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Sean Duffy’s Holy War at the Transportation Department
Mother Jones illustration; Andrew Leyden/Zuma; US Merchant Marine Academy Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sean Duffy has spent most of his adult life as a professional attention-seeker. He is a former reality TV star, for one, and also a…
Read MoreTucker Carlson’s Lovefest With a White Nationalist Just Blew Up the Christian Right
Mother Jones illustration; Getty; Zuma (3) Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Earlier this week, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson hosted far-right influencer Nick Fuentes on his livestream show. Carlson had undoubtedly anticipated a blockbuster interview, and Fuentes, the leader of…
Read MoreTrump Has Abandoned Global Climate Efforts, so US Groups Are Stepping Up
Protest signs at Cop29 in London, November 2024. Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Despite historic environmental rollbacks under a…
Read MoreHegseth Bars Bearded Troops From Air Force Event
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth makes a speech aboard the aircraft carrier George Washington at the Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan, October 28, 2025.Kyodo/AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Pete Hegseth appears to have found a great workaround for…
Read MoreLiving Amid Bombs and Bloodshed, Painters in Gaza Hold Steadfast to Their Craft
Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation Despite the horror and brutality of life under the relentless torture of occupation, the world is astonished that Gazans still hold on to hope. We create hope for others when we insist on believing that Gaza can rise again from the rubble, even as…
Read MoreHouse Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Calls Her Indictment for Protesting a “Political Prosecution”
Kat Abughazaleh, who has announced a campaign for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, carries yard signs into her brand-new campaign office in the Rogers Park neighborhood on May 6, 2025Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones…
Read MoreMichigan Republicans Want to Share Full Voter Roll With Trump Admin — Unredacted
Nearly two dozen Michigan House Republicans have signed on to a resolution calling for Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to share the state’s complete voter rolls with the Trump administration, without redactions of potentially sensitive identifying information. Michigan is one of several states being sued by the U.S. Justice Department over their refusal to share…
Read More460 Killed in Horrific Massacre in Sudan Hospital, WHO Says, Amid RSF Takeover
Approximately 460 patients and their companions were killed in a horrific massacre at a hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday, the UN reports, amid a takeover of the North Darfur capital by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) this week. The casualties are among the 2,000 people estimated by Sudanese officials to have been killed since the…
Read MoreAttorneys General Sue Trump for Using Shutdown to Disrupt Food Aid for Millions
The Trump administration is facing a flurry of legal challenges to policies that could leave 42 million low-income people without food assistance as soon as November 1 while fast-tracking funding cuts and work requirements targeting veterans, unhoused people, and other vulnerable groups that rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as SNAP or…
Read MoreTrump’s Approval Rating Sinks to Lowest Point of His Second Term, New Poll Shows
The president polls negatively on issues like immigration, inflation, education, jobs, and more, the survey found.
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