menu_open
Stephanie Mencimer

Stephanie Mencimer

Mother Jones

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Pete Hegseth Is Ready to Bring the Culture War to the Pentagon

Evan Vucci/AP Photo Some of the nation’s legendary “great men”—leaders like George Marshall and Clark Clifford—have served the country as...

thursday 6

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Donald Trump, Candidate of Retribution, Is on the Verge of Returning to Power

Alex Brandon/AP Former President Donald Trump was poised to return to the White House for a second time, ending Tuesday evening on the brink of...

06.11.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

The Front Row Joes Ponder What May Be Their Last Trump Rally

Supporters arrive at an election night watch party for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in West...

06.11.2024 4

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Musk Gave $1 Million to the PAC of QAnon Promoter Who Allegedly Photographed Sex in GOP Office

Mother Jones illustration; Michael Swensen/Getty; Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty; Getty In August, former President Donald Trump called the billionaire...

01.11.2024 2

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Anyone Can Access GOP Voter Data on Turning Point’s Canvassing App

Mother Jones illustration; Turning Points; Getty Before I could knock on the door of the house in rural, upstate New York, a big, burly man dressed...

29.10.2024 3

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Republicans and Democrats Believe Their Candidate Will Win—By a Lot

Ted Soqui/SIPA/AP/Sipa via AP Images Good news, patriots! American voters have finally found something they can agree about: Their candidate is...

17.10.2024 6

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Barbara Kingsolver Gets Why Rural Voters Love Trump

Pulitzer-prize winning author Barbara Kingsolver Evan Kafka/Barbara Kingsolver On Friday, the Pulitzer-prize winning author Barbara Kingsolver is...

11.10.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

MAGA Church Plans to Raffle a Trump AR-15 at Second Amendment Rally

Hyung Jin ''Sean'' Moon during the 2023 Rod of Iron Festival Zach Roberts/NurPhoto via AP In July, former President Donald Trump was nearly...

09.10.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Trump Can Thank Far-Right Extremist Ammon Bundy for His Housing Policy

Mother Jones illustration; Anna Moneymaker/Getty; Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/AP; Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty During the vice...

07.10.2024 8

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care.

JD Vance speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds. Scott Olson/Getty One in every ten pregnancies in...

01.10.2024 40

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

An Election in Two Schedules: Veep Edition

Democratic vice presidential nominee and Governor TIM WALZ speaks at a debate watch party at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Arizona. Gage...

29.09.2024 4

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

January 6er Joins RFK Jr. on the National Mall This Weekend

Conservative activist Brandon Straka who was sentenced to probation after Jan 6th holds a performance at CPAC Texas, wearing an orange jumpsuit and a...

28.09.2024 4

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

At This Rally, Everyone Loves Biden—and Wants Him to Drop Out

Protesters demand US President Joe Biden drop out in front of the White House at a rally held on July 20, 2024. DANIEL SLIM/Getty While President...

21.07.2024 8

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

I Found the “Secretary of Retribution” at the Republican Convention

Ivan Raiklin, a prominent election denier and Trump supporter, sits in the audience during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the...

19.07.2024 50

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Trump Got Shot With an AR-15. Don’t Expect His Party to Support a Ban.

Matt Rourke/Associated Press On Tuesday morning, just a few days after a lone 20-year-old climbed a roof in Butler, Pennsylvania, shot former...

16.07.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Even Republicans From DC Get Behind Trump at the GOP Convention

Corey Lewandowski walks off stage as preparations take place for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire The...

16.07.2024 30

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Has the Supreme Court Just Set the Stage for More Political Violence?

Gary Roush, of College Park, Md., protests outside of the Supreme Court, Monday, July 1, 2024, after court decisions were announced in Washington. (AP...

03.07.2024 20

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Steve Bannon Has a Lot to Say Before Going to Prison Monday

Steve Bannon speaks at the Turning Point USA ''People's Convention,'' in Detroit, Michigan Dominic Gwinn/ZUMA Press Wire Donald Trump confidante...

30.06.2024 5

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Polls Show Nearly Half of Democrats Believe Biden Should Drop Out

The first presidential debate between US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the CNN studio in Atlanta. Artem Priakhin/SOPA...

30.06.2024 6

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

The Utah Governor’s Lonely Crusade to Make Politics Nice Again

Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, talks with Utah Rep. Phil Lyman after Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate. Mother Jones; Issac Hale/The Deseret...

26.06.2024 7

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

MAGA Candidate Loses Bid to Replace Mitt Romney

Utah Senate candidate Trent Staggs carries a "Utah For Trump flag" during a rally on June 14, 2024, in Orem, Utah. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo Former...

26.06.2024 5

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

MAGA Youth Activist Charlie Kirk’s Big Conservative Shindig Is Full of Old Folks

Turning Point USA, which casts itself as a conservative political youth movement, appears to be aging. Founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk, then 18, TPUSA...

15.06.2024 9

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Rudy Giuliani Is Turning to the Christian Right for Help With His Bills

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Washington, Dec. 15, 2023. Jose Luis...

14.06.2024 50

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Disgraced General Michael Flynn Has Made a New Movie—About Himself

Mother Jones; Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA/AP To hear Michael Flynn tell it, he belongs in the pantheon of great American martyrs alongside...

05.06.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

West Virginia Voters Reject January 6 Rioter Running for Congress

West Virginia voters had an unenviable choice of congressional candidates in the GOP primary Tuesday: a guy who stormed the Capitol on January 6,...

15.05.2024 30

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Can Michael Flynn Help Put a January 6 Rioter in Congress?

January 6 rioter and West Virginia congressional candidate Derrick Evans (left), on stage with former Trump National Security Advisor Michael...

09.05.2024 40

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

January 6 Rioter Derrick Evans Could Return to the Capitol—as a Congressman

Mother Jones illustration; Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography/AP; Courtesy DOJ Derrick Evans had served only 37 days as a freshman West...

01.05.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Trump’s Endorsement Helps Utah MAGA Candidate Notch a Win in the Battle for Senate

Trent Staggs, running for U.S. senate, speaks at the Utah Republican Party state nominating convention on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Megan Nielsen/The...

28.04.2024 20

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Not Even Leonard Leo Could Turn Brent Orrin Hatch Into Utah’s Next Senator

Brent Orrin Hatch in Salt Lake City in 2008. Douglas C. Pizac/AP Photo It turns out that not even a famous last name, support from the conservative...

28.04.2024 20

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Meets With US Christian Right Leaders

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at CPAC in Dallas, Aug. 4, 2022. LM Otero/AP Photo Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was in...

09.03.2024 50

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Lara Trump Is All About Meritocracy

Laura Trump speaks at the NCGOP state convention as former U.S. President Donald Trump on June 5, 2021 in Greenville, North Carolina. Melissa Sue...

08.03.2024 7

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Nikki Haley Just Won a Primary

Michael Dwyer/AP GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley just won the Washington, DC, primary, beating former president Donald Trump by almost 30...

04.03.2024 30

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Being Denied a Press Pass at CPAC Was the Best Way to Cover the Conference

Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP I’ve attended the Conservative Political Action Conference almost yearly since 2009, always as a credentialed reporter....

24.02.2024 90

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Obsessed: It’s 2024 and Conservatives Still Can’t Stop Worrying About Michelle Obama

Molly Riley/AP The Conservative Political Action Conference, the largest right-wing convention in the country, kicked off this morning’s show with...

22.02.2024 30

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Critics Say the RNC Wasted Money on Flowers and Limos. Will Trump’s Campaign Manager Put It Back On Track?

Mother Jones; Alex Brandon/AP On Monday, former President Donald Trump issued a statement endorsing a slate of candidates for leadership at the...

16.02.2024 8

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Tonight, Republicans Will Conduct Their Dream Election: One Where Hardly Anyone Can Vote

Trump in Nevada, July 2023. John Locher/AP Thanks to a new law, Nevada residents seeking to cast a ballot in the Democratic or Republican...

09.02.2024 90

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Does Justice Brett Kavanaugh Think Trump Can Be Prosecuted?

Mother Jones; Olivier Douliery/ABACA/Sipa/AP; Unsplash The Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in a case brought by voters in Colorado...

09.02.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Chris LaCivita Ran One of American Politics’ Most Notorious Smear Campaigns. Now He’s Working For Trump.

Mother Jones; Andrew Harnik/AP When he ran for president in 2004, Democrats were counting on Sen. John Kerry’s military service to define him as a...

07.02.2024 50

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Will Nikki Haley Lose Nevada to “None of the Above”?

/Meg Kinnard/AP Today is Nevada’s presidential primary. But for Republicans, the vote will be largely meaningless. Even though the state...

06.02.2024 20

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Nikki Haley Questions Trump’s Mental Competence

GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley responded to former President Donald Trump’s gaffe from Friday night, in which he confused her with Nancy...

20.01.2024 5

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Utah Legislature Advances an Extreme Trans Bathroom Ban

Rick Bowmer/AP On Friday, Utah’s state House of Representatives distinguished itself by becoming the country’s first legislative body to pass an...

20.01.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

Watch Trump Confuse Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi

Haley campaigns in Hollis, New Hampshire. Michael Reynolds/EFE/Zuma Nikki Haley, like most candidates who have sought to deny Donald Trump the 2024...

20.01.2024 10

Mother Jones

Stephanie Mencimer

87686b2be761ad67da618bb1455f69ab