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“It’s a Scam”: Federal Workers React to Trump’s Supposed Buyout

Federal workers comprise less than one percent of the US population, but are responsible for facilitating programs that help all 330-plus million...

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How Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Manager Would Rebuild the DNC

How Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Manager Would Rebuild the DNC

Donald Trump had a lot working against his 2024 candidacy. During his first presidency, he was impeached twice—the second time for inciting the...

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Warning to Whistleblowers: “We Are Back in the Days of the Red Scare”

Warning to Whistleblowers: “We Are Back in the Days of the Red Scare”

Government employees who report possible malfeasance are almost certain to be targeted by the second Trump administration. Mark Zaid is a lawyer...

17.01.2025 7

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Trump’s White House Return and the Republican Congress Put DC Abortion Access at Risk

Trump’s White House Return and the Republican Congress Put DC Abortion Access at Risk

Washington, DC stands out as a refuge for reproductive rights: Unlike the 20-plus states that have moved to restrict abortion since the US Supreme...

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Republicans Attempt Power Grab in Minnesota

Republicans Attempt Power Grab in Minnesota

Legislative business in Minnesota’s 2025-2026 state House session began Tuesday at noon Central Time; or perhaps it hasn’t begun at all. It...

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The California Fires Could Scorch the State’s Broken Insurance Market

The California Fires Could Scorch the State’s Broken Insurance Market

Lynn Levin-Guzman spent her Tuesday night within spitting distance of SUV-sized flames, trying to salvage her 90-year-old parents’ home with a mere...

10.01.2025 2

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Monster of 2024: Self-Checkout Machines Taking Over Grocery Stores

Mother Jones illustration; Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and...

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Monster of 2024: The Relentless Pressure to Download More Apps

Mother Jones illustration; Plexi Images/Universal Images Group/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters...

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How Ruben Gallego Defeated Election Denier Kari Lake in Arizona’s Senate Race

Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP; Ross D. Franklin/AP In the race for Arizona’s open US Senate seat, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego has...

12.11.2024 3

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Bernie Moreno Defeats Sherrod Brown, Ohio’s Last Statewide-Elected Democrat

Mother Jones illustration; Joe Maiorana/AP; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Late Tuesday night, the Associated Press projected Ohio Republican Bernie...

06.11.2024 1

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There’s a Legal Plan Well Underway to Undermine a Kamala Harris Win

Mother Jones illustration Back in June, during the CNN debate, former president Donald Trump said something very important: He promised to accept...

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Bernie Moreno Is Using Audio Jammers to Block People From Recording His Events

Mother Jones illustration; Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty; Getty “I have two rules,” Bernie Moreno, Ohio’s Republican candidate for US Senate, told...

30.10.2024 1

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Ron DeSantis Is Deploying “Asshole Politics” to Stop Florida’s Abortion Referendum

Mother Jones; Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma When the US Supreme Court overturned the federal right to an abortion in its 2022 Dobbs decision, one...

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Ron DeSantis Is Trying Everything to Sabotage Florida’s Abortion Referendum

Mother Jones; Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma When the US Supreme Court overturned the federal right to an abortion in its 2022 Dobbs decision, one...

17.10.2024 1

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Kamala Harris Has Great Health Vitals, Says Her Doc. We Still Don’t Know About Trump.

Former President Donald Trump on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA...

12.10.2024 3

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A Growing Movement Seeks to Dominate Not Just Religion, But American Life

A scripture sign on a fence post outside a house in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 2024. Caroline Gutman There’s a quickly growing...

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Bernie Moreno Owed a Contractor $300K—Then Ignored Legal Rulings to Promptly Pay Up

Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Before Bernie Moreno was the 2024 Ohio Republican candidate for Senate, he was the owner of...

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Ted Cruz Touted the Endorsement of an Activist Who Supported Killing “Abortionists”

Mother Jones illustration; Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/AP In 2015, as Sen. Ted Cruz mounted a competitive presidential campaign and courted the religious...

16.09.2024 1

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What’s “Pro-Family” Policy? The DNC and RNC Offered Radically Different Answers

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz takes in the moment on stage at the convention with his wife, Gwen, and their children, Gus and...

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How Democrats Are Staving Off the Big Lie 2.0

Mother Jones; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty; Brent Stirton/Getty (2) At a Tuesday panel dedicated to “Protecting the Vote” at the Democratic...

22.08.2024 2

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Democrats Aren’t Afraid to Say “Abortion” Anymore

Amanda Zurawski speaks onstage at the 2024 Democratic National Convention Mother Jones illustration; Chip Somodevilla/Getty In a coveted primetime...

21.08.2024 2

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Trump’s Helicopter Jumble Is Only His Latest Mix-Up

Trump campaigning in Montana on Thursday. Rick Bowmer/AP On Thursday, while attacking Vice President Kamala Harris during a meandering Mar-a-Lago...

10.08.2024 2

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As Harris Leans into Good Vibes, Trump Keeps Pitching Doom

A happy warrior. Gage Skidmore/Zuma On her way to a packed rally in Glendale, Arizona on Friday, Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee...

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Childless Adults and Stepparents Have Some Thoughts on JD Vance

Mother Jones; Anna Moneymaker/Getty In the 1960s and 70s, Jane Goodman recalls dealing with systemic misogyny. Women were not able to get credit...

01.08.2024 3

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Kamala Harris Still Needs to Earn the Youth Vote

Mother Jones; Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty; Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA When President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race on July 21 and...

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Wait, What Just Happened?

Mother Jones illustration Remember June 27? That was when President Joe Biden delivered his bewildering and bewildered—empty eyes, mouth agape—...

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The Republican National Convention Was a “Man’s World”

Nate Gowdy/Mother Jones Former president Donald Trump walked out onto the floor at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night with a...

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