Stephanie Mencimer

In which @smencimer.bsky.social discovers that the only intellectually consistent person in American politics is currently "making breakfast for his large family" in an "undisclosed location" while "avoiding a $50 million legal judgment in Idaho and an arrest warrant"

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?

“Gavin Newsom is a tool,” the Western militant Ammon Bundy told me. “He is a very despicable politician in almost every manner. But he is right about Trump’s violation of the Constitution in invading California with the US military.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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?

Far-right militias adored the Constitution. Then came Trump. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🔊 Listen Now: Federal judges facing threats after ruling against the Trump administration speak out All Things Considered on NPR One | 3:46

Federal judges facing threats after ruling against the Trump administration speak out one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5486...

DC council okays record-shattering $6.6B+ stadium subsidy for Commanders in exchange for local hiring promise The D.C. city council voted on Mayor Muriel Bowser's Washington Commanders stadium plan on Friday, and it went as expected, approving the revised agreement 9-3. Needing five votes to block a two-third...

“Commanders owner Josh Harris is now set to get $1.058 billion in city cash plus at least $5.6 billion in free rent and tax breaks, which will be the biggest public sports subsidy in U.S. history by a mile.”

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New Hegseth Leak Reveals Secret Plan for Years of Troops on U.S. Streets Phil Hegseth wrote the document laying out how the Pentagon and DHS could help Donald Trump’s immigration plans “for years.”

Plans drawn up for the military occupation of the United States brought to you by the Hegseth brothers. Heavy media attention around the world, ignored by major US media. www.thedailybeast.com/leaked-memo-...

Utah Congressman Owens tells student loan borrowers to work more Utah Republican also falsely claims foreign countries pay for tariffs

Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, who filed bankruptcy 5 times, tells struggling student borrowers to get a second job www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/rep-burgess-...

BREAKING: The D.C. Bar's board of professional responsibility recommends that Trump ally Jeff CLARK be *disbarred*

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Morton Mintz, Post reporter with a muckraker spirit, dies at 103 A pioneer in consumer affairs journalism, he helped expose the deformity-causing hazards posed by thalidomide, a once-popular drug for morning sickness.

RIP Mort Mintz. He was one of a kind. wapo.st/4f8zHCO

Given how common mass shootings are, it's hard to see why Mandami would be any worse at this than all the thoughts and prayers people.

now we're cooking

Voices: I started my career in Dinosaur National Monument. Now I fear for its future. “It is a bitter thing to see something so worthwhile and uplifting sabotaged and defunded by its own government,” writes Tom Elder, a retired science teacher and one-time park ranger, in an op-ed.

“It is a bitter thing to see something so worthwhile and uplifting sabotaged and defunded by its own government,” writes Tom Elder, a retired science teacher and one-time park ranger, in an op-ed.

Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.

“You enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone else’s whim, you’re illegal. It doesn’t make sense.”

I wrote about the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan TPS holders losing legal status overnight as a result of the Trump administration's mass deportation push.

Bloomingdale Residents Share Concerns: “Reservoir District Must Honor Promises to the Community – Preserve Retail, Grocery, and Public Commitments” - PoPville photo by Olaf Zerbock LOTS of Bloomingdale residents have shared the following concerns/allegations: "To Whom It May Concern, We are writing as a united community of residents, homeowners, neighbors, ...

Bloomingdale Residents Share Concerns: “Reservoir District Must Honor Promises to the Community – Preserve Retail, Grocery, and Public Commitments” - The CONCERNS: www.popville.com/2025/07/bloo...

ICE agents keep snatching asylum seekers immediately after their court hearings At least two immigrants taken in San Francisco on Friday still had cases pending.

ICE agents keep snatching asylum seekers immediately after their court hearings www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The plainclothes goon squad The aesthetics of ICE—puff-chested and average bro—do more than shroud Trump’s immigration cops in secrecy.

The plainclothes goon squad www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

For women seeking asylum in the United States, things are about to get harder Thanks to a "surprising" decision by Trump's Board of Immigration Appeals.

For women seeking asylum in the United States, things are about to get harder www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

Epstein’s "little black book" totals 97 pages, containing 1,571 names and roughly 5,000 phone numbers. At least 38 names are mysteriously circled, including Donald Trump's.

“I got my hands on a copy,” writes Leland Nally. “I made close to 2,000 phone calls.”

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Listening to @mollyjongfast.bsky.social 's new book and feeling weirdly comforted to know that even Erica Jong's daughter couldn't get a memory care facility to give her mom a shower.

There's a lot we still don’t know about Jeffrey Epstein Amid the conspiracy theories, the totality of Epstein’s crimes—and how he made his fortune—is still a disturbing mystery.

New from me: I thought it would be helpful to write a bit about what we still somehow don't know about Jeffrey Epstein: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Imagine being disappeared in one dictatorship, making it to America, and then being disappeared again

Bill Ackman Gets To Play Pretend In Sanctioned Tennis Farce | Defector Might as well get it out of the way: Bill Ackman’s tennis game is not humiliating in itself. If it’s Ackman’s humiliation you seek, might I direct you to: his hammy and conspiratorial screeds on…

"Here, Ackman even managed to buy a place in a real professional contest. The result was the most embarrassing tennis I've seen in a match that awarded ATP points." defector.com/bill-ackman-...

I’m not sure it was who first made the observation that the key political question of our time is “Who was president in 2020,” but that person was right.

I'm never going to get over the Trump administration letting the Grand Canyon Lodge burn down.

“Mourning the loss, North Rim, Grand Canyon”
#photography #landscape #bluskyartshow #grandcanyon #eastcoastkin #sunrise

scoop: new Washington Post opinion editor Adam O'Neal introduces himself to staff, alluding to some significant changes afoot 🧵

You'll never guess the culprit in a global lead poisoning mystery High levels of lead were found in a surprisingly large number of Bangladeshi kids in New York City — and in pregnant women in Bangladesh. Could there be a common cause?

Turmeric is also a significant source of lead poisoning as reported around the world. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Your reminder again that Ms. Sheahan has effectively no law enforcement background. She's a 28-year-old who was a close personal aide to Kristi Noem in South Dakota, then parlayed her connections into getting appointed as head of the Louisiana Fish & Wildlife Service at 26.

Kennecott’s tailings pond may be leaking into the Great Salt Lake A polluted tailings pond at the Kennecott Utah mine has sunk 20 feet or more, raising concerns that it has seeped contamination into the neighboring Great Salt Lake.

A polluted tailings pond at the Kennecott Utah mine has sunk 20 feet or more, raising concerns that it has seeped contamination into the neighboring Great Salt Lake.

Oz: "When the program was created 60 years ago, it never dawned on anyone that you would take able-bodied individuals who could work & put them on Medicaid. Today the average able-bodied person on Medicaid who doesn't work, they watch 6.1 hours of TV or just hang out. Go out & try to get a job."