Nurul Amin Shah Alam's violent arrest, by police who saw his walking stick as a weapon—and who, like the Border Patrol officers who dumped him, apparently made no attempt to reckon with his disability or his mental state—set off events that ended in his death. www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...
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"He’s always been that little liar. I mean no one—no one—likes him.”
“I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.”
@nlanard.bsky.social reports on Florida Rep. Cory Mills, perhaps the most hated man in Congress, and his many, many scandals. bit.ly/46kf7fP
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump’s “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
19.02.2026 17:43 — 👍 157 🔁 64 💬 11 📌 4stills from Everything Everywhere All at Once! @letterboxd.social
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Still from Everything Everywhere All at Once. "Happy new year!"
Still from Everything Everywhere All at Once. "Another year..."
Still from Everything Everywhere All at Once. "...pretending we know what we're doing but really..."
Still from Everything Everywhere All at Once. "...we're just going around in circles."
craving the salt and pepper wings from my uncle's restaurant back home in mass today. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR EVERYONE
17.02.2026 21:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Who Save America Act could disenfranchise:
-146 million without passport
-69 million married women who took spouse's last name
-21 million without ready access to citizenship docs
-21 million without current drivers license
-Rural voters forced to drive 4.5 hours to show docs at election office
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Cannot believe that I got to profile an extraordinary filmmaker, who happens to be the mother of NYC’s new mayor, and think about intersections of art and politics, and how familial love might produce a buffer against the corrosive politics and cynicism of our time. My story about Mira Nair:
10.02.2026 19:16 — 👍 834 🔁 202 💬 13 📌 19
A vibrant, wide-angle photo of a colorful outdoor mural promoting the "Super Bowl LX Apple Music Halftime Show." The mural is painted on a long blue wall in a sunlit, tropical setting with real palm trees and bright pink bougainvillea flowers cascading over the top. The artwork features a playful, surreal collage of cultural and football-themed elements: Central Text: The Apple Music logo in bold yellow and red 3D lettering is flanked by "SUPER BOWL LX" above and "HALFTIME SHOW" below. Iconic Imagery: Large illustrations of a golden trumpet, pink sunglasses, maracas, dominoes, and a cup of coffee with a musical note in the foam. Football Elements: Brown footballs are depicted growing on palm trees like coconuts and resting on the ground. Foreground: A young girl in a yellow dress walks along the sidewalk in front of the mural, passing a small goalpost illustration where a green parrot is perched. The overall aesthetic is warm, festive, and celebrates a fusion of Latin-inspired culture and American football.
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
I met Ian outside the Whipple Building in Mpls last week, where he was protesting ICE. I was blown away by his vulnerability, by how deeply he—a 6-time combat vet—feels like his nation is under attack. I just learned that he was among those arrested by federal officials for protesting at the church.
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Students at the University of Minnesota, united with hundreds of groups across the country, are imploring people, young and old, to join a general strike on Friday.
No school, no work, no economic participation, all toward the goal of ceasing funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“That could have been me. I like to think I’d be someone who stepped in.”
29.01.2026 17:31 — 👍 184 🔁 35 💬 4 📌 1
I grew up in Minneapolis, and returned last week to find a city that felt like it was under siege—and a city coming together in a way that was unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed. Here’s my story: part scene piece, part love letter to my hometown www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“If Minnesota falls, everything falls. We’re done as a nation.”
Fury. Grief. Anguish. Locals on the frontlines of Trump’s attack on Minneapolis are speaking out following the killing of another one of their neighbors. We’re on the ground with @samveep.bsky.social tracking the aftermath.
I was just supposed to follow clergy leaders as they did a pilgrimage from George Floyd Square to Renée Good’s memorial.
But then when we got back to the landing spot, we found out an observer had been attacked by ICE agents who had been tailing the religious leaders.
From me today in Minneapolis:
Tens of thousands of demonstrators filling the streets with signs and banners
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
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NEW VIDEO: Here I show how RFK Jr. is trying to blame school shootings on, of all things, antidepressants. It's a ludicrous, deceptive campaign in which he repeats at least a half dozen false and misleading claims about guns and psychiatric drugs. Watch here 👉 www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 🧵
23.01.2026 17:12 — 👍 157 🔁 59 💬 16 📌 10
After the Sydney Hanukkah massacre, I saw anguish, outrage, and the beginnings of a national reckoning: How could the Jewish community have been left so vulnerable? And how did a nation that prides itself on strict gun laws allow two men to be so heavily armed?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
as bad as shit is, very cool to meet a new folk hero seemingly every week
20.11.2025 15:15 — 👍 139 🔁 28 💬 3 📌 1
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
we recently sat down with photojournalist Carrie Schreck, who walked us through her photo essay of border patrol recruitment at rodeos. watch! youtu.be/3OPnV5nYLsQ?...
11.11.2025 19:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
In late September, my family and I lost our matriarch, my abuela. I've been a bit all over the place since. My abuela moved to our hometown in the 70s. She loved it even as one of the first Mexican families there.
It's been targeted every day by ICE. I wrote about it.
buttondown.com/camrodriguez...
We just released a BIG undercover investigation…and it’s all on tape.
In collaboration with @lighthousereports.com, @papertrailmedia.de, and other media partners around the world, I made this video for @motherjones.com & @revealnews.org
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
EXCLUSIVE: This tech has been used to track heads of state, journalists, and maybe even you.
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries.
It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles.
Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.
grist.org/labor/indone...
#Indonesia #Indonesian #EV #China #Chinese #Batteries
Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”
Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:
Often when you read a research study, the findings aren't something you can easily see for yourself. But I highly suggest googling any profession and looking at the image search results.
My latest for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
The US pays millions to Professional Bull Riders for advertising.
At PBR league events, bullfighters are branded with slick jerseys declaring the event 'Protected by US Border Patrol.'
At some, the Border Patrol makes a dramatic entrance, rappelling from the rafters as the national anthem plays.
