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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9d

RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he's part of an administration embracing it.

“The administration’s explicit goal to unleash the fossil fuel industry will also unleash plastic pollution.”

RFK Jr. promised to take on plastic. Now he's part of an administration embracing it.

Plastic is everywhere—including in us.

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 8d

I'm grateful to work at an independent non-profit newsroom, especially now.

Mother Jones runs largely on donations, so thank you for keeping us afloat for nearly 50 years!

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8d

It's the last day of our September fundraiser!

Please consider supporting our non-profit newsroom as we double down on fearless reporting—just as corporate media caves to Donald Trump.

Your donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar. Thank you so much!

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 12d

“Spoiler alert: we found that public institutions in large, Republican-leaning states are disproportionately affected by the policy.”

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 13d

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions

A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 15d

For years, medical professionals and transgender advocates have been saying the "Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine" was not following the principles of evidenced-based medicine.

Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)

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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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 19d

People who want to organize their climate news:

New newsletter alert!

My colleagues have been working hard on this. Check it out:

Climate Desk @climatedesk.org · 19d

This Sunday, we are launching “Climate Desk Weekly.” This free dispatch will act as Mother Jones' Sunday newsletter and share the week’s need-to-know climate news right in your inbox from our collaboration of 15 award-winning media outlets.

Sign up at: www.motherjones.com/newsletters/

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thinking about Brandi Hand, who lived through Katrina 20 yrs ago today—and Helene.

What people don't realize about these storms, she said, is the "small stuff": "The very ground underneath your feet is not solid in the same way again, for the rest of your life." www.motherjones.com/environment/...

I survived Katrina only to end up in the path of Helene. Now, nowhere feels safe.

"I wanted to live somewhere where this would never happen again."

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Aug 6

Got something a journalist should look into?

Here's our new "How to Leak to Us" page at the Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal.

I'm personally interested in tips about science, health, and the environment—but all topics welcome: www.motherjones.com/contribute/h...

How to Leak to Us

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thank you for hosting me, @sejorg.bsky.social!

SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social · Jun 27

Hello! I’m @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social, a reporter at Mother Jones magazine, where I cover climate, the environment, and the politics of science. I got my start in journalism by doing social media, so I’m thrilled to be on your feeds as part of #SEJSpotlight!

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SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social · Jun 24

#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social, who covers climate, the environment and the politics of science @motherjones.com. Check out her investigative features, reporting on new scientific studies, health and science Q&As and more here: www.sej.org/sejspotlight...

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · Jun 11

Scoop: NOAA's climate portal, climate.gov, will soon no longer publish new content after its staff were recently dismissed.

Former staff fear that the website may become a mouthpiece for the administration's anti-science views.

My latest for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · May 13

Sungida Rashid died after giving birth at a Massachusetts hospital run by the for-profit chain Steward Health Care.

She wasn't alone: @h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news uncovered 12 more instances of moms and newborns who died at these hospitals over the last 14 years: bit.ly/455xC7O

Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.

One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · May 8

NIH is ending funding for research on vaccine hesitancy, the Covid pandemic, gender-affirming care, climate change, DEI, and more.

Here’s the language the agency will require staff to use to describe the cuts, according to a leaked draft guidance memo: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Leaked memo reveals details about Trump's war on science at the NIH

On the chopping block for grants: Vaccine hesitancy, the health effects of climate change, gender-affirming care, DEI, research in China, and more.

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · May 1

Appreciated @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social's ode to the majestic hellbender — bellwether of aquatic ecosystems, victim of extreme weather and political bullshit.

www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back.

Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · May 1

Excellently said! Thank you!!

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Apr 29

The Trump administration is “releasing” hundreds of authors who’ve been working on the National Climate Assessment, including an author I interviewed last week.

The author's words of warning seem even more urgent now: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

“Americans will be less safe”: An author of the country’s biggest climate report reflects on its gutting

"The climate assessment is required by law and it appears that the Trump administration is trying to break that law."

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Apr 29

Read the piece in its entirety here: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back.

Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

www.motherjones.com

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Apr 29

America's largest amphibian is at risk of extinction. Which is also bad for us humans!

Thank you, @hencarnell.bsky.social, for getting me on camera and whipping up this snazzy video for @motherjones.com:

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Apr 29

Do you like clean water? Then you’ll like this slimy, hellish creature.

But it is in danger of extinction.

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Apr 25

As one of my coworkers put it after reading, “The fate of the hellbender salamander is the fate of us all”—which pretty much sums it up

Longreads @longreads.com · Apr 25

2. Anatomy of an Extinction (@jackiefmogensen.bsky.social for @motherjones.com)

"In the face of such devastation, some might wonder: Why care about a slimy, wrinkly salamander?"

www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back.

Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Apr 23

Immensely grateful to all the people speaking with journalists about the Trump administration’s actions. Without them, we’d have little idea what’s going on.

I spoke with an author on the National Climate Assessment, who explains what it'd mean to lose it: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

“Americans Will Be Less Safe”: An Author of the Country’s Biggest Climate Report Reflects on Its Gutting

"The climate assessment is required by law and it appears that the Trump administration is trying to break that law."

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you for sharing, Longreads! ❤️

Longreads @longreads.com · Apr 23

"As Smith sees it, hellbenders and humans are different chapters of the same story. Climate change, after all, doesn’t discriminate between species—it’s coming for all of us."

@jackiefmogensen.bsky.social on America’s largest salamander, for @motherjones.com:

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back.

Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

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Maddie Oatman @moatmanjourno.bsky.social · Apr 22

On Earth Day, don't miss @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social 's story about a rare salamander at threat of extinction from climate chaos, sprawl, and Trump—and the passionate biologists determined not to let us turn our backs on it www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back.

Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

www.motherjones.com

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · Apr 21

Meanwhile in early experiments "mRNA-based cancer vaccines demonstrate exceptional advantages"
translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Apr 21

Sometimes the biggest stories are the easiest to tell through the lens of one creature.

This is the story of the Eastern hellbender—a giant salamander at risk of disappearing forever—but also about ecological grief, Donald Trump, and how extinctions happen:
www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back.

Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

www.motherjones.com

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thank you for sharing your work!

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Wally Smith @wsmith1.bsky.social · Apr 21

Really enjoyed speaking with @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social at @motherjones.com for this piece on Helene's impacts on #Appalachia. The story discusses our long-term river restoration work & how ongoing attacks on science by the Trump admin might impact regional conservation efforts.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Apr 21

An extinction is not typically a single catastrophic event, where, poof, a species is suddenly gone.

But the threats against the Eastern hellbender, decimated by Helene and now facing Trump, have been stacking up with frightening speed. @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social reports:

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back.

Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

www.motherjones.com

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