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The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn't get his way
The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
I’m assuming that there will be no killing in Trump’s “Patriot Games,” but I guess we’ll have to wait until fall to see.
Trump just announced his own Hunger Games
In case you needed a reminder that we're living in a fascist hellscape.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I’m assuming that there will be no killing in Trump’s “Patriot Games,” but I guess we’ll have to wait until fall to see.
The once-famous teenage shooter’s comeback lasted exactly one week.
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.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The once-famous teenage shooter’s comeback lasted exactly one week.
From the White House to the conspiracy media-verse, MAGA simply cannot stop both constant covert sniping and the occasional outright brawl.
MAGA is eating itself alive
From TPUSA to the White House, the feuds are spiraling out of control.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From the White House to the conspiracy media-verse, MAGA simply cannot stop both constant covert sniping and the occasional outright brawl.
We’re being $5.99 per month-ed to death.
Monster of 2025: Endless subscriptions
We're being $5.99 per month-ed to death.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We’re being $5.99 per month-ed to death.
“I’ve lived here for a long time, and I’ve never seen so many police cars.”
ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the US, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning shopping into a mission that risks families being torn apart.
ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the US, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning shopping into a mission that risks families being torn apart.
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 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“I’ve lived here for a long time, and I’ve never seen so many police cars.”
ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the US, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning shopping into a mission that risks families being torn apart.
ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the US, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning shopping into a mission that risks families being torn apart.
When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
The collective punishment for immigrants, documented or not, continues apace.
Trump seizes on Brown, MIT shooting to suspend more legal immigration
The collective punishment for immigrants, documented or not, continues apace.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The collective punishment for immigrants, documented or not, continues apace.
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Please allow me to rant for a minute. It's absurd that so many things—alarm clocks, fitness wearables, car features—require a separate subscription these days. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Monster of 2025: Endless subscriptions
We're being $5.99 per month-ed to death.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Please allow me to rant for a minute. It's absurd that so many things—alarm clocks, fitness wearables, car features—require a separate subscription these days. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We hope to continue covering waste and corruption in DHS contracting. Reupping this story we did back in October on a question "self-deportation" contract that went to a new company run by a guy with links to top DHS officials. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport"
The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We hope to continue covering waste and corruption in DHS contracting. Reupping this story we did back in October on a question "self-deportation" contract that went to a new company run by a guy with links to top DHS officials. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From the White House to the conspiracy media-verse, at what should be their moment of greatest strength, MAGA simply cannot stop both constant covert sniping and the occasional outright brawl.
MAGA is eating itself alive
From TPUSA to the White House, the feuds are spiraling out of control.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
From the White House to the conspiracy media-verse, at what should be their moment of greatest strength, MAGA simply cannot stop both constant covert sniping and the occasional outright brawl.
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The city is suspended in a state of grief and unease. Downtown looks like an empty movie set. Some schools and daycares are still closed.
The open ones are sending worried parents reminders of security measures and not letting children play outside.
The open ones are sending worried parents reminders of security measures and not letting children play outside.
Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting
What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The city is suspended in a state of grief and unease. Downtown looks like an empty movie set. Some schools and daycares are still closed.
The open ones are sending worried parents reminders of security measures and not letting children play outside.
The open ones are sending worried parents reminders of security measures and not letting children play outside.
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President Donald Trump has suspended a diversity green-card lottery program after authorities said that the suspected gunman in the Brown University and MIT shootings used the program to gain entrance to the United States.
Trump seizes on Brown, MIT shooting to suspend more legal immigration
The collective punishment for immigrants, documented or not, continues apace.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
President Donald Trump has suspended a diversity green-card lottery program after authorities said that the suspected gunman in the Brown University and MIT shootings used the program to gain entrance to the United States.
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Trump's latest vanity project? Renaming the Kennedy Center to the “Trump-Kennedy Center."
As @artcrimeprof.bsky.social told us, the president's obsession with remaking Washington in his own image is about one thing:
Power.
As @artcrimeprof.bsky.social told us, the president's obsession with remaking Washington in his own image is about one thing:
Power.
Trump's gilded White House makeover is all about power
On this week’s “More To The Story,” art historian Erin Thompson examines the ways societies build and destroy monuments—and why Trump is so focused on remaking Washington in his own image.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump's latest vanity project? Renaming the Kennedy Center to the “Trump-Kennedy Center."
As @artcrimeprof.bsky.social told us, the president's obsession with remaking Washington in his own image is about one thing:
Power.
As @artcrimeprof.bsky.social told us, the president's obsession with remaking Washington in his own image is about one thing:
Power.
ICYMI, the Trump-appointed board members of the Kennedy Center voted to rename the famed theater the “Trump-Kennedy Center."
As art historian Erin Thompson told our friends at @revealnews.org, Trump's obsession with remaking Washington in his image is about one thing: Power.
As art historian Erin Thompson told our friends at @revealnews.org, Trump's obsession with remaking Washington in his image is about one thing: Power.
Trump's gilded White House makeover is all about power
On this week’s “More To The Story,” art historian Erin Thompson examines the ways societies build and destroy monuments—and why Trump is so focused on remaking Washington in his own image.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ICYMI, the Trump-appointed board members of the Kennedy Center voted to rename the famed theater the “Trump-Kennedy Center."
As art historian Erin Thompson told our friends at @revealnews.org, Trump's obsession with remaking Washington in his image is about one thing: Power.
As art historian Erin Thompson told our friends at @revealnews.org, Trump's obsession with remaking Washington in his image is about one thing: Power.
When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
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Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino says that the whistles and honking actually help the feds make apprehensions. I witnessed the complete opposite in New Orleans.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino says that the whistles and honking actually help the feds make apprehensions. I witnessed the complete opposite in New Orleans.
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
"While “Diet Pepsi” will certainly never be as iconic as Michael Jackson’s first moonwalk or Britney Spears performing on stage with a python, it managed to transcend our niche timelines and find surprising resonance many months after its release."
Hero of 2025: The Many Afterlives of “Diet Pepsi”
Addison Rae’s infectious pop music proves that we can still collectively enjoy things.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"While “Diet Pepsi” will certainly never be as iconic as Michael Jackson’s first moonwalk or Britney Spears performing on stage with a python, it managed to transcend our niche timelines and find surprising resonance many months after its release."
The Sydney massacre unfolded in the aftermath of the shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island.
To know both countries is to watch, in split screen, two similar societies diverge radically in how they respond to an atrocity.
To know both countries is to watch, in split screen, two similar societies diverge radically in how they respond to an atrocity.
Two countries. Two tragedies. One huge difference.
In the wake of the Bondi massacre, Australia is uniting in a way that seems impossible in Donald Trump’s post-truth America.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Sydney massacre unfolded in the aftermath of the shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island.
To know both countries is to watch, in split screen, two similar societies diverge radically in how they respond to an atrocity.
To know both countries is to watch, in split screen, two similar societies diverge radically in how they respond to an atrocity.
Welcome to the age of subscription captivity, where an increasing share of the things you pay for actually own you.
Monster of 2025: Endless subscriptions
We're being $5.99 per month-ed to death.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Welcome to the age of subscription captivity, where an increasing share of the things you pay for actually own you.
In a residential neighborhood in Kenner, Louisiana, two vehicles full of Border Patrol agents speed down the street. They might spend hours waiting to detain an immigrant—only to be thwarted by a united neighborhood effort.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In a residential neighborhood in Kenner, Louisiana, two vehicles full of Border Patrol agents speed down the street. They might spend hours waiting to detain an immigrant—only to be thwarted by a united neighborhood effort.
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Who could have predicted that the people who seized on rumors without verifying anything would end up being completely and utterly wrong? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Powerful influencers are spreading a vile rumor about the Brown shooting
“That’s a really dangerous road to go down.”
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December 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Who could have predicted that the people who seized on rumors without verifying anything would end up being completely and utterly wrong? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...