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RFK Jr.’s Former Anti-Vax Group Is Running a Mysterious Online Measles Fundraiser

RFK Jr.’s Former Anti-Vax Group Is Running a Mysterious Online Measles Fundraiser

Over the weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. roiled the anti-vaccine community when he appeared to endorse the...

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The Pope Is Critically Ill. Far Right Catholic Trolls Are Out in Force.

The Pope Is Critically Ill. Far Right Catholic Trolls Are Out in Force.

Over the weekend, the Vatican announced serious complications in the recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff, who has been hospitalized for...

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The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Splintering

The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Splintering

Mother Jones; Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Earlier this month, Kristan Hawkins, head of the influential anti-abortion...

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CDC Staffers Describe an Increasingly Chaotic Agency as Layoffs Begin

CDC Staffers Describe an Increasingly Chaotic Agency as Layoffs Begin

Late last week, the mood at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta was tense. President Donald Trump’s new Department of...

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RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants

RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants

Hours after being confirmed as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. issued a statement that laid out...

14.02.2025 2

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If the CDC Goes Full Antivax, What Will Pediatricians Do?

Trump promised retribution in his second term. For our March April issue, we spoke with those targeted about lessons from the first term, fears of a...

11.02.2025 5

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I’m a Doctor, and I’m Appalled at the Silence From the American Medical Association

With more than 270,000 members, the American Medical Association is by far the nation’s largest professional organization for physicians. A mighty...

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Christian Nationalists Are Swooning Over JD Vance’s Remarks on Fox News

On Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Wednesday evening, Vice President JD Vance held forth about what he called an “old school, very Christian...

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RFK Jr. Just Lied to Senators About His Views on Antidepressants and Addiction

A few hours into his confirmation hearings on Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the US Department of...

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Right-Wing Activists Celebrate the Death of Planned Parenthood Leader

On Monday, Cecile Richards, the former head of Planned Parenthood and founder of the women’s political action group Supermajority, died at age 67 of...

22.01.2025 2

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Hegseth’s Former Sister-in-Law Says He Believed Women Shouldn’t Vote

On Tuesday, NBC broke the story of sworn testimony from the ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of...

22.01.2025 3

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The Ultra-Christian Tech Bros Have Been Mingling at Mar-a-Lago

Last Thursday, as wildfires continued to blaze through Los Angeles, firefighters appeared to be no match for the deadly combination of winds and...

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The Christian Nationalist “TheoBros” Have, Uh, Thoughts About Antisemitism

Joel Webbon YouTube For a brief moment in November, the TheoBros, a network of militant Christian nationalist influencers, made news when Donald...

18.12.2024 2

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He Rose to Fame as a Covid Contrarian, and Trump Wants Him to Be NIH Head

Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National...

27.11.2024 8

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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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Don Jr.’s New Gig: An Investment Firm Connected to Christian Nationalists

Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. at an election night watch party Alex Brandon/AP On Monday, the New York Times reported that...

12.11.2024 2

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Exclusive: RFK Jr. Is Crowdsourcing Cabinet Picks for Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump onstage during a campaign rally Sipa USA/AP Just days after former President Donald Trump won the...

08.11.2024 3

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Five Christian Nationalist Action Items for Trump’s Next Term

Alex Kent/Getty Over the last few months leading up to the election, I’ve been writing about an ascendant fundamentalist religious movement whose...

08.11.2024 3

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For Four Hours Christians in Georgia Gathered to Worship Trump. I Was There.

Trump is prayed over with Pastor Paula White-Cain at Worship With Wonders Church, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Powder Springs, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn...

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Tens of Thousands of People Gathered in DC to Worship Tr—I Mean, Jesus

Amy Nile, of Texas (left) and Becky, of Georgia (right) Kiera Butler Last Saturday, tens of thousands of Christians gathered under the blazing...

15.10.2024 6

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God or Deep State? Christian Nationalists Can’t Decide Who to Blame for Hurricane Helene.

Mother Jones illustration; Allison Bailey/AFP/Getty; Getty(2) More than a week after Hurricane Helene decimated the rural mountain communities of...

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Evangelicals Have a Plan to Flip 19 Key Counties

selimaksan/Getty Last Saturday, vice presidential candidate JD Vance appeared at an event in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, hosted by Lance Wallnau, a...

02.10.2024 2

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Far-Right Trolls Have Launched a Racist Crusade Against Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris on Capitol Hill, Jan. 10, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) On Monday morning, less than 24 hours after...

22.07.2024 2

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At the RNC Prayer Breakfast, Speakers Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

Jentezen Franklin (right) at the 2024 Republican National Convention Mother Jones illustration; Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty; Kiera Butler/Mother...

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RNC Delegates Sound Off on Whether America Should Be a Christian Nation

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, (R-Tenn.), bows his head in prayer on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll...

17.07.2024 1

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Moms for Liberty Have Had a Rough Year. They’re Still RNC Darlings.

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at Moms for Liberty's town hall event at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (Photo by Kiera Butler) On the...

17.07.2024 3

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Tucker Carlson Warned an RNC Crowd of a “Spiritual Battle”

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance, (R-Ohio), attend the...

16.07.2024 10

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For Christian Nationalists, the Trump Shooting Proves He Was Anointed by God

Jake May/The Flint JounralMLive.com AP In the hours after the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump Saturday evening at a campaign...

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