Dru Sefton

Epstein Files must be really something if he’s gone to these lengths to distract us.

Huh? My father was a US Marine who ran for city council. He worked in a printing factory. We were solidly middle class. Went to Mass every Sunday. Where are these crazy right-wing haters coming from? We’re all Americans, period.

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!

WE ARE BACK TO FLAG BURNING? Aaarrggggg

Do you believe one of the reporters was with Hamas?

a man wearing a plaid shirt is talking on a telephone Alt: Robert Redford in All the President's Men

Here's how to leak tips and information to Mother Jones confidentially: www.motherjones.com/contribute/h...

Brilliant! Let’s at least get something out of this

Anyone who suffers from depression knows there's a hell of a lot more to it than "emotional distress." There are very real physical symptoms.

I lived in DC for 20 years. 20k spectators along a miles-long parade route is a small crowd

America is a land of immigrants. That has always been our strength.

They got what they wanted.

An idea from North Korea.

No

Exactly! When push comes to shove, during a coup the one who controls the military wins. Period. So I’m looking forward to the military in the Oval Office marching him out in handcuffs.

Trump promised retribution. Here's who is on the hit list—and how they're fighting back

Read our cover story from the March+April 2025 issue of @motherjones.com

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

They do this on purpose to get more hits.

Well, even if you are legitimately election, you cannot act lawlessly. I keep envisioning Trump cutting into broadcast TV to tell us he has a "mandate from the people" to ignore all court rulings. And there we go -- constitutional crisis.

NEW: The Muskified OPM sent out a memo to all heads/ acting heads of federal departments & agencies asking them to request a change in the status of chief information officers from "senior executive service" & "career reserved" to "general." Meaning Musk-approved outsiders can be given these jobs...

Members of Congress refused entry to USAID agency shuttered by Trump administration • Tennessee Lookout Democratic members of Congress were denied entry Monday to the U.S. Agency for International Development, after Elon Musk closed the agency.

You sure this isn't USAID where they were refused entry? tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/03/d...

When I stop petting

Whoa....

1/ In the past year @motherjones.com + @revealnews.org have produced some extraordinary journalism, and if you want more of the same please support our year-end fundraising drive, crucial to our ability to keep charging ahead
: secure.motherjones.com/flex/mj/key/...

This enduring piece from The Onion originated with the Isla Vista massacre in 2014. I recently published a two-year investigation of that case—which dives deep into how we can do a lot more as a nation to prevent school and mass shootings 👉🏻 www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

We have a friend on the spectrum who’s extremely sensitive to this. I literally cannot tell the difference.

Here’s a short video from our kick-ass CEO at the historic Mother Jones investigative newsroom. Please consider supporting our important reporting on #GivingTuesday! Thanks! bsky.app/profile/moth...

Ha! Mine is alllllll Steely Dan, with a dash of The Magnetic Fields

For those going home to visit family this weekend:

• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.

The bureaucrat who could make Trump's authoritarian dreams real Russ Vought has a plan to take presidential power to new heights.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy had a person they pushed to be in the Trump admin: Russell Vought.

Here's our profile of Vought from @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social
.
I wanted to take a moment to re-up it, and explain a few things that matter

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I am really proud of my first social video edit. The story is intense and heartbreaking, but I do hope you watch my video and then go on to read @raeoflion.bsky.social and @julialurie.bsky.social's investigation.

I went years ago. Had my photo taken with Bush II. The only thing I remember now is cookies in the shape of his dog.