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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 06 > trump-freedom-250-pins-national-park-service

Trump administration tells federal employees to wear "Freedom" pins—or else

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1033+ words) This week only, every donation is doubled! Halfway through our Summer Membership Drive, we’re still well behind where we need to be. But there’s good news: This week, every donation will be doubled up, to $50,000. That means you can have…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 06 > american-news-media-trust-journalism-bias-scene-on-radio

American journalism is in crisis. But is the problem what we think it is, and what would a more democratic media even look like?

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (379+ words) The truth doesn’t take a summer break. We’ve been at it for 50 years: exposing the coverups and corruption that the powerful would rather keep buried. That fight for the truth continues, but it takes readers like you to make it…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 05 > anti-trans-measures-ballot-candy-joe-lombardo-collins-platner

Are anti-trans ballot initiatives being used as Republican “ballot candy”?

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (695+ words) Mother Jones illustration; Getty At a fundraiser in early January, Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo outright admitted to donors he wasn’t the most inspiring candidate. “I am not enough of a motor—uh, a motivator—as a governor candidate to…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 04 > transgender-gender-affirming-care-hhs-manhattan-institute-segm-leor-sapir-trump

Trump is about to drop a “nuclear weapon” on trans youth health care

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (899+ words) The rule would deliver an ultimatum to hospitals: Stop providing the treatments to trans kids or get kicked out of the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs. “I have learned that my original vision of what my child’s life would look…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 03 > markwayne-mullin-dhs-noem-tweets

Violent. Anti-abortion. Anti-trans. Posts from Trump’s new DHS pick preview more of the same.

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (351+ words) Markwayne Mullin talks with reporters outside the US Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him to be Department of Homeland Security secretary to replace Kristi Noem on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Sen. Markwayne Mullin of…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2025 > 12 > indiana-southern-district-federal-judge-nominee-justin-olson-disabled-people-marriage-benefits-cancellation-medicaid-ssi

A federal judge nominee said disabled people shouldn’t be wed. In fact, many can’t.

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motherjones.com > politics > 2025 > 11 > justice-department-harmeet-dhillion-trump-bondi-guns-civil-rights-division

At the Justice Department, civil rights now means gun rights

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1009+ words) This story was co-published with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Under Trump and Dhillon, the Civil Rights Division has morphed into a potent weapon in MAGA’s nonstop culture battles. Dhillon has an appetite for provocation…...