Daniel Schulman

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.

We partnered with @pablo.show to investigate Riley Gaines' rise to MAGA stardom. @msjpauly.bsky.social dug up docs that reveal the right-wing funders behind her ascent and spoke to puzzled teammates who wonder what happened to her

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YouTube video by Mother Jones This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

The undercover footage in this video... just wow. Our new massive international investigation into a surveillance company selling untraceable tech that can find you anywhere.

Every view and comment on this helps get in front of more eyes—and that means we can keep doing this work! Thank you!!

For this project, we were honored to partner with @lighthousereports.com, @papertrailmedia.bsky.social, @lemonde.fr, @spiegel.de, @derstandard.at, @haaretzcom.bsky.social, @irpimedia.eu, ZDF, Tempo, KRIK, NRK, Investgate.cz, & Tages-Anzeiger

🚨 NEU: “Wir können dafür ins Gefängnis kommen”– dieser Satz steht im Zentrum unserer neuen Recherche. 🚨
Es wird verrückt: Strafbare Sanktionsumgehung, ein Undercover-Einsatz, ein überwachter Vatikan-Reporter, prominente Opfer & Red Bull. Willkommen zu #SurveillanceSecrets

Spionage-Software einer Überwachungsfirma: Wie Politiker und Journalisten getrackt werden Ein Unternehmen vermarktet ein Spionagesystem, mit dem sich Handys orten lassen. Eine Recherche zeigt nun, dass es massenhaft eingesetzt wurde, um Enthüllungsjournalisten, Staatsanwälte und Minister auszuspähen.

Spionage-Software einer Überwachungsfirma: Wie Politiker und Journalisten getrackt werden: Ein Unternehmen vermarktet ein Spionagesystem, mit dem sich Handys orten lassen. Eine Recherche zeigt nun, dass es massenhaft eingesetzt wurde, um Enthüllungsjournalisten, Staatsanwälte und Minister…

First Wap, la discrète entreprise de cybersurveillance chargée de suivre à la trace journalistes, personnalités et cadres dirigeants Peu connu du grand public, ce vétéran du secteur vend depuis plus de vingt ans une solution de géolocalisation, y compris à des régimes autoritaires. Parmi ses cibles : un journaliste enquêtant sur le Vatican, un employé d’Airbus ou la star de cinéma Jared Leto.

First Wap, la discrète entreprise de cybersurveillance chargée de suivre à la trace journalistes, personnalités et cadres dirigeants

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

18 months

14 newsrooms

70 journalists

1 groundbreaking investigation into a global surveillance empire whose phone-tracking software has targeted world leaders, corporate executes, journalists, activists, celebrities…and maybe even you ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE #surveillancesecrets

Had lots of fun working with @artiscuriskis.bsky.social @sophiebridges.bsky.social & @jjinvestigates.bsky.social on this one

Sam Bankman-Fried and the multibillion-dollar drama over FTX’s ruins In exclusive prison interviews, the convicted crypto king is still fighting to control the narrative ahead of a high-stakes appeal.

Sam Bankman-Fried is appealing his conviction next month. @motherjones.com and @revealnews.org got exclusive access to him in prison and spent the past year investigating the aftermath of the FTX collapse.

It's a wild and eye-opening tale: ow.ly/YVQW50X6jAU

This week, Abby spoke to a 66 year-old man who lost his wife and, in his grief, his home. He sleeps sitting up during daylight hours to avoid trouble with the authorities and others. Tonight, he faces arrest.

Why Maxwell Frost wants Democrats to "get caught fighting" The youngest member of Congress is showing his older colleagues how to punch back in the age of Trump.

Spent a day on the Hill with Maxwell Frost, who is trying to show Democrats will fight, even if it doesn't always work: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What Donald Trump has destroyed in his first 100 days won’t be easy to rebuild Mistakes were made. And made. And made again.

In which @timothypmurphy.bsky.social likens the first 100 days of the Trump administration to the "soft opening of Jurassic Park" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Feel free to reach out to me at hcarnell@cir.org or henrycarnell@proton.me or via signal hcarnell.58

Clearview AI’s Founder Removed From Facial Recognition Company’s Board Ton-That had stepped down as CEO and became president in December due to the company’s struggles to secure major federal government contracts and raise funding.

On Monday, we published Luke O'Brien's blockbuster investigation into Clearview AI's far-right origins and links to eugenicists and white supremacists

On Tuesday, Clearview's board voted to oust company co-founder Hoan Ton-That, @forbes.com reports www.forbes.com/sites/davidj...

Republicans are stealing a North Carolina judicial race. They won't stop there. It's January 6 without the insurrection.

Keep an eye on North Carolina. The GOP effort to overturn the state supreme court race is a blueprint for Republicans nationwide, @ariberman.bsky.social reports www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A small sampling of the email subject lines that passed back and forth between the company's founders

Revealed: The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administrati...

Sorry to interrupt the economic collapse to bring you more ominous news:

We obtained 1000s of documents that paint a chilling picture of the far-right ties of Clearview AI, the facial recognition firm (used by ICE) that could fuel Trump's authoritarian agenda www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I’m at the protest in DC today, talking to protestors. Here are the personal stories I learned the most from.

ICE is reportedly violating detained Tufts student’s right to medical care Democrats say that Rümeysa Öztürk's inhaler has been withheld and she has had repeated asthma attacks.

Rümeysa Öztürk hasn’t been given her asthma medication and has had three asthma attacks, putting her life in danger and possibly violating disability civil rights. New from me with @hurwitz.bsky.social for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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This piqued my interest in the Publisher's Lunch email today. I'm looking forward to reading!

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Some news: I'm writing a new book for @vikingbooks.bsky.social

It's about the world’s richest man, a tycoon who transforms into a tyrant, falls in with the far right, becomes a notorious promoter of conspiracies, and drags the country into his fever dream.

Henry Ford. I'm writing about Henry Ford

Elon Musk’s attempt to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court reaches a new low His vote-buying scheme shows how far he’ll go to extend his plan for oligarchy.

“He’s trying to bribe voters," @benwikler.bsky.social told me in Kenosha about Musk's scheme to give out $1 million to voters in Wisconsin. "He’s trying to buy an election. This is totally out of line. This should not be how American democracy works.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Goodbye, Kevin Drum "Take care of Donald Trump for me."

A lovely tribute to my former colleague, Kevin Drum, a blogosphere pioneer and all around mensch. RIP. www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...

‘Who’s doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson compared the murders of Israeli babies during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to abortion.

“The fact she didn’t even try to delete the last tweets tells you all you need to know." www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

This Pentagon press secretary has a long history of bigoted and xenophobic posts “Be unapologetically right-wing. It will pay off.”

NEW from me: DoD hired Kingsley Wilson, a deputy press secretary with a very very long history of bigoted and xenophobic posts www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Reveal Announces New Weekly Podcast Series - Reveal The public radio show and podcast Reveal launched a new ongoing podcast series today, More To The Story With Al Letson, which features 1-on-1 interviews

Big news for @revealnews.org. Today we launched a weekly podcast, "More To The Story With @alletson.bsky.social." The first episode is a 1-on-1 interview with Timothy Heaphy, the chief counsel for the House committee investigating the January 6 attack. revealnews.org/press/reveal...