whole CIR newsroom at this exact moment. So much good stuff to check out in this panoply of winning stories.
*Taps mic*: Thrilled to announce that today we launched a new @revealnews.org show hosted by @alletson.bsky.social, "More To The Story."
Bringing you urgent conversations to make sense of your newsfeed.
Ep1: Tim Heaphy, Jan. 6 Committee lead.
Listen/follow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Bringing you urgent conversations to make sense of your newsfeed.
Ep1: Tim Heaphy, Jan. 6 Committee lead.
Listen/follow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
How Trump’s January 6 Pardons Hijacked History
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 03/05/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
*Taps mic*: Thrilled to announce that today we launched a new @revealnews.org show hosted by @alletson.bsky.social, "More To The Story."
Bringing you urgent conversations to make sense of your newsfeed.
Ep1: Tim Heaphy, Jan. 6 Committee lead.
Listen/follow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Bringing you urgent conversations to make sense of your newsfeed.
Ep1: Tim Heaphy, Jan. 6 Committee lead.
Listen/follow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Holy shit this is getting real. A brand new show from @revealnews.org launches next week hosted by the one & only
@alletson.bsky.social
We want these candid conversations to help you rethink your entire newsfeed.
Trailer OUT NOW and follow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
@alletson.bsky.social
We want these candid conversations to help you rethink your entire newsfeed.
Trailer OUT NOW and follow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
More To The Story with Al Letson
Podcast Episode · Reveal · Trailer · 3m
podcasts.apple.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Holy shit this is getting real. A brand new show from @revealnews.org launches next week hosted by the one & only
@alletson.bsky.social
We want these candid conversations to help you rethink your entire newsfeed.
Trailer OUT NOW and follow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
@alletson.bsky.social
We want these candid conversations to help you rethink your entire newsfeed.
Trailer OUT NOW and follow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
What's the real lesson of the German election for America?
@monikab.bsky.social writes it's a mistake to assume (as Trump and Musk seem to believe, and some in the media too) that a MAGA victory means a MAGA country.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@monikab.bsky.social writes it's a mistake to assume (as Trump and Musk seem to believe, and some in the media too) that a MAGA victory means a MAGA country.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Eighty percent of Germans voted against the far right. Can that happen here?
A reminder that the small-d democratic tent is big.
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
What's the real lesson of the German election for America?
@monikab.bsky.social writes it's a mistake to assume (as Trump and Musk seem to believe, and some in the media too) that a MAGA victory means a MAGA country.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@monikab.bsky.social writes it's a mistake to assume (as Trump and Musk seem to believe, and some in the media too) that a MAGA victory means a MAGA country.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...