Schuyler Mitchell

I'm so so sorry Alma – this is so messed up!!

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In my Curtis Sliwa party report for @motherjones.com: the word “genderologies,” right-wing vigilantes, an energy healer with a pet chihuahua, universal hatred for Andrew Cuomo, and several people complimenting my bangs for some reason

My night with Sliwa superfans At the Republican watch party, there was one point of political agreement: Andrew Cuomo sucks.

"The number one thing everyone at the Curtis Sliwa election night watch party could agree on was loving Curtis Sliwa. The number two thing was hating Andrew Cuomo. Aside from that, it was kind of a mixed bag." Fun read from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My night with Sliwa superfans At the Republican watch party, there was one point of political agreement: Andrew Cuomo sucks.

a great report from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social at the sliwa mayoral party

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Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.

North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.

This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust.

Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.

While hospitals across the country were falling apart, leaving patients in crisis and facilities severely understaffed, a shocking campaign to silence and surveil critics was underway.

Read @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social's latest investigation into Medical Properties Trust.

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.

We uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US. It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
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He studies fascism. Is he now living through it? After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."

“It’s too late for preventative antifascism. I think we’re in a new era.”

After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States.

The latest from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:

He studies fascism. Is he now living through it? After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."

A professor had to flee the country last week after receiving death threats for his work on antifa. I spoke with historian @mark-bray.bsky.social about his experience being targeted by the far-right and what the history of fascism can teach us about this moment.
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God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.

New from me: I wrote about how increasingly Israel's most important American allies are not Jews but evangelical Christians. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

America’s elite colleges are perpetual inequality machines. It doesn't have to be this way. Rather than steer the nation's top students toward the most lucrative careers, schools could help them build meaningful lives.

When the best and brightest young people are encouraged to chase money and status instead of following more meaningful pursuits, that's a missed opportunity for them--and us. Elite colleges can do better, educator Evan Mandery argues in this thoughtful @motherjones.com story.

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.

This is really great reporting from Mother Jones - the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine disavows the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine for misusing his work. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Charlie Kirk and Trump's Looming Political Crackdown Podcast Episode · Reveal · 09/17/2025 · 30m

🎧 In the wake of ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, this episode of "More to the Story" (published earlier today) is essential listening: @revealnews.org examines how the tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s murder is accelerating a political crackdown. LISTEN:

“Amateur hour”: The man sending US military contractors to Gaza How a little-known former Green Beret went from starting a company to prevent hangovers to the center of a dubious scheme to deliver aid in Gaza.

Jameson Govoni is a co-founder of a hangover prevention company who had almost no public presence until his armed contractors arrived in the Middle East.

Now, he is at the center of a highly controversial Israeli and US-backed food distribution scheme in Gaza that experts say has been a disaster.

“Amateur hour”: The man sending US military contractors to Gaza How a little-known former Green Beret went from starting a company to prevent hangovers to the center of a dubious scheme to deliver aid in Gaza.

NEW: How does a North Carolina entrepreneur go from launching a CBD venture, a hangover prevention product, and a drink for ravers ... to founding a private security contractor arming aid sites in Gaza?

@motherjones.com investigates the man behind UG Solutions:

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Both the Left and Right are targeted by political violence. Who perpetrates it? "What really connects these folks is not a coherent ideology."

"It is often the case that the individuals who commit political violence in this country have incoherent ideological backgrounds. They don’t have clear manifestos, nor do they come from a background that signals attachment to one party or the other." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The Real Charlie Kirk Akela Lacy, Natasha Lennard, and Ali Breland on the weaponization of Charlie Kirk’s murder and increasing political violence.

Grateful to have spoken w brilliant colleagues on the immediate weaponization of Kirk's killing.
1. My excellent colleague @akelalacy.bsky.social hosted @alibreland.bsky.social and me on @theintercept.com podcast. including dangers of hagiographies like Ezra Klein's theintercept.com/2025/09/12/b...

The full weight of the federal government is being used to memorialize Charlie Kirk And to punish those who speak ill of him.

NEW: I wrote about the ways that government and elected officials are threatening to have people fired or disciplined who post mean things about Charlie Kirk or are perceived to be celebrating his death www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.

New York Times opinion columnist Ezra Klein wrote, “You can dislike much of what Kirk believed, and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way."

One problem: Kirk's advocacy was laced with racist and bigoted statements.

Hasan Piker was set to debate Charlie Kirk. Now he's warning of a "Reichstag fire moment." The streaming star on how to reject political violence while staying honest about Kirk's rhetoric.

“The first interaction that many…have with Charlie Kirk is going to be, from these reputable institutions, a completely whitewashed perspective.”

My colleague @samveep.bsky.social and I spoke with Hasan Piker for @motherjones.com this morning. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

September 10, 12:23 p.m.: Charlie Kirk is shot during an event at Utah Valley University after taking a question about transgender people and mass shootings. Right-wing accounts on X immediately begin speculating, without evidence, that the shooter is transgender. An online witch-hunt ensues. September 10, 4:40 p.m.: President Donald Trump announces on Truth Social that Kirk has died from his injuries. September 11, 8:35 a.m.: Right-wing commentator Steven Crowder posts a screenshot on X of a supposed “internal message ” leaked from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives alleging that law enforcement officials found gun cartridges at the scene engraved with unspecified “wording…expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology. ” Crowder ’ s post is viewed more than 25 million times. September 11, 10:23 a.m.: The Wall Street Journal posts a link on X to a news story captioned: “Breaking: Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say. ” The article cites “an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation. ” The post receives more than 11 million impressions. At 10:51 a.m., the Daily Beast publishes a story repeating the claims. At 11:20 a.m., the New York Post publishes a similar story.

September 11, 11:29 a.m.: Right-wing news outlet the Daily Caller posts a video of GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, an outspoken opponent of transgender rights. “It sounds like the shooter was a tranny, or pro-tranny, ” she tells the reporter. “And just because I want to protect women, that I’ m worried about getting murdered? Are you fucking kidding me? It’s out of control, and enough is enough, and I’ m going to double down on this. ” September 11, 1:18 p.m.: The New York Times reports that the internal bulletin has not been verified by ATF analysts and does not match other summaries of the evidence. According to a “senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation, ” such reports are usually not made public due to potentially inaccurate information. September 11, 1:34 p.m.: The Trans Journalists’ Association “urges caution ” in a statement urging outlets to reporting about the investigation, pushing outlets to “prioritize direct quotes and, to the greatest degree possible, identify the source and evidence ” and emphasizing that “transgender ideology ” is “a term coined for and used in anti-trans political messaging. ” September 11, 3:28 p.m.: Citing “reporting in multiple outlets,” conservative talk show host Megyn Kelly uses Kirk’s death as an opportunity to attack trans people. “Charlie Kirk’s killer engraved the ammunition used to murder him with pro-transgender ideology, according to reporting in multiple outlets—to the surprise of literally no one, ” she said. “There ’ s one particular group that’s been running around killing Americans in the name of transgender ideology lately and it’s transgender activists or individuals or those who proclaim that they are. ” In an interview on Kelly ’s show, Donald Trump Jr. says, “I can ’t name, including probably, like, Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, a group that is more violent per capita than the radical trans moment.”

September 11, 4:43 p.m.: The UK-based Telegraph asserts that the killer ’ s ammunition was “engraved with pro-trans messages. ” September 11, 5:00 p.m., CNN reports that, according to two law enforcement sources, at least one cartridge was marked with arrows, which could have been misinterpreted by ATF analysts to be connected to the transgender community. By the following morning, the Wall Street Journal alters its story to include the New York Times and CNN reporting, adding “Some Sources Urge Caution ” to its headline. September 12, 10:10 a.m.: At a press conference, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox identifies the suspect in custody as 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson, whom neither Cox nor law enforcement claim is transgender. Cox reads the inscriptions from the recovered bullet casings, none of which reference transgender people in any way. September 12, 10:36 a.m.: Rep. Mace calls for prayers for Robinson. “We know Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for such an evil, and lost individual, ” she writes.

When all else fails, make a timeline.

How false “gender ideology” claims spread after Charlie Kirk shooting, with @msjpauly.bsky.social and @schuylermitchell.bsky.social

It's never too soon for the right to blame trans people A timeline of false "gender ideology" claims about the Charlie Kirk shooting.

NEW: A timeline of how false “transgender ideology” claims spread in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing. By @hencarnell.bsky.social, @msjpauly.bsky.social, and me:

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Trump Clears Path For Plastic Industry’s Fake Recycling Fix The EPA just paved the way for a nationwide buildout of chemical recycling facilities that boost fossil fuels, spew emissions, and don’t appear to work.

The EPA just paved the way for a nationwide buildout of chemical recycling facilities that boost fossil fuels, spew emissions, and don’t appear to work. www.levernews.com/trump-clears...

Hi I’m back on Bluesky and I’m an editor at Mother Jones now and I wrote this article!

"This is an encroachment on everything we signed up for, and it feels like a violation.”

North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law Republicans in North Carolina shielded the redistricting process from the public records law in a state with a history of gerrymandering.

North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law

The change, snuck into the state budget at the last minute, will shield lawmakers from scrutiny in a state with a history of partisan gerrymandering.

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