These Down-Ballot Election Results Will Slow States’ Transition to Clean Energy

Windmills in Harlowton, Montana. David Becker/ZUMA This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate...

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Gautama Mehta

Alex Jones Is Trying to Halt the Sale of Infowars. Elon Musk’s X Just Got Involved in the Case

Alex Jones speaks outside of the Dirksen building on Capitol Hill in Washington in September 2018. Jose Luis Magana/AP On Thursday afternoon, a...

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Anna Merlan

Trumpworld Pushes Back Against Dueling Pete Hegseth Controversies

Pete Hegseth itnerviews Donald Trump in 2017. Weekend Fox News host Pete Hegseth has already been an exceedingly controversial choice as Donald...

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Anna Merlan

The Many Contradictions of Trump’s Victory

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate on November 14, 2024. Alex...

yesterday 0

Mother Jones

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick Hopes for a Christian Crusade

Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 15, 2016. Evan Vucci/AP Photo On...

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Kiera Butler

Study: Equal Pay For Disabled Workers Creates, Not Costs, Jobs

Workers advocate a minimum wage rise at a 2022 rally in New York. Noam Galai/Getty When the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law in 1938,...

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Julia Métraux

The Plan To Silence Dissent

Donald Trump may move to punish Palestinian-rights organizers as early as day one. Mother Jones illustration; Amy Katz/Zuma; Brigitte N. Brantley/...

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Sophie Hurwitz

“A Genuine Catastrophe”: Experts React to Trump’s Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robin Rayne/Zuma Public health experts, physicians, and scientists responded with fury and disgust to the news that Donald Trump will nominate...

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Anna Merlan

Oil Industry Openly Encourages Trump to Roll Back Crucial Climate Policies

Paul Weaver/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the ...

previous day 3

Nicholas Kusnetz

Trump’s Nephew Tells Democrats: Don’t Quit Now

Mother Jones illustration; Niall Carson/PA Wire/Zuma; Courtesy Fred Trump Donald Trump’s nephew Fred Trump III doesn’t expect to be invited to...

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Julia Métraux

One of the Greenest States Just Voted Against Electrification

NurPhoto/Getty Voters in Washington state narrowly passed a measure to preserve “energy choice” and block the state from discouraging natural...

thursday 4

Jackie Flynn Mogensen

Dear Joe Biden: Here’s How You Can Protect Reproductive Rights From Trump’s Zealots

Mother Jones illustration; Michael Brochstein/Zuma; Bonnie Cash - Pool Via Cnp/CNP/Zuma Trump’s reelection has been described by advocates and...

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Julianne Mcshane

How Trump Plans to Purge Thousands of Government Workers

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference. Allison Robbert/Pool AFP/AP In a campaign video from March...

thursday 10

Isabela Dias

Infowars Acquired by The Onion, Will Become a Parody of Itself

Dominic Gwinn/Zuma Conspiracy mega-site Infowars, whose founder and main host Alex Jones has become the face of monetized suspicion in America, has...

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Anna Merlan

Trump Cabinet Picks Rubio and Stefanik Once Confirmed Putin Attacked the 2016 Election to Help Trump

Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma; Sadak Souici/Zuma; Drew Angerer/Getty For eight years, an article of faith within Trumpworld and the...

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David Corn

America’s Delegation Diminished by Trump’s Win as UN Climate Summit Commences

John Podesta, White House senior advisor for international climate policy, speaks on the opening day of the COP29 climate conference in Baku,...

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Jake Bittle

Tulsi Gabbard Is a Uniquely Bad Choice For Director of National Intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard at a Trump campaign rally in Pittsburgh on November 4, 2024. Matt Freed/AP Donald Trump’s appointment announcements are getting...

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Dan Friedman

“First Buddy” Elon Musk Is Already Pissing Everyone Off at Mar-a-Lago

Evan Vucci/AP Elon Musk’s election bets paid off the instant Donald Trump was reelected. But, even as the richest man in the world sits on the edge...

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Inae Oh

Can a Democracy Reverse a Slide Toward Authoritarianism?

Donald Trump speaks at an Election Night event on November 5. Lynne Sladky/AP; illustration by Alex Connor The below article first appeared in...

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David Corn

The Republican Trifecta Looks Complete. What Happens Now?

Mother Jones illustration; Democrats needed to snap up just four seats in 2024 to gain control of the House of Representatives. But today it became...

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