Jacob Rosenberg
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articles editor at Mother Jones (@motherjones.com), CIR union UAW 2103 (@cir-union.bsky.social)
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The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
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. @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @nlanard.bsky.social spoke to those close to ten men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration. The reporting makes clear:
The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s one of the most influential social psychology studies ever. Was it all a lie?
A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"Stock investors, already nervous about the sky-high valuations of AI businesses, have taken note of the weakness in the bond market...the cost of insuring those bonds using credit-default swaps also has climbed" www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Flood of AI Bonds Adds to Pressure on Markets
Prices of newly issued bonds have slid, adding to investors’ anxieties about stock valuations.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Stock investors, already nervous about the sky-high valuations of AI businesses, have taken note of the weakness in the bond market...the cost of insuring those bonds using credit-default swaps also has climbed" www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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This post is going to make people INCANDESCENTLY mad but here we go: the annual Farm Bureau survey of a Thanksgiving meal (using the same basket of goods over time) priced out at $55.18 for 10 people this year, -5% YoY. In real terms (delf w/ CPI) it's the cheapest Thanksgiving meal ever.
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This post is going to make people INCANDESCENTLY mad but here we go: the annual Farm Bureau survey of a Thanksgiving meal (using the same basket of goods over time) priced out at $55.18 for 10 people this year, -5% YoY. In real terms (delf w/ CPI) it's the cheapest Thanksgiving meal ever.
most interesting musician in the world. every interview is incredible
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Tone Glow 199: billy woods
An interview with the New York-based rapper about death, growing up in Zimbabwe, and leaving behind the people and places you love
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November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
most interesting musician in the world. every interview is incredible
toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-...
toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-...
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Remember the horrifying text messages that showed a Border Patrol agent bragging about shooting someone in Chicago last month?
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The feds suddenly want to drop charges against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent
The move avoids the release of more messages from a Border Patrol agent whose previous texts showed he had bragged about shooting her.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Remember the horrifying text messages that showed a Border Patrol agent bragging about shooting someone in Chicago last month?
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
"The rights of nature, then, might be understood less as an extension of human rights than multispecies collective bargaining rights."
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In the Shadow of Commodification
While capitalism is typically said to commodify everything, much of what makes up our world isn’t commodified at all. It instead appears as a free gift: a social form that describes the condition of…
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November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The rights of nature, then, might be understood less as an extension of human rights than multispecies collective bargaining rights."
lpeproject.org/blog/in-the-...
lpeproject.org/blog/in-the-...
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After 20 years in the Navy, Buzz Grambo thought he'd spend his retirement playing video games and watching baseball. Instead, he patrols the streets of Baltimore to protect his neighbors from ICE. He even upgraded his scooter to a Segway that reaches 26 mph to keep up with the agents. My latest:
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
After 20 years in the Navy, Buzz Grambo thought he'd spend his retirement playing video games and watching baseball. Instead, he patrols the streets of Baltimore to protect his neighbors from ICE. He even upgraded his scooter to a Segway that reaches 26 mph to keep up with the agents. My latest:
a 70 percent uptick—3000~ more deaths a year; while every other similar country sees their pedestrian fatalities fall
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
a 70 percent uptick—3000~ more deaths a year; while every other similar country sees their pedestrian fatalities fall
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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as bad as shit is, very cool to meet a new folk hero seemingly every week
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
as bad as shit is, very cool to meet a new folk hero seemingly every week
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we’re seeing dudes rocking at levels previously thought impossible www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
we’re seeing dudes rocking at levels previously thought impossible www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
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So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As Tom Steyer enters the race for California governor, here's a piece from 2019 when I went to his presidential campaign launch and couldn't find a single person who was voting for him not on his staff www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Tom Steyer wants you to want him to be president
Steyer says he hopes "to retake the democracy together." Why does that mean a run for the White House?
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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As Tom Steyer enters the race for California governor, here's a piece from 2019 when I went to his presidential campaign launch and couldn't find a single person who was voting for him not on his staff www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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Republican Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Clay Higgins built his brand on law and order. He pals around with a man guilty of incest.
A Mother Jones investigation has revealed troubling connections between the Louisiana Republican congressman and fellow former cops accused of severe misconduct.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Republican Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Some details from this investigation:
-Friends with a guy convicted of incest
-Accused by first of 4 wives of holding a gun to her head
-Accused by second wife of owing more than $100,000 in child support
-Assaulted an unarmed Black man then lied about it while working as a cop, per police records
-Friends with a guy convicted of incest
-Accused by first of 4 wives of holding a gun to her head
-Accused by second wife of owing more than $100,000 in child support
-Assaulted an unarmed Black man then lied about it while working as a cop, per police records
Republican Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Clay Higgins built his brand on law and order. He pals around with a man guilty of incest.
A Mother Jones investigation has revealed troubling connections between the Louisiana Republican congressman and fellow former cops accused of severe misconduct.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Some details from this investigation:
-Friends with a guy convicted of incest
-Accused by first of 4 wives of holding a gun to her head
-Accused by second wife of owing more than $100,000 in child support
-Assaulted an unarmed Black man then lied about it while working as a cop, per police records
-Friends with a guy convicted of incest
-Accused by first of 4 wives of holding a gun to her head
-Accused by second wife of owing more than $100,000 in child support
-Assaulted an unarmed Black man then lied about it while working as a cop, per police records
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MoJo reported on Higgins last year: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Clay Higgins built his brand on law and order. He pals around with a man guilty of incest.
A Mother Jones investigation has revealed troubling connections between the Louisiana Republican congressman and fellow former cops accused of severe misconduct.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
MoJo reported on Higgins last year: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Republican Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Clay Higgins built his brand on law and order. He pals around with a man guilty of incest.
A Mother Jones investigation has revealed troubling connections between the Louisiana Republican congressman and fellow former cops accused of severe misconduct.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Republican Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here’s a damning investigation from @nlanard.bsky.social worth reading today in light of that: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I was worried, at the start, that it might mumble all the way through. But when it really bangs through a minute in, I was overjoyed.
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I was worried, at the start, that it might mumble all the way through. But when it really bangs through a minute in, I was overjoyed.
(Phenomenal World has been really great on many things, but especially on policy-focused chat about Mamdani and NYC. Feels like we need a lot more of this.)
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
(Phenomenal World has been really great on many things, but especially on policy-focused chat about Mamdani and NYC. Feels like we need a lot more of this.)
Wait, what!?
"While the entirety of New York City's taxable real estate is worth some $1.58 trillion today, just $309 billion of this is liable for paying city property taxes."
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mam...
"While the entirety of New York City's taxable real estate is worth some $1.58 trillion today, just $309 billion of this is liable for paying city property taxes."
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mam...
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Wait, what!?
"While the entirety of New York City's taxable real estate is worth some $1.58 trillion today, just $309 billion of this is liable for paying city property taxes."
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mam...
"While the entirety of New York City's taxable real estate is worth some $1.58 trillion today, just $309 billion of this is liable for paying city property taxes."
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mam...
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I wrote about how an Iraq-war era military contractor ended up as a mall cop cracking down on a protest encampment in Minneapolis the summer after the George Floyd protests. This is the story of Nathan Seabrook and long arc of the war on terror. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop
After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I wrote about how an Iraq-war era military contractor ended up as a mall cop cracking down on a protest encampment in Minneapolis the summer after the George Floyd protests. This is the story of Nathan Seabrook and long arc of the war on terror. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
