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/
2/ This section deep into the Blaze story on the alleged pipe bomber they name really gives away the game... (Notably, the lead author himself pleaded guilty to crimes at the Capitol on Jan. 6, as Sommer details in his above piece)
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
2/ This section deep into the Blaze story on the alleged pipe bomber they name really gives away the game... (Notably, the lead author himself pleaded guilty to crimes at the Capitol on Jan. 6, as Sommer details in his above piece)
2/ ...part of Musk's plan, apparently, to try to make Grok "go viral"
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
2/ ...part of Musk's plan, apparently, to try to make Grok "go viral"
"Taki Allen was sitting with friends after football practice on Monday afternoon when armed police officers suddenly surrounded him. He says the officers pointed their weapons, ordered him to the ground, and detained him — a moment he says left him shaken and afraid for his life." [2/x]
October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Taki Allen was sitting with friends after football practice on Monday afternoon when armed police officers suddenly surrounded him. He says the officers pointed their weapons, ordered him to the ground, and detained him — a moment he says left him shaken and afraid for his life." [2/x]
“Peter Giunta, former chair of the NY Young Republicans, who referred to Black people as “watermelon people” and “monkeys” and said, at another point, “I love Hitler,” is 31.”
Also, as @juliannemcshane.bsky.social notes, the bleak irony of Vance doing this charade on the Charlie Kirk Show 👉🏻
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Also, as @juliannemcshane.bsky.social notes, the bleak irony of Vance doing this charade on the Charlie Kirk Show 👉🏻
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October 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Peter Giunta, former chair of the NY Young Republicans, who referred to Black people as “watermelon people” and “monkeys” and said, at another point, “I love Hitler,” is 31.”
Also, as @juliannemcshane.bsky.social notes, the bleak irony of Vance doing this charade on the Charlie Kirk Show 👉🏻
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Also, as @juliannemcshane.bsky.social notes, the bleak irony of Vance doing this charade on the Charlie Kirk Show 👉🏻
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Pregnant women of America must feel great relief that Donald Trump isn’t their doctor
September 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Pregnant women of America must feel great relief that Donald Trump isn’t their doctor
So now that the Trump White House denies that Homan ever accepted the $50K, and Patel and Bondi shut down the investigation, how about the radical transparency they keep righteously vowing? Why not release the undercover footage of the alleged Homan bribe? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
September 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So now that the Trump White House denies that Homan ever accepted the $50K, and Patel and Bondi shut down the investigation, how about the radical transparency they keep righteously vowing? Why not release the undercover footage of the alleged Homan bribe? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
In America, anyone is free to make a stupid joke, even if the joke is factually wrong and makes some people feel very mad. The government cannot censor it using threats and intimidation. This right is enshrined in the constitution. That’s the point of this stupid joke from JD Vance, yes?
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In America, anyone is free to make a stupid joke, even if the joke is factually wrong and makes some people feel very mad. The government cannot censor it using threats and intimidation. This right is enshrined in the constitution. That’s the point of this stupid joke from JD Vance, yes?
My reported essay also dives deep into some disturbing new developments with online radicalization that go far beyond the terrain covered in “Adolescence”—an evolving danger that is fueling school shootings, political assassinations, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0... 2/x
September 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
My reported essay also dives deep into some disturbing new developments with online radicalization that go far beyond the terrain covered in “Adolescence”—an evolving danger that is fueling school shootings, political assassinations, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0... 2/x
2/ He is obviously talking about Kash Patel but not naming him… www.wsj.com/us-news/char...
September 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
2/ He is obviously talking about Kash Patel but not naming him… www.wsj.com/us-news/char...
Sometimes photos absolutely do tell the story most powerfully.
Try to comprehend children fleeing a mass shooting. Try to imagine you're the parent sprinting barefoot to find yours.
May 2022 - Pete Luna, for the Uvalde Leader-News
Aug. 2025 - Richard Tsong-Taatarii, for the Minnesota Star Tribune
Try to comprehend children fleeing a mass shooting. Try to imagine you're the parent sprinting barefoot to find yours.
May 2022 - Pete Luna, for the Uvalde Leader-News
Aug. 2025 - Richard Tsong-Taatarii, for the Minnesota Star Tribune
August 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Sometimes photos absolutely do tell the story most powerfully.
Try to comprehend children fleeing a mass shooting. Try to imagine you're the parent sprinting barefoot to find yours.
May 2022 - Pete Luna, for the Uvalde Leader-News
Aug. 2025 - Richard Tsong-Taatarii, for the Minnesota Star Tribune
Try to comprehend children fleeing a mass shooting. Try to imagine you're the parent sprinting barefoot to find yours.
May 2022 - Pete Luna, for the Uvalde Leader-News
Aug. 2025 - Richard Tsong-Taatarii, for the Minnesota Star Tribune
Every American should be worried about Trump's relationship with Putin.... not going well for US national security
August 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Every American should be worried about Trump's relationship with Putin.... not going well for US national security
August 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Two executive orders from Trump “drew on language and ideas about immigrants that echoed statements made by violent extremists who attacked Hispanics in El Paso, the Black community in Buffalo and Jews in Pittsburgh.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...
August 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Two executive orders from Trump “drew on language and ideas about immigrants that echoed statements made by violent extremists who attacked Hispanics in El Paso, the Black community in Buffalo and Jews in Pittsburgh.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...
Says it all. (As Putin knew it would.)
August 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Says it all. (As Putin knew it would.)
“Relatable” is the question? Well, in any case it’s not hard to see the desolation at the core of this story. Also the reporter evidently is not from San Francisco and WSJ really needs a factchecker—the Golden Gate Bridge is nowhere near the Ferry Building, folks www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
August 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“Relatable” is the question? Well, in any case it’s not hard to see the desolation at the core of this story. Also the reporter evidently is not from San Francisco and WSJ really needs a factchecker—the Golden Gate Bridge is nowhere near the Ferry Building, folks www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
Fake Mission Accomplished
what a grim farce…
what a grim farce…
August 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Fake Mission Accomplished
what a grim farce…
what a grim farce…
Notably, in 1943 the U.S. military was not deployed at home under phony pretense but instead was busy fighting fascism overseas
August 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Notably, in 1943 the U.S. military was not deployed at home under phony pretense but instead was busy fighting fascism overseas
2/ The shooter “appeared to have had a long-brewing fixation about the [Covid] vaccine, according to a senior law enforcement official…the man believed the shot had been the cause of his physical illness. The man’s father had reported him to authorities earlier on Friday, saying he was suicidal”
August 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
2/ The shooter “appeared to have had a long-brewing fixation about the [Covid] vaccine, according to a senior law enforcement official…the man believed the shot had been the cause of his physical illness. The man’s father had reported him to authorities earlier on Friday, saying he was suicidal”
5/ Sure seems like a textbook case for a red flag law removing access to guns. Nevada has one. Why didn't local police or EMS seek to use it here? (Lack of training and clarity on the law is a common problem. Also there's sometimes a political chill against using it...) www.wsj.com/us-news/poli...
August 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
5/ Sure seems like a textbook case for a red flag law removing access to guns. Nevada has one. Why didn't local police or EMS seek to use it here? (Lack of training and clarity on the law is a common problem. Also there's sometimes a political chill against using it...) www.wsj.com/us-news/poli...
“Any fair-minded mental-health expert would be very worried about Donald Trump’s performance"
“What we see are the classic signs of dementia, which is gross deterioration from someone’s baseline and function"
And why did the White House get rid of official transcripts of his remarks? Here's why 👉
“What we see are the classic signs of dementia, which is gross deterioration from someone’s baseline and function"
And why did the White House get rid of official transcripts of his remarks? Here's why 👉
August 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Any fair-minded mental-health expert would be very worried about Donald Trump’s performance"
“What we see are the classic signs of dementia, which is gross deterioration from someone’s baseline and function"
And why did the White House get rid of official transcripts of his remarks? Here's why 👉
“What we see are the classic signs of dementia, which is gross deterioration from someone’s baseline and function"
And why did the White House get rid of official transcripts of his remarks? Here's why 👉
Bad Economic News Makes Dear Leader Very Angry
August 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Bad Economic News Makes Dear Leader Very Angry
Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas... apparently no one ever told Trump the thing about how to get out of a deep dark hole by first putting down the shovel www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...
(Also a question for the New York Sun photo editors: "socialite"????!)
(Also a question for the New York Sun photo editors: "socialite"????!)
August 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas... apparently no one ever told Trump the thing about how to get out of a deep dark hole by first putting down the shovel www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...
(Also a question for the New York Sun photo editors: "socialite"????!)
(Also a question for the New York Sun photo editors: "socialite"????!)
Trump spoke with Eric Adams about the shooting… which also is a reminder that Trump refused to speak with Gov. Tim Walz—and insulted him—after a Trump supporter went on a gun rampage in June in Minnesota, where the murder victims included the former state house speaker.
Sympathy only for sycophants
Sympathy only for sycophants
July 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Trump spoke with Eric Adams about the shooting… which also is a reminder that Trump refused to speak with Gov. Tim Walz—and insulted him—after a Trump supporter went on a gun rampage in June in Minnesota, where the murder victims included the former state house speaker.
Sympathy only for sycophants
Sympathy only for sycophants
7/ Why don’t people just think a little more before they comment… Four victims died in NYC, zero died in Michigan
July 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
7/ Why don’t people just think a little more before they comment… Four victims died in NYC, zero died in Michigan