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Trump Wasn’t on the Primary Ballot in Georgia. He Still Won.

On Tuesday, six states held primary elections to select which Republican and Democratic candidates will advance to the general election in November....

20.05.2026 7

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Trump’s Executive Order on Mail Voting Is Plainly Unconstitutional

Last week, President Donald Trump did what roughly one in three American voters have done in recent elections: He voted by mail. But while Trump...

01.04.2026 10

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NYC’s New Socialist Mayor Has a Radical Proposal: Have Government Do Its Job

Have you ever reached out to a customer-service helpline and fallen into a vortex of bad phone-tree options, all AI-generated, none of which have...

26.12.2025 20

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Hero of 2025: Principled Grand Juries

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective...

22.12.2025 20

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Monster of 2025: Endless Subscriptions

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective...

19.12.2025 30

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Scoop: New Justice Department Voting Rights Chief Had Prior Job Suspension for Ties to Election Deniers

A former Los Angeles County district attorney who was put on administrative leave in 2022 after he based a prosecution around tips from a right-wing...

13.12.2025 40

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Tens of Millions of People Lost Their Food Stamps—For Now

Normally, the 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps (formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) begin to receive...

01.11.2025 20

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Heritage Foundation President Backs Tucker Carlson’s Chat With a Holocaust-Denying White Nationalist

Earlier this week, Tucker Carlson welcomed prominent white nationalist Nick Fuentes onto the former Fox News host’s video podcast.  As my colleague...

01.11.2025 30

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The Shutdown Is Pushing Federal Workers to Food Banks—Just as SNAP Is Set to Expire

Pastor Oliver Carter is in a strange predicament. For the last few years, he’s run a food bank serving the needy through No Limits Outreach...

30.10.2025 20

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Under Trump, Federal Workplace Anti-Discrimination Agency Engaged in… Workplace Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established by the 1964 Civil Rights Act to enforce anti-discrimination laws in workplaces...

24.10.2025 10

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When Miscarriages Become Crimes

In early June, Sasha, who was around 16 weeks pregnant, started to bleed vaginally. She went to the emergency room, where doctors told her she was...

30.09.2025 30

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Meet the Ohio Lobbyist Running Against Lobbyists

Former Ohio state Sen. Kevin Coughlin—a self-described “husband, father, [and] small business owner”—is running to be the Republican nominee...

20.09.2025 10

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Both the Left and the Right are Targeted by Political Violence. Who Perpetrates It?

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s gruesome killing last week was both a striking visual of our nation’s intensifying polarization and, by some...

17.09.2025 20

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Shoulder-Checks and Smoking Weed: The Petty Crimes Being Prosecuted Under Trump’s DC Crackdown

“Good afternoon,” is how Magistrate Judge Heide Herrmann welcomed detainees into DC Superior Court room C-10 when it was their turn to stand in...

12.09.2025 10

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Mass Shooters Are Not Disproportionately Transgender

The suspect in the mass shooting responsible for killing two school-aged children and wounding 17 others at a Catholic church in Minneapolis on...

29.08.2025 20

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The Resistance is Active in DC—You’re Just Not Looking Closely Enough

It’s 7 p.m. on Thursday and Elli, a 19-year-old transplant from Chattanooga, Tennessee, just took an Adderall. The DC resident, who goes by...

23.08.2025 20

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Control of the Senate Could Be Decided in Maine. This Oyster Farmer Is Vying to Unseat Susan Collins

Graham Platner, a 40-year-old oyster farmer from Sullivan, Maine (pop. 1,219), announced a bid for the seat of incumbent GOP Senator Susan Collins on...

19.08.2025 20

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Trump Plans Raids on DC’s Homeless Tonight, Sources Say

The Trump administration is planning citywide sweeps of dozens of homeless encampments in DC starting tonight, according to city workers and advocacy...

14.08.2025 10

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DC’s Homeless Have Nowhere to Go. Trump Might Send Them to Jail.

On the 26-mile motorcade ride from the White House to his private golf club in Northern Virginia (one of 18 in his collection), President Donald Trump...

14.08.2025 10

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How Democrats Plan to Battle the GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab

For years, Republicans have sought to consolidate power at the state and federal level by controlling the redistricting process through which...

06.08.2025 10

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This $50 Billion Band-Aid Won’t Save Rural Health Care

In January 2021, 70-mile-per-hour winds ripped through the High Plains, from Eastern Colorado to Western Kansas, and enveloped a portion of Interstate...

04.08.2025 20

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Unpacking the MAHA Mirage: Trump Guts Healthcare While Preaching Wellness

More than 100 million Americans are obese, 38 million are diabetic, 116 million are hypertensive, and 26 million suffer from asthma. Whether or not...

22.07.2025 10

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Trump Threatens to Revoke the Citizenship of Celebrity Critic Rosie O’Donnell

President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to revoke the citizenship of Rosie O’Donnell, an American-born comedian, talk-show host, actress, and...

13.07.2025 20

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Trump Says He’ll Slap 30 Percent Tariffs on Mexico and the EU. Truth or TACO?

On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump announced plans to hit the European Union and Mexico with 30 percent tariffs starting on August 1. If this...

12.07.2025 10

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This Wealthy Member of Congress Just Proposed Increasing Her Own Taxes

With an estimated net worth of $76 million, Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) is one of the top 15 wealthiest members of Congress. On Thursday, Jacobs, the...

10.07.2025 10

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Trump Once Said Congress Should “Always” Approve Military Strikes

At nearly 8 p.m ET Saturday, President Donald Trump delivered shocking news that would quickly rouse global angst about the threat of nuclear war. He...

27.06.2025 10

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What SCOTUS Actually Said About Workplace Fairness in This Year’s Big “Reverse Discrimination” Case

In 2020, Marlean Ames alleged that she was denied a job promotion and subsequently demoted by the Ohio Department of Youth Services because she is...

11.06.2025 10

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These Veterans Fought for the US. Now They’re Fighting Trump’s VA Cuts

On Friday afternoon, thousands of veterans who fought wars on behalf of the United States descended on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to fight...

07.06.2025 10

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Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Cut Off Funds for Severely Malnourished Toddlers

In Afghanistan, where millions are starving, the France-based NGO Action Against Hunger operates clinics treating severely malnourished children with...

11.03.2025 10

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A Right-Wing Group Accused NASCAR of Discrimination Against White Dudes. It’s a Blueprint for Trump.

It’s not surprising a national legal nonprofit would allege in late 2023 that NASCAR had a diversity problem: Of the 42 drivers on the entry list...

03.03.2025 10

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