What the “Most Anti-LGBTQ” Election in Decades Means for Trans People
In the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, GOP consultants were fighting over strategy: Would going all-in on anti-trans messaging deliver then-President Donald Trump the suburbs in his race against former Vice President Joe Biden? Or should his campaign stay away from the issue, given widespread... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/harris-trump-trans-rights-election-lgbtq/?utm_source=press.coop
Donald Trump Abused His Pardon Power. He’s Promising to Do It Again.
Steve Bannon was indicted in 2020 for allegedly helping defraud Donald Trump fans who donated to a nonprofit that promised to privately fund a border wall. The other defendants in the plot went to prison. But in the final hours of his presidency, Trump pardoned Bannon, reportedly over the objections of... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/donald-trump-pardons-russia-january-6-kushner/?utm_source=press.coop
The National Guard Is a “WTF” Moment for New York’s Subways. But a Proposed Ban Could Go Even Farther.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement last week that she was deploying 750 National Guard soldiers to patrol the city’s subway system came as something of a shock. Several violent incidents had taken place on the subway in recent weeks. But there were no increased threats of a... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/national-guard-new-york-city-subway/?utm_source=press.coop
In Defense of the Rat
This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There was a time when we human beings used to put animals on trial for their alleged crimes against us. The earliest of these prosecutions in the Western tradition of law appears to be a case against moles in […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/10/in-defense-of-the-rat/?utm_source=press.coop
The Strike Is Working: The UAW Just Scored a Major Concession
On Friday afternoon, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain announced that, in response to major last-minute concessions, the union would not expand its targeted strike of the Big Three automakers. In a move that Fain said would have been previously “unthinkable,” General Motors has now agreed to put... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/uaw-strike-battery-plants-shawn-fain-eat-the-rich/?utm_source=press.coop
Biden Promised Not “Another Foot of Wall.” Now, He’s Restarting Construction.
On Thursday, the Biden administration announced that it will build an additional 20 miles of the border wall in Starr County, Texas, a busy crossing point for migrants along the Rio Grande. The move is a sharp turn from President Joe Biden’s long-standing criticism of the US-Mexico border... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/biden-no-another-foot-of-wall-border-mexico-migrants/?utm_source=press.coop
Moms for Liberty Is Taking Over Banned Books Week
It’s the American Library Association’s annual Banned Books Week, a tradition that started in 1982. This year, the theme is “Let Freedom Read!” in honor of record-breaking efforts to censor books now sweeping the nation’s libraries and schools. Yesterday, I published a story about Wyoming’s Cambell County Public... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/moms-for-liberty-is-taking-over-banned-books-week/?utm_source=press.coop
Big Oil Has a Big Presence on the Boards of California’s Public Universities
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At least 20 board members at California public universities have direct ties to the fossil fuel industry, a new analysis has found, sparking criticism from climate advocates on... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/10/big-oil-california-public-university-boards/?utm_source=press.coop
“X” Axed Headlines. That Sucks For Accessibility.
Yet again, X, the social media firm formerly known as Twitter, has gone through an abrupt design change. As of Wednesday, users can no longer see headlines to links shared on the platform. While it’s a blow to news sites, the change also hampers the site’s accessibility to screen readers, software that people who are blind... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/x-axed-headlines-that-sucks-for-accessibility/?utm_source=press.coop
Trump Isn’t Really Trying to Win His Fraud Trial
Donald Trump is in court this week as he defends a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. But he doesn’t really seem to be trying too hard to win. Instead, the former president—perhaps aware that the case against him appears to be overwhelming—is seeking to derail the proceedings in any way he can. “There’s no jury […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/trump-engoron-fraud-trial/?utm_source=press.coop
There’s a Big Problem With Giuliani’s Lawsuit Against Joe Biden
Rudy Giuliani sued President Joe Biden in New Hampshire on Wednesday, alleging that Biden had defamed him by calling Giuliani a “Russian pawn” during a 2020 presidential debate in Nashville. Suing the president under any circumstances is hard. And Giuliani faces another problem: There’s a lot of evidence that appears to... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/rudy-giuliani-biden-russia-lawsuit/?utm_source=press.coop
Is the New Apple Watch Really Carbon Neutral?
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Apple’s recent announcement of its first-ever “carbon neutral” product was questioned in a new report by a Chinese environmental research organization that gathers and tracks data on greenhouse gas emissions from... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/10/new-apple-watch-carbon-neutral/?utm_source=press.coop
This Is The Largest Health Care Strike in US History
On Wednesday, an estimated 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers across five states and Washington DC walked out in the largest health care workers strike in US history. After several days of negotiations over fair labor practices and higher wages, company and union members failed to reach a compromise. Both groups... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/this-is-the-largest-health-care-strike-in-us-history/?utm_source=press.coop
Private Jet Service for Dogs Has Environmentalists Growling
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Environmentalists have condemned a “ludicrous” private jet service that transports wealthy people’s dogs, which this week ran its first flight from Dubai to London. For $9,855 one way,... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/10/aprivate-jet-service-dogs-environmentalists-growling/?utm_source=press.coop
What Prigozhin’s Death Reveals About Russia
Editor’s note: This essay is anonymous in order to protect the writer from potential reprisals. Yevgeny Prigozhin, co-founder of the notorious private military company Wagner, died in a fiery crash in August when his private jet exploded in midair and went down near Tver’, midway between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Western media outlets were quick […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/putin-prigozhin-russia/?utm_source=press.coop
A Utility Giant’s Hired Gun Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
This story was originally published by the Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a hearing last month in Arizona, an expert witness for the state’s largest utility said he agrees with the idea that utilities oppose rooftop solar because it is a threat to... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/utility-opposition-rooftop-solar-shareholder-profits/?utm_source=press.coop
Wildland Fire Dispatchers Are Critical Workers, and They’re Burned Out
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Lightning strikes in a dry forest and starts a wildfire. It’s a hot, windy day, and the embers quickly spread. Smoke rises, and it’s detected, sometimes by satellites,... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/10/wildland-fire-dispatchers-us-forest-service-burnout/?utm_source=press.coop
Who Is Laphonza Butler?
Two days after Dianne Feinstein’s death, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) has chosen her replacement. On Sunday, Newsom announced that Laphonza Butler, president of the pro-choice political action committee EMILY’s List, will fill the seat of the late California senator. Butler will be the second Black woman and the first openly LGBTQ member to serve as […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2023/10/laphonza-butler-dianne-feinstein/?utm_source=press.coop
Is the Bronze Age Pervert Going Mainstream?
There is no way to explain who the Bronze Age Pervert is in conversation without causing the person listening to, at least for a moment, question your sanity. “There’s this guy who posts pseudonymously under the name ‘Bronze Age Pervert,’ but he’s also no longer really pseudonymous, and has a PhD in philosophy from Yale.” […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/bronze-age-pervert-costin-alamariu/?utm_source=press.coop
Millions of People Could Live Thanks to New Access to Tuberculosis Medication
Johnson & Johnson announced on Friday that the company will not enforce patents for the lifesaving tuberculosis treatment bedaquiline in 134 low- and middle-income countries globally. Bedaquiline, which was approved in 2012, is an essential part of treatment for multidrug-resistant... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/johnson-johnson-tuberculosis-drug-resistance-patent/?utm_source=press.coop
The Pandemic Pause on Student Loans Has Come to an End. Can Biden’s New Plan Offer Relief?
After more than three years, millions of Americans will be getting bills this month from the Department of Education as federal student loan repayments restart. Repayments were paused in March 2020 as a response to the financial hardship many faced in the onset of the Covid... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/covid-pandemic-student-loan-forgiveness-biden/?utm_source=press.coop
Climate Fiction Is No Longer Dystopian. Just Reality.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This summer, the United States roasted like never before. People got third-degree burns from simply falling onto hot pavement in Arizona, filling up all the beds in Maricopa County’s burn center. High humidity teamed up with the... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/10/climate-fiction-reality/?utm_source=press.coop
The House Voted to Avert a Government Shutdown—For 45 Days
On Saturday afternoon, after weeks of GOP squabbling in the House of Representatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) led his chamber in passing a bill to fund the government for 45 days. He did it, primarily, with the help of Democrats. The temporary spending bill passed 335–91; 209 Democrats and 126 Republicans voted... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/government-shutdown-house-vote/?utm_source=press.coop
Who Replaces Feinstein?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a tough decision to make: who he’ll appoint to temporarily replace the Senate vacancy created by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who served in the upper chamber for more than three decades and wielded enormous influence over firearms policy, judicial selections, and more until her death Thursday. Three... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/feinstein-senate-replacement-newsom-schiff-lee-porter/?utm_source=press.coop
The Government Shutdown Will Stop Thousands of Disaster Recovery Projects
In the midst of hurricane and wildfire season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is preparing to withhold billions in disaster funding until Congress passes a budget bill that refills its dwindling cash stock, according to a footnote in a FEMA document first reported by E&E News. In November, FEMA had... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/government-shutdown-fema/?utm_source=press.coop
Dianne Feinstein Had a Complicated Environmental Record
This story was originally published by the Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday evening at the age of 90, leaves behind a long and complex legacy on climate and environmental issues. Feinstein represented California as a Democrat in the US... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/dianne-feinstein-death-environment-legacy/?utm_source=press.coop
Donald Trump, Stochastic Terrorist
Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial of Our Land here.... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/donald-trump-stochastic-terrori-milley-violence-muskst/?utm_source=press.coop
Dianne Feinstein Dead at 90
Dianne Feinstein, the five-time senator from California, has died, according to multiple reports. She was 90. A towering figure in both California and US politics, Feinstein was the longest-serving female senator in US history. Our 2017 feature on the trailblazing Democrat: People who know Feinstein say the [2016] election has been transformative for her. “Trump... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/dianne-feinstein-dead-at-90/?utm_source=press.coop
“Clown Show”: The GOP Describes Its Own Impeachment Process
“New Low.” “Pathetic.” “Clown show.” On Thursday, during the impeachment inquiry hearing for President Joe Biden concocted by the GOP amid a potential government shutdown, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) used Republican’s own words against them. The nation is less than three days away from a potentially devastating... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/republican-gop-impeachment-jamie-rasking-speech/?utm_source=press.coop
Rich Americans Are Stiffing the Taxman to the Tune of $66 Billion
America’s rich deadbeats just won’t stop deadbeating. On Thursday, Senate Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) revealed that his committee had IRS data for tax years 2017-2020 showing that more than 1.4 million wealthy Americans had neglected to file a federal return. All told, these shirkers potentially owe the... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/rich-americans-stiffing-irs-taxes/?utm_source=press.coop
The Extremely American Response to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
Unless you live in a bubble, one that floats far above the heights of the internet, you have received word that Taylor Swift went to a football game this weekend. That attendance, which continues to produce some of the best memes I’ve seen in some time, appeared to confirm the steady hum of rumors that the […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2023/09/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-brands/?utm_source=press.coop
Climate Resilience Projects Face Big Roadblock: A Housing Shortage
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Northern Wisconsin’s landscape is defined as much by the stunning shores of Lake Superior or the Bad River as the region’s seemingly endless winters. But as climate change... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/09/climate-resilence-projects-roadblock-housing-workers/?utm_source=press.coop
Republicans’ Immigration Proposals Are Shockingly Cruel
During the second Republican presidential primary debate, Republicans wasted no time latching onto the issue of immigration—even when the moderators’ questions had little to do with it. When asked about the auto workers’ strike, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina swiftly pivoted to the border. “Joe Biden should not be on... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/republican-debate-fox-univision-immigration/?utm_source=press.coop
No, Tim Scott: Cutting Taxes Won’t Fix America’s Child Care Crisis
Saturday isn’t just the deadline for Congress to fund the government. It’s also the day that the $24 billion pandemic-era program to prop up the nation’s struggling child care network comes to an end. The elimination of that funding could result in some 70,000 child care centers closing across the United States, according... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/republican-debate-childcare/?utm_source=press.coop
What the New York City Migrant Crisis Is and Isn’t
It doesn’t take more than a couple of strolls around the block on East 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan for the faces of New York City’s most recent arrivals to reveal themselves. On a relatively quiet Thursday afternoon in late September, the migrants calmly came and went through the front and side doors of the... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/what-the-new-york-city-migrant-crisis-is-and-isnt/?utm_source=press.coop
Excessive Heat and Bad Coaching Are Killing Young Football Players
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the end of a preseason football practice in late July, Myzelle Law, a 19-year-old defensive lineman for MidAmerica Nazarene University in Kansas, returned to the locker room, and... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/09/football-players-deaths-excessive-heat-coaching/?utm_source=press.coop
Trump Defrauded Lenders and Must Dissolve Businesses, Judge Rules
Donald Trump committed massive fraud in the state of New York and must shutter his businesses there, a judge ruled Tuesday afternoon. The ruling—if it stands, a massive blow to the former president’s business empire, essentially gutting it and potentially undermining all his finances—comes as part of... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/trump-fraud-new-york-supreme-court-close-businesses/?utm_source=press.coop
Kevin McCarthy Will Devastate Poor Americans in Order to Win Over the Far-Right
Five days out from an increasingly likely government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is once again demonstrating a willingness—if not a downright enthusiasm—to cave to the demands of far-right members of his caucus. The Washington Post reports on the latest from the spending negotiations,... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/kevin-mccarthy-safety-net-cuts/?utm_source=press.coop
Our Child Care System Is a Disaster. It’s About to Get Worse.
In February 2021, the federal government sent a $24 billion lifeline to day care centers to keep them afloat amid a still-raging pandemic. When that funding expires on September 30, 3.2 million children are likely to lose their child care spots, the Century Foundation predicts. Among them may be some... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/childcare-funding-cliff-american-rescue-plan-shut-down/?utm_source=press.coop
Wildfires Are Killing Decades of US Clean Air Improvements
This story was originally published by the Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Smoke from wildfires across the continental US is stalling—in some places, reversing—years of progress on air quality. “The influence of wildfire smoke is broad, and it is affecting populations that did... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/air-quality-wildfire-smoke-nature-study/?utm_source=press.coop
How Does the American Climate Corps Compare to Its Predecessor?
On Wednesday, the Biden administration launched the American Climate Corps, a climate-focused youth job training program. The plan will put some 20,000 people to work doing clean energy, wildfire prevention, and coastal resilience jobs and has already cost $150 million in investment. It’s far from the original... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/biden-climate-core-civilian-conservation/?utm_source=press.coop
Jimmy Buffett’s Music Lives On, but What of His Beloved Manatees?
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The second line started at four, but it was five o’clock somewhere. Hundreds of people gathered here on a September Sunday—their Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops brightening the city... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/09/jimmy-buffett-manatees-conservation/?utm_source=press.coop
Mike Pence Is Really Bad at Comebacks
In a recent interview in The Atlantic, retiring Sen. Mitt Romney unloaded on former Vice President Mike Pence, who has attempted to distance himself from Donald Trump since the January 6 insurrection. No one has been “more loyal, more willing to smile when he saw absurdities, more willing to ascribe God’s will to things that […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/mike-pence-mitt-romney-ungodly-bad-comeback-trump/?utm_source=press.coop
The Mainstream Media Still Hasn’t Learned Anything About Covering Donald Trump
“It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS,” then–CBS chairman Les Moonves famously said about Donald Trump during the 2016 election, epitomizing the toxic relationship between the media and Trump—they knew he was an existential threat to democracy, but as long as he... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/donald-trump-meet-the-press-interview-kristen-welker/?utm_source=press.coop
A Bay Area Tech Thriller From the Brave New Present
I walked into the kitchen the other day to find my wife writing letters. Just thank-you cards. But still, you know, physical things that require more patience to produce than a text or email or Instagram post—and lasting, too, if one puts any thought into them. I used to write long letters, not so much […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2023/09/hilary-zaid-novel-forget-told-you-bay-area-tech-thriller/?utm_source=press.coop
The Race for Romney’s Senate Replacement Looks Like a MAGA-Fest
When Sen. Mitt Romney replaced Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) in 2018, he was continuing a long tradition of relatively moderate Republican senators from Utah who were able to cross the aisle and get things done. (Utah hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1970.) That tradition is likely to end with him.... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/mitt-romney-senate-replacement-campaign-maga/?utm_source=press.coop
Trump Schools Evangelicals on How to Talk About Abortion
In dueling presidential campaign speeches to Evangelical leaders Friday, former President Donald Trump sounded like the moderate Republican in the room, at least when it came to abortion. At the Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand conference in DC, the former president ticked off a long list of his... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/trump-vote-pray-stand-evangelicals-abortion-elections/?utm_source=press.coop
Meet the Democratic-Led DC Consulting Firm With an Offshoot That Tries to Elect Republicans
Rational 360, a high-powered Washington, DC-based strategic communications firm and digital agency, promises to use “innovative” means and a network that extends “deep into the Halls of Congress, the White House, and Fortune 500 boardrooms across the country” to advance the... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/rational-360-red-octagon-blue-perigon-no-labels/?utm_source=press.coop
Six Gen Zers Are Taking 32 Nations to Court Over Weak Climate Policies
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Six young people are preparing to appear at the European court of human rights to try to compel 32 nations to rapidly escalate their emissions reductions in the world’s largest... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/09/gen-z-european-nations-court-weak-climate-policies/?utm_source=press.coop
New Gun Charges Are Hunter Biden’s Latest Legal Problem
Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Hunter Biden with lying about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018. The three-count indictment is the latest twist in a series of legal issues for Hunter Biden that could impact the reelection campaign of his father, President Joe Biden. House Speaker Kevin... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/new-gun-charges-are-hunter-bidens-latest-legal-problem/?utm_source=press.coop
Trump Says He’s Received Lucrative Offers to Buy His Properties
Donald Trump says he’s recently received potentially lucrative offers for some of his most iconic properties, and he’s confident he could sell them for “astronomical” amounts of money—possibly even to the Saudi officials behind LIV golf. “I would be able to sell Turnberry quickly for a tremendous... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/trump-turnberry-saudi-arabia-liv-golf-deposition-james/?utm_source=press.coop
I Found a Vape Pen at My Son’s School. Finding Out What Was Inside Was a Lot Harder.
Earlier this year, I found an empty THC cartridge package by the court after one of my son’s high school basketball games. Cannabis vapes are illegal for everyone in Texas, where I live, much less for minors. I scooped up the box, which displayed a California Republic bear and the brand Gold Coast Clear.... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/vape-pen-thc-synthetics-china/?utm_source=press.coop
Drew Barrymore’s Newest Role: Scab
The National Book Foundation has dropped Drew Barrymore as the host of its upcoming awards ceremony after the actress resumed production on her talk show, crossing the picket lines of the ongoing writers’ strike. On Monday, she confirmed that the Drew Barrymore Show will begin filming its newest season without writers on staff—prompting criticism from... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2023/09/drew-barrymores-newest-role-scab/?utm_source=press.coop
Why the GOP Can’t Quit Donald Trump (Hint: Look at Its History)
If only the Republicans could get rid of Donald Trump, it could return to normal. This is a common refrain they you often hear from pundits and members of the political class, or maybe from a relative or friend. Trump, in this view, is a dangerous aberration, and all that is needed to de-Trumpify the […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/why-the-gop-cant-quit-donald-trump-american-psychosis/?utm_source=press.coop
Climate Disasters Are on the Rise. So Is Disinformation.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A “heat wave scam” is what one social media user called the record-high temperatures reported by European scientists late last month. In a separate post, another account referred to new... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/09/climate-disasters-disinformation-increasing/?utm_source=press.coop
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Was Convicted, Really Fast, of Contempt of Congress
Donald Trump and many of his acolytes take the position that the words “executive privilege” are more or less magic. Trump, a private citizen, last year tried to assert “executive privilege” to refuse to turn over documents the current executive branch demanded that he return. Trump adviser Steve... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/peter-navarro-verdit-contempt-congress/?utm_source=press.coop
The Right’s War on Divorce—and Its Costs
She didn’t want to be married anymore, and he didn’t like that. In April, right-wing activist and influencer Steven Crowder told the audience of his podcast, Louder with Crowder, that he and his wife, Hilary, were getting divorced. He claimed he was blindsided. She just “didn’t want to be married anymore,” he complained, “and in […] #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/no-fault-divorce-texas-republican-gop-crowder/?utm_source=press.coop
A Peter Thiel-Linked Startup Is Courting New York Scenesters and Plotting a Libertarian Paradise
Earlier this summer, I showed up uninvited at a midtown Manhattan music venue, where a startup named the Praxis Society was holding an event as part of a weeklong series to promote its flagship product: a free-market Mediterranean city-state the company hopes to build under the... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/praxis-society-city-dryden-brown-peter-thiel/?utm_source=press.coop
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