Schuyler Mitchell
@schuylermitchell.bsky.social
assistant editor at mother jones 🌀
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How John Roberts made Donald Trump’s imperial presidency: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
How John Roberts made Donald Trump’s imperial presidency: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The right seeks to cast gender identity not as something you are, but as something dangerous that you believe.
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The right seeks to cast gender identity not as something you are, but as something dangerous that you believe.
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"The right’s gripe isn’t just that trans people exist, but that their existence is tearing down the old world—of good men, obedient women, traditional family structures—and unleashing a new, godless age of chaos and precarity on you."
Banger from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social
Banger from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The right’s gripe isn’t just that trans people exist, but that their existence is tearing down the old world—of good men, obedient women, traditional family structures—and unleashing a new, godless age of chaos and precarity on you."
Banger from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social
Banger from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social
For @motherjones.com's upcoming print issue, I unpacked the insidious phrase driving MAGA's campaign against trans lives: "Gender Ideology"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
For @motherjones.com's upcoming print issue, I unpacked the insidious phrase driving MAGA's campaign against trans lives: "Gender Ideology"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"The right’s gripe isn’t just that trans people exist, but that their existence is tearing down the old world—of good men, obedient women, traditional family structures—& unleashing a new, godless age of chaos & precarity on you."
smart piece by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social
smart piece by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"The right’s gripe isn’t just that trans people exist, but that their existence is tearing down the old world—of good men, obedient women, traditional family structures—& unleashing a new, godless age of chaos & precarity on you."
smart piece by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social
smart piece by @schuylermitchell.bsky.social
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This week's Big Feature @motherjones.com: A look at how Dreamers—who came to the US as kids—went from being protected by the government to being targeted by it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This week's Big Feature @motherjones.com: A look at how Dreamers—who came to the US as kids—went from being protected by the government to being targeted by it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
In my Curtis Sliwa party report for @motherjones.com: the word “genderologies,” right-wing vigilantes, an energy healer with a pet chihuahua, universal hatred for Andrew Cuomo, and several people complimenting my bangs for some reason
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In my Curtis Sliwa party report for @motherjones.com: the word “genderologies,” right-wing vigilantes, an energy healer with a pet chihuahua, universal hatred for Andrew Cuomo, and several people complimenting my bangs for some reason
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"The number one thing everyone at the Curtis Sliwa election night watch party could agree on was loving Curtis Sliwa. The number two thing was hating Andrew Cuomo. Aside from that, it was kind of a mixed bag." Fun read from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My night with Sliwa superfans
At the Republican watch party, there was one point of political agreement: Andrew Cuomo sucks.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"The number one thing everyone at the Curtis Sliwa election night watch party could agree on was loving Curtis Sliwa. The number two thing was hating Andrew Cuomo. Aside from that, it was kind of a mixed bag." Fun read from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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a great report from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social at the sliwa mayoral party
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My night with Sliwa superfans
At the Republican watch party, there was one point of political agreement: Andrew Cuomo sucks.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
a great report from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social at the sliwa mayoral party
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged
North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust.
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire
When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust.
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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While hospitals across the country were falling apart, leaving patients in crisis and facilities severely understaffed, a shocking campaign to silence and surveil critics was underway.
Read @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social's latest investigation into Medical Properties Trust.
Read @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social's latest investigation into Medical Properties Trust.
The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire
When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
While hospitals across the country were falling apart, leaving patients in crisis and facilities severely understaffed, a shocking campaign to silence and surveil critics was underway.
Read @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social's latest investigation into Medical Properties Trust.
Read @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social's latest investigation into Medical Properties Trust.
We uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US. It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US. It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“It’s too late for preventative antifascism. I think we’re in a new era.”
After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States.
The latest from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:
After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States.
The latest from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:
He studies fascism. Is he now living through it?
After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."
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October 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“It’s too late for preventative antifascism. I think we’re in a new era.”
After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States.
The latest from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:
After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States.
The latest from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:
A professor had to flee the country last week after receiving death threats for his work on antifa. I spoke with historian @mark-bray.bsky.social about his experience being targeted by the far-right and what the history of fascism can teach us about this moment.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He studies fascism. Is he now living through it?
After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A professor had to flee the country last week after receiving death threats for his work on antifa. I spoke with historian @mark-bray.bsky.social about his experience being targeted by the far-right and what the history of fascism can teach us about this moment.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New from me: I wrote about how increasingly Israel's most important American allies are not Jews but evangelical Christians. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism
Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New from me: I wrote about how increasingly Israel's most important American allies are not Jews but evangelical Christians. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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When the best and brightest young people are encouraged to chase money and status instead of following more meaningful pursuits, that's a missed opportunity for them--and us. Elite colleges can do better, educator Evan Mandery argues in this thoughtful @motherjones.com story.
America’s elite colleges are perpetual inequality machines. It doesn't have to be this way.
Rather than steer the nation's top students toward the most lucrative careers, schools could help them build meaningful lives.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When the best and brightest young people are encouraged to chase money and status instead of following more meaningful pursuits, that's a missed opportunity for them--and us. Elite colleges can do better, educator Evan Mandery argues in this thoughtful @motherjones.com story.
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This is really great reporting from Mother Jones - the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine disavows the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine for misusing his work. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is really great reporting from Mother Jones - the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine disavows the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine for misusing his work. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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🎧 In the wake of ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, this episode of "More to the Story" (published earlier today) is essential listening: @revealnews.org examines how the tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s murder is accelerating a political crackdown. LISTEN:
Charlie Kirk and Trump's Looming Political Crackdown
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 09/17/2025 · 30m
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September 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
🎧 In the wake of ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, this episode of "More to the Story" (published earlier today) is essential listening: @revealnews.org examines how the tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s murder is accelerating a political crackdown. LISTEN:
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Jameson Govoni is a co-founder of a hangover prevention company who had almost no public presence until his armed contractors arrived in the Middle East.
Now, he is at the center of a highly controversial Israeli and US-backed food distribution scheme in Gaza that experts say has been a disaster.
Now, he is at the center of a highly controversial Israeli and US-backed food distribution scheme in Gaza that experts say has been a disaster.
“Amateur hour”: The man sending US military contractors to Gaza
How a little-known former Green Beret went from starting a company to prevent hangovers to the center of a dubious scheme to deliver aid in Gaza.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Jameson Govoni is a co-founder of a hangover prevention company who had almost no public presence until his armed contractors arrived in the Middle East.
Now, he is at the center of a highly controversial Israeli and US-backed food distribution scheme in Gaza that experts say has been a disaster.
Now, he is at the center of a highly controversial Israeli and US-backed food distribution scheme in Gaza that experts say has been a disaster.
NEW: How does a North Carolina entrepreneur go from launching a CBD venture, a hangover prevention product, and a drink for ravers ... to founding a private security contractor arming aid sites in Gaza?
@motherjones.com investigates the man behind UG Solutions:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@motherjones.com investigates the man behind UG Solutions:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Amateur hour”: The man sending US military contractors to Gaza
How a little-known former Green Beret went from starting a company to prevent hangovers to the center of a dubious scheme to deliver aid in Gaza.
www.motherjones.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NEW: How does a North Carolina entrepreneur go from launching a CBD venture, a hangover prevention product, and a drink for ravers ... to founding a private security contractor arming aid sites in Gaza?
@motherjones.com investigates the man behind UG Solutions:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@motherjones.com investigates the man behind UG Solutions:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"It is often the case that the individuals who commit political violence in this country have incoherent ideological backgrounds. They don’t have clear manifestos, nor do they come from a background that signals attachment to one party or the other." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Both the Left and Right are targeted by political violence. Who perpetrates it?
"What really connects these folks is not a coherent ideology."
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September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"It is often the case that the individuals who commit political violence in this country have incoherent ideological backgrounds. They don’t have clear manifestos, nor do they come from a background that signals attachment to one party or the other." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
one perfect year with my beautiful girlfriend 🩵
September 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
one perfect year with my beautiful girlfriend 🩵
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Grateful to have spoken w brilliant colleagues on the immediate weaponization of Kirk's killing.
1. My excellent colleague @akelalacy.bsky.social hosted @alibreland.bsky.social and me on @theintercept.com podcast. including dangers of hagiographies like Ezra Klein's theintercept.com/2025/09/12/b...
1. My excellent colleague @akelalacy.bsky.social hosted @alibreland.bsky.social and me on @theintercept.com podcast. including dangers of hagiographies like Ezra Klein's theintercept.com/2025/09/12/b...
The Real Charlie Kirk
Akela Lacy, Natasha Lennard, and Ali Breland on the weaponization of Charlie Kirk’s murder and increasing political violence.
theintercept.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Grateful to have spoken w brilliant colleagues on the immediate weaponization of Kirk's killing.
1. My excellent colleague @akelalacy.bsky.social hosted @alibreland.bsky.social and me on @theintercept.com podcast. including dangers of hagiographies like Ezra Klein's theintercept.com/2025/09/12/b...
1. My excellent colleague @akelalacy.bsky.social hosted @alibreland.bsky.social and me on @theintercept.com podcast. including dangers of hagiographies like Ezra Klein's theintercept.com/2025/09/12/b...