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Qween Jean’s Black Trans Liberation Kitchen brings chosen family together over a feast.
The kitchen helping trans New Yorkers celebrate the holidays
Qween Jean’s Black Trans Liberation Kitchen brings chosen family together over a feast.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Qween Jean’s Black Trans Liberation Kitchen brings chosen family together over a feast.
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Bongino is going home to the wacky podcast sponsors he seems to have never quite left. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Bongino is going home to the wacky podcast sponsors he seems to have never quite left. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Good day to reread this story on Trump's very own modelling agency... www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
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December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Good day to reread this story on Trump's very own modelling agency... www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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That’s right, I said it!
Let’s make 2025 the year we officially embrace the pigeon, writes @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social.
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
Hero of 2025: plucky pigeons
It's about time someone showed them a little appreciation.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
That’s right, I said it!
In light of more damning reporting on Trump and Epstein's disturbing pursuit of women—many of them models—read our 2016 investigation into the former models of Trump Model Management, who said they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In light of more damning reporting on Trump and Epstein's disturbing pursuit of women—many of them models—read our 2016 investigation into the former models of Trump Model Management, who said they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
The kitchen helping trans New Yorkers celebrate the holidays
The kitchen helping trans New Yorkers celebrate the holidays
Qween Jean’s Black Trans Liberation Kitchen brings chosen family together over a feast.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The kitchen helping trans New Yorkers celebrate the holidays
"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe."
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe"
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
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December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe."
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
Let’s make 2025 the year we officially embrace the pigeon, writes @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social.
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
Hero of 2025: plucky pigeons
It's about time someone showed them a little appreciation.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Let’s make 2025 the year we officially embrace the pigeon, writes @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social.
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
A federal judge nominee said disabled people shouldn’t be wed. In fact, many can’t.
A federal judge nominee said disabled people shouldn’t be wed. In fact, many can’t.
Marriage often nullifies the government benefits they need to get by.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A federal judge nominee said disabled people shouldn’t be wed. In fact, many can’t.
"Is anybody actually hungry for the slop? Of course not! But you don’t get to pick what’s served up in your trough."
Read @schuylermitchell.bsky.social on AI slop, a monster of 2025.
Read @schuylermitchell.bsky.social on AI slop, a monster of 2025.
Monster of 2025: AI slop
The drive for a frictionless existence has sloppified our offline lives, too.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Is anybody actually hungry for the slop? Of course not! But you don’t get to pick what’s served up in your trough."
Read @schuylermitchell.bsky.social on AI slop, a monster of 2025.
Read @schuylermitchell.bsky.social on AI slop, a monster of 2025.
This brutal mosquito-borne disease may have a cure, but there's a catch [via @vox.com]
This brutal mosquito-borne disease may have a cure, but there's a catch
No one wants to make it.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This brutal mosquito-borne disease may have a cure, but there's a catch [via @vox.com]
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenage shooter who killed two people and wounded a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has returned this month with a big announcement.
That announcement, however, proved to be as embarrassing as many of his previous attempts to call attention to himself.
"I think you're a joke."
That announcement, however, proved to be as embarrassing as many of his previous attempts to call attention to himself.
"I think you're a joke."
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.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenage shooter who killed two people and wounded a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has returned this month with a big announcement.
That announcement, however, proved to be as embarrassing as many of his previous attempts to call attention to himself.
"I think you're a joke."
That announcement, however, proved to be as embarrassing as many of his previous attempts to call attention to himself.
"I think you're a joke."
"For decades, Rob sought to entertain and enlighten us with his television and film work and to improve the world with his activism. This loss is incalculable.
But my hunch is that Rob would have gotten a kick out of causing Trump to show his worst."
But my hunch is that Rob would have gotten a kick out of causing Trump to show his worst."
Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us Trump’s a schmuck.
The president's remarks about the murder of the filmmaker and his wife cast Trump as petty and callous.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"For decades, Rob sought to entertain and enlighten us with his television and film work and to improve the world with his activism. This loss is incalculable.
But my hunch is that Rob would have gotten a kick out of causing Trump to show his worst."
But my hunch is that Rob would have gotten a kick out of causing Trump to show his worst."
It has been four days since a man entered a finals review session inside a building at Brown University and started shooting.
Now, as resident @h-lev.bsky.social describes, the city is suspended in a state of grief and unease, blanketed with snow and an eerie silence.
Now, as resident @h-lev.bsky.social describes, the city is suspended in a state of grief and unease, blanketed with snow and an eerie silence.
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 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It has been four days since a man entered a finals review session inside a building at Brown University and started shooting.
Now, as resident @h-lev.bsky.social describes, the city is suspended in a state of grief and unease, blanketed with snow and an eerie silence.
Now, as resident @h-lev.bsky.social describes, the city is suspended in a state of grief and unease, blanketed with snow and an eerie silence.
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
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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December 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mrs. Susie Wiles in an act of desperation.
Susie Wiles disavows her own on-the-record admissions revealing White House chaos
Trump's chief of staff sat down for 11 interviews with Vanity Fair.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, Mrs. Susie Wiles in an act of desperation.
One of the most aggravating elements of the so-called debate over gun violence is the despicable falsehood pushed by Republicans and conservatives:
They are coming to confiscate your guns.
They are coming to confiscate your guns.
The most despicable lie from the guns-over-all gang
No, they're not coming for your guns.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
One of the most aggravating elements of the so-called debate over gun violence is the despicable falsehood pushed by Republicans and conservatives:
They are coming to confiscate your guns.
They are coming to confiscate your guns.
Marriage “should be honored and celebrated. Not: You’re going to risk your life if you do this.”
A federal judge nominee said disabled people shouldn’t be wed. In fact, many can’t.
Marriage often nullifies the government benefits they need to get by.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Marriage “should be honored and celebrated. Not: You’re going to risk your life if you do this.”
There may be hope for millions of Americans whose health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket in the new year.
In a rebuke to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four Republicans broke ranks to force a floor vote, but not before Congress gets back from its two-week holiday vacation.
In a rebuke to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four Republicans broke ranks to force a floor vote, but not before Congress gets back from its two-week holiday vacation.
Congress might vote on health care subsidies, but first: vacation
In a rebuke to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four Republicans broke ranks to force a floor vote. Next year.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There may be hope for millions of Americans whose health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket in the new year.
In a rebuke to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four Republicans broke ranks to force a floor vote, but not before Congress gets back from its two-week holiday vacation.
In a rebuke to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four Republicans broke ranks to force a floor vote, but not before Congress gets back from its two-week holiday vacation.
"I heard from a friend who was hiding in her basement with her kids, and others who were sitting in their apartment three blocks from the shooting in utter darkness. Federal agents walked my street."
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 10:00 PM
"I heard from a friend who was hiding in her basement with her kids, and others who were sitting in their apartment three blocks from the shooting in utter darkness. Federal agents walked my street."
For decades, right-wing groups have been fighting to access private voter roll information—data they see as critical in their long war to establish unproven claims of rampant voter fraud.
But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.
But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
For decades, right-wing groups have been fighting to access private voter roll information—data they see as critical in their long war to establish unproven claims of rampant voter fraud.
But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.
But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine.”
What happens when ICE comes to town? In Memphis, where the county mayor compares the federal occupation to a failed state, the dread and fear are overwhelming.
What happens when ICE comes to town? In Memphis, where the county mayor compares the federal occupation to a failed state, the dread and fear are overwhelming.
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
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December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine.”
What happens when ICE comes to town? In Memphis, where the county mayor compares the federal occupation to a failed state, the dread and fear are overwhelming.
What happens when ICE comes to town? In Memphis, where the county mayor compares the federal occupation to a failed state, the dread and fear are overwhelming.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
the brutal aesthetics of MAGA 🎵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A lack of clean water. Improper sanitation. Massive data centers. All of them pose environmental justice issues in the US.
That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from rolling back environmental protections, including scrapping a program designed to clean up raw sewage in the Deep South.
That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from rolling back environmental protections, including scrapping a program designed to clean up raw sewage in the Deep South.
Why Trump deemed basic sanitation illegal DEI
On this week’s “More To The Story,” activist Catherine Coleman Flowers examines how the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks could supercharge the movement to protect the planet.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A lack of clean water. Improper sanitation. Massive data centers. All of them pose environmental justice issues in the US.
That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from rolling back environmental protections, including scrapping a program designed to clean up raw sewage in the Deep South.
That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from rolling back environmental protections, including scrapping a program designed to clean up raw sewage in the Deep South.
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On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmental activist Catherine Coleman Flowers explains how a program to provide basic sanitation in the Deep South was canceled under Trump.
Why? It was deemed illegal DEI.
Why? It was deemed illegal DEI.
December 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmental activist Catherine Coleman Flowers explains how a program to provide basic sanitation in the Deep South was canceled under Trump.
Why? It was deemed illegal DEI.
Why? It was deemed illegal DEI.