Mark Follman

Far-right militias adored the Constitution. Then came Trump. Right-wing activists have long warned of the coming federal invasion. Where are they now that it's happened?

Huh, turns out all that demagoguery from anti-government "constitutionalist" groups turns out to be hollow. Read @smencimer.bsky.social on how these freedom-loving patriots seem to have discarded their fears of an invasive federal government because...they ❤️ Trump www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.

Gerrymandering in Texas is getting all the attention right now, but look at what else the state's GOP just did...

Texas Forbids Law That Keeps Guns Away From Unhinged People

Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

US mass shootings, 1982–2025: Data from Mother Jones’ investigation The full data set from our in-depth investigation into mass shootings.

This problem no longer seems to draw the level of media and public attention that it once did... but just in the past week alone we've had to add three new cases to our mass shootings database: attacks in New York, Nevada, and Montana www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

I don't know what 'make your kids elite' at reading and writing is supposed to mean, but the zero-sum 'down with reading and writing' vibe here sure is something!

“Any fair-minded mental-health expert would be very worried about Donald Trump’s performance"

“What we see are the classic signs of dementia, which is gross deterioration from someone’s baseline and function"

And why did the White House get rid of official transcripts of his remarks? Here's why 👉

‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffes, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignored

At what point does "the weave" become... demented? Trump's recent claims about his uncle and the Unabomber (yes) are particularly difficult to explain www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How Trump's campaign of hatred against migrant "invaders" is fueling potential violence "There's nothing normal about any of this."

Reminder: Six years ago today, a gunman motivated by hatred of immigrants carried out a horrific massacre in Texas. The demagoguery and ideology he cited had been pushed heavily by Donald Trump. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.

Texas has had seven major gun massacres in recent years. But now—even after the slaughter of school kids, teachers, shoppers, and churchgoers—Republican leaders have prohibited a law that keeps guns away from unhinged people. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... (📸: Pete Luna, Uvalde Leader-News)

Strikingly, the memo says straightforwardly that what happened in Los Angeles is the sort of operation that may be necessary "for years to come."

As one expert told me: "They see Los Angeles as a model to be replicated."

newrepublic.com/article/1987...

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.

We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...

‘Hot Wasps’ Found at Nuclear Facility in South Carolina

meanwhile everything is fine www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/s...

What I can’t quite figure out is why so many people who continue to support the current president STILL don’t seem to realize that there is no good ending to a story built on lies and demagoguery. A level of delusion far greater and longer lasting than I ever would’ve imagined. What explains this?

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RIP Flaco Jimenez ❤️💔

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Navarro is now claiming that the Labor stats themselves are what damaged the economy because they weren’t known sooner

🍌🤡🫠

Bad Economic News Makes Dear Leader Very Angry

Trump can't hide his long legacy of inciting violence No president has appealed to Americans' darkest impulses or sought to turn them on one another like Trump has.

These tactics are depraved and damaging. All Americans should reject them, but especially all political leaders—and not in the phony way that Trump does (see my extensive reporting on 'stochastic terrorism' and the two-faced technique used by Trump and others) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Thread. I've reported for years, in great detail, on how Trump and his allies have encouraged and used threats of political violence. This terrorizing of federal judges and their families is another ugly result. 🧵👉

Trump Says He’ll Fire Labor Statistics Head After Weak Jobs Data President Donald Trump said he was directing officials to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a report showed US job growth cooling sharply over the ...

How will financial markets react to Trump going full North Korea on the economic stats he dislikes? Good luck, sir www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Tesla found partially liable for fatal 2019 crash, hit with $200 million in punitive damages The outcome is a stunning rebuke for Tesla, which for years has fought to absolve itself of responsibility when its technology is involved in a crash.

Tesla found partially liable for fatal 2019 crash, hit with $200 million in punitive damages www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas... apparently no one ever told Trump the thing about how to get out of a deep dark hole by first putting down the shovel www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

(Also a question for the New York Sun photo editors: "socialite"????!)

mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people Results from early-stage trial show that 80% of participants who received one of two HIV vaccine candidates produced antibodies against viral proteins.

Two vaccine candidates using mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV

go.nature.com/4ov7WZI

Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.

Texas has had seven major gun massacres in recent years. But now—even after the slaughter of school kids, teachers, shoppers, and churchgoers—Republican leaders have prohibited a law that keeps guns away from unhinged people. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... (Photo: Pete Luna, Uvalde Leader-News)

‘Combat Cocktail’: How America Overmedicates Veterans To treat PTSD, the Department of Veterans Affairs put hundreds of thousands of patients on multiple streams of powerful drugs that put them at risk of suicide.

Powerful reporting from WSJ on the lack of support and heavy overmedication of military vets suffering from PTSD. Gift link: www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

Completely nuts. Apparently the Trump administration is literally trying to erase Trump’s two impeachments from history at the Smithsonian. (Or maybe it’s just that those deserve and eventually will have their own singular display?) www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Trump to Build $200 Million ‘Beautiful Ballroom’ at the White House The 90,000 square-foot project will be funded by ‘patriot donors,’ the White House says

“The ballroom bears resemblance to one Trump has at Mar-a-Lago, where he has hosted world leaders and which has also become a go-to event space for GOP fundraisers, but at 20,000 square feet is only a fraction of the expected size of the proposed White House structure.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans

Not just dismantling the US government but also its accountability. Very disturbing to think of the corruption and abuse that this is likely to foster, especially given the past six months. Should be of grave concern to all US lawmakers—especially for the longterm. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

Virginia Giuffre’s Family Responds to Trump’s Claim That Epstein ‘Stole’ Her

“It was shocking to hear President Trump say he was aware that Virginia had been ‘stolen’ from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal actions… We and the public are asking for answers; survivors deserve this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?

Aussies and Europeans can get rooftop solar on their homes for a third the price of Americans—and one huge reason why is our crazy local permitting system.
(And Congress and the WH can’t keep us from changing this.)
www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Park Avenue Killer Bought Rifle for $1,400 From His Casino Boss

9/ Ask why a person who has been prescribed anti-psychotic medication can still so easily purchase a military-style rifle... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/n...

US mass shootings, 1982–2025: Data from Mother Jones’ investigation The full data set from our in-depth investigation into mass shootings.

There were TWO mass shootings on Monday, though only the one in NYC drew big coverage. The other was at a resort in Reno, NV, where three victims died and three others were injured.

Our pioneering database, launched 13 years ago, now documents 153 mass shootings www.motherjones.com/politics/201...