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Report: Trump Demands Taxpayers Hand Him $230 Million

Earlier this year, Mother Jones published an article headlined “10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement.” Examples included buying...

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Dan Friedman

Trump’s Military Occupation of DC Crashes Into Reality—Literally

Watch out, Chicago drivers. A recent collision of a red-light-running, 14-ton, mine-resistant armored vehicle with an SUV on Capitol Hill isn’t the...

24.08.2025 5

Dan Friedman

Ghislaine Maxwell Absolves Trump, and Everyone Else, in DOJ Interviews

Ghislaine Maxwell has delighted MAGA loyalists by asserting that she never saw the man she is hoping will spring her from a 20-year prison sentence...

24.08.2025 3

Dan Friedman

Donald Trump Is Waging a Whole-of-Government Retribution Campaign

The Trump administration’s campaign of vengeance against perceived political enemies escalated Friday morning when the FBI raided the home and...

23.08.2025 2

Dan Friedman

Emil Bove and Jeanine Pirro Won’t Condemn January 6. GOP Senators No Longer Care.

Despite vociferous objections by Democrats, the Senate Judiciary Committee looks set as of Thursday to approve Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer...

17.07.2025 30

Dan Friedman

Stop Taking the Epstein Bait, Dems

MAGA world is melting down over the Justice Department’s recent conclusion that Jeffrey Epstein had no client list or history of blackmail, and that...

11.07.2025 4

Dan Friedman

Republicans Just Passed “the Worst Bill in Modern American History”

Just in time for the nation’s birthday, House Republicans have passed the most regressive legislation in recent memory, a bill that’s expected...

04.07.2025 70

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Trump’s Pardon Attorney Mulls Clemency for Fake Electors—Dead or Alive

The Trump administration’s new chief pardon attorney is considering a plan to grant clemency to dozens of so-called fake electors who aided Donald...

04.06.2025 5

Dan Friedman

Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Ethics

Do Donald Trump and his family “actually give a fuck” about appearing to profit from his presidency? Evidence is mounting that they don’t....

24.05.2025 60

Dan Friedman

The Qatari 747 Is Just the Latest Mega-Donation Flowing to Trump’s “Library”

President Donald Trump insists that accepting a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar’s ruling family would not amount to a huge bribe....

17.05.2025 30

Dan Friedman

Ed Martin’s Derailed Nomination Shows Donald Trump’s Power Is Waning

In late March, Ed Martin, then the embattled acting US attorney for DC, showed up at a community meeting at a police station to tout his efforts to...

09.05.2025 20

Dan Friedman

RFK Jr. May Have Inspired Acting US Attorney’s Harassment of Medical Journals

Ed Martin, the acting US Attorney for Washington, DC, had recently been peppering medical journals with “vaguely threatening” letters accusing...

07.05.2025 5

Dan Friedman

Facing Corruption Allegations, Albanian Opposition Leader Hires Trump-Linked Lobbying Team

Sali Berisha—the allegedly corrupt leader of Albania’s opposition party—wants help from Donald Trump. And Berisha, or someone backing him, is...

30.04.2025 30

Dan Friedman

Ed Martin Isn’t Coming Clean About His Ties to an Alleged Nazi Sympathizer

Ed Martin pretending Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2020. Alex Brandon/AP Ed Martin, the far-right activist–turned–acting US...

25.04.2025 10

Dan Friedman

Far-Right Activist Tied to Jailed Chinese Fraudster Joins Team Trump. He’s Not Alone.

Miles Guo, an exiled Chinese billionaire best known for his ties to Steve Bannon, is in a Brooklyn jail awaiting sentencing following his conviction...

21.04.2025 40

Dan Friedman

Corporate Chiefs Gave Trump’s Inaugural Committee $250 Billion. Benefits Abound.

Donald Trump’s inaugural committee raised almost $250 million, much of it from donors who are seeking—and in many cases have already...

21.04.2025 100

Dan Friedman

Why Trump’s Embattled US Attorney in DC Is Talking About Russia

Ed Martin, the acting US attorney in Washington, who has earned some notoriety through attempts to use his office to attack political opponents of the...

18.04.2025 3

Dan Friedman

Democrats Grill Officials on Insider Profits From Trump’s Tariff Reversal

Leading Democrats are raising questions about whether insiders profited from the market swing that followed President Donald Trump’s sudden reversal...

10.04.2025 60

Dan Friedman

There’s One Thing Elon Musk Might Be Right About

Elon Musk is not always wrong. Musk’s prediction back in February that “some of the things that I say will be incorrect” was certainly right, if...

09.04.2025 20

Dan Friedman

Mike Huckabee Was Paid $50,000 to Visit Qatar

Mike Huckabee prepared for his Senate confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Israel by visiting the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens on...

25.03.2025 10

Dan Friedman

Mass Protests Rock Serbia and Hungary. Their Autocratic Leaders Blame USAID.

As massive protests swept through the capitals of Hungary and Serbia in recent days, the embattled and increasingly autocratic leaders of both...

18.03.2025 5

Dan Friedman

Now January 6 Apologist Ed Martin Says He Wants to “Defend the Police.”

Ed Martin, the acting US Attorney for the District of Columbia, is a former advocate for January 6 attackers who has demoted, fired, or investigated...

08.03.2025 7

Dan Friedman

He’s About to Co-Lead the FBI—But First, a Word From His MAGA Show Sponsors

On Tuesday, Dan Bongino, the newly named deputy director of the FBI continued to hold forth on his eponymous daily podcast, this time focused on...

06.03.2025 6

Dan Friedman

No Jail for Bannon After Fraud Plea Deal

Steve Bannon pleaded guilty Tuesday in a New York court to defrauding donors in a border wall scheme. But Bannon, a key Trump ally and former White...

11.02.2025 8

Dan Friedman

It Sure Looks Like Kash Patel Lied to Congress

Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, spent his confirmation hearing Thursday attempting to distance himself from his long record of...

05.02.2025 40

Dan Friedman

Trump Hands a Big Win to Big Tobacco

The Trump administration has snuffed out a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, handing a victory to the tobacco industry after it waged a massive and at...

25.01.2025 40

Dan Friedman

Trump’s January 6 Pardons Unleash Legal Chaos

When FBI agents investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol searched the Florida property of Jeremy Brown, they found a small arsenal....

23.01.2025 3

Dan Friedman

Trump Frees Violent January 6 Attackers

President Donald Trump on Monday granted clemency to nearly 1,600 people who joined in the January 6 attack on Congress that he himself caused. Hours...

21.01.2025 40

Dan Friedman

Pam Bondi Is “Not Familiar With That Statement”

At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Pam Bondi probably assured she will become attorney general. She did that, however, by pretending to be an...

16.01.2025 10

Dan Friedman

Jack Smith: “Trump Isn’t Exonerated”

Jack Smith‘s final report on Donald’s Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election doesn’t contain much new information, but what timing it has....

14.01.2025 5

Dan Friedman

Trump Escaped Consequences. Now He’s Running From the Truth.

Donald Trump during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP Donald Trump has won. He is set to be inaugurated on...

08.01.2025 20

Dan Friedman

Hero of 2024: Richard M. Nixon

Mother Jones illustration; Department of Defense The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year....

27.12.2024 4

Dan Friedman

The Worst, Most Important, Book I Read This Year

Mother Jones illustration; Getty On a long flight in the mid-aughts, I decided to read The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz. I thought of it like...

21.12.2024 10

Dan Friedman

Trump’s New Press Secretary Was Paid for Articles Praising a Con Man

Mother Jones illustration; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/AP; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Late last month, Donald Trump named Karoline Leavitt as his...

02.12.2024 3

Dan Friedman

Jack Smith Makes It Official: Donald Trump Got Away With Everything

Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a November 14, 2024 event at his Mar-a-Lago club. Alex Brandon/AP Donald Trump has gotten away with causing...

26.11.2024 10

Dan Friedman

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...

14.11.2024 100

Dan Friedman

Trump’s First Picks Are War Hawks

Donald Trump greets Marco Rubio during a campaign rally in North Carolina on Nov. 4, 2024. Evan Vucci/AP A few weeks ago, Vice President-elect JD...

13.11.2024 5

Dan Friedman

Trump’s New Chief of Staff Is No John Kelly

Susie Wiles with Donald Trump at an election night party on Nov. 6, 2024. Alex BrandonAP Donald Trump announced Thursday that Susie Wiles, who as...

08.11.2024 3

Dan Friedman

Insurrectionists Are Lining Up for the Pardons Trump Has Promised to Dispense

Donald Trump has said he will pardon January 6 attackers and other allies. Andrea Renault/AP More than 1,500 people charged with or convicted of...

07.11.2024 3

Dan Friedman

Steve Bannon Says He’s Reviving the Infamous Willard “War Room”

Steve Bannon at a news conference hours after his release from prison on Oct. 29. Lev Radin/AP Steve Bannon claims he is setting up a new version...

06.11.2024 3

Dan Friedman

Did Donald Trump Just Thank God for a Hurricane Costing Americans Jobs?

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Saturday. Chris Carlson/AP At a rally Saturday in Gastonia, North Carolina,...

03.11.2024 100

Dan Friedman

Trump Threatens to “Get the News Shaped Up”

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Michigan on Friday. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Donald Trump is amplifying attacks on the media in the...

02.11.2024 5

Dan Friedman

Trump Told Turkey’s Dictator He Could Invade Syria. Dozens of Civilians Died.

Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2019 Mother Jones illustration; Peter Nicholls/AFP/Getty As Donald Trump campaigns to be...

31.10.2024 50

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Bannon Leaves Jail, Immediately Urges Trump to Falsely Declare Victory Again

Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Steve Bannon emerged Tuesday from four months in federal prison. He was tanned, supposedly “empowered,” and obviously...

30.10.2024 4

Dan Friedman

Trump Is Promising to Prosecute His Enemies. He’s Tried Before.

Mother Jones illustration; Scott Olson/Getty As Donald Trump campaigns to be a dictator for one day, he’s asking: “Are you better off now than you...

29.10.2024 2

Dan Friedman

Donald Trump Abused His Pardon Power. He’s Promising to Do It Again.

Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP Steve Bannon was indicted in 2020 for allegedly helping defraud Donald Trump fans who donated to a...

22.10.2024 2

Dan Friedman

Trump Says the January 6 Mob Wasn’t Armed. He’s Lying.

A crowd that included many armed people attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. A_ In an extraordinary monologue Tuesday at a Univision town hall,...

18.10.2024 30

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“You Have to Cooperate”: GOP Operative Says He Was Threatened by Steve Bannon

Mother Jones illustration; Lev Radin/Zuma; J. Scott Applewhite/AP In December 2018, Sam Nunberg met with Steve Bannon at the Loews Regency hotel in...

03.10.2024 3

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Jack Smith Makes Damning New Allegations About January 6

Donald Trump incites rioters on January 6. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Special Counsel Jack Smith, in a court filing made public on Wednesday, revealed a...

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Tim Walz Just Reminded Us What Happened to Trump’s Last Running Mate

Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Michele Crowe/CBS/Getty JD Vance did a decent job for the first 94 minutes of Tuesday night’s debate. “Vance’s...

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