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A few overlooked details from my July 18 piece on Rep. Max Miller—threading them below. 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max MillerPolice reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.www.motherjones.comFollowing my 7.18 reporting, the Democratic Women’s Caucus will call for a House Ethics investigation into Rep. Max Miller. “The recent reports of domestic violence & child abuse against Representative Max Miller are deeply disturbing & Congress can’t ignore them," -Reps. Fernandez, Sykes & Scholten
Last night, MS NOW’s @chrislhayes.bsky.social featured my reporting on the domestic violence (& other) allegations facing Rep. Max Miller. www.ms.now/all-in/watch...
‘Daddy’s house is scary’: GOP Rep. Max Miller faces violent allegationsNewly obtained records detail allegations of drug use, verbal abuse, and violent behavior against multiple women by GOP Rep. Max Miller. A spokesman for Miller pointed to his previous denials that he ...www.ms.nowRead my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max MillerPolice reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.www.motherjones.comEric UmanskyGOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) previously denied a report, also alleged in court records, that he pushed a girl down a flight of stairs in high school. But the woman recently told me the alleged incident remains "one of the more traumatic nights of my life." Inside the investigation: ow.ly/8xU450ZpaNp
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max MillerPolice reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.ow.lyPeople say this about a lot of journalists, but truly, always read @timothypmurphy.bsky.social. "The Kennedys are down to their last and thorniest public servant—a sun-baked, worm-addled, crank incubated in a world of entitlement and unaccountability." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Can the last Kennedy running please turn out the lights?Democratic voters aren't clamoring for Camelot.www.motherjones.comThe FBI used software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite to secretly extract data from the phones of 13+ ICE protesters. A month later, the feds charged nine people with “conspiracy to impede or injure” officers. -via @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters’ phonesPreviously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.www.motherjones.com"The administration said Monday that Park Police have made five arrests and issued five citations for alleged vandalism." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump is losing his war on algaeA weird weekend of pond scum, lots of cops, and no antifa at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.www.motherjones.comHonored to share that @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social has awarded me its Political Coverage Award for my reporting on how the EEOC transformed under Trump. You can read the piece here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202... And since it's June: happy Pride Month! 🌈
Right-wing fanatics are weaponizing America's anti-discrimination agencyHow the White House made the EEOC a “grievance apparatus for white, straight, Christian people.”www.motherjones.comScoop with @dfriedman.bsky.social: Trump brought a statue of a slave owner out of storage & hired a contractor to build it a new pedestal in DC. Installing it took ONE day & cost $527K. The Gov't justified the high price tag w/ urgent need to finish by July 4. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump resurrected the statue of a slave owner. Its pedestal cost taxpayers $527k.Contracting documents obtained by Mother Jones indicate the price was nearly double the government's estimate.www.motherjones.comMonths of initial delays, combined with the exits of dozens of experienced USDA staff amid efforts to shrink the federal workforce, risks further spread—potentially resulting in billions of dollars in damages to cattle. via @marciabrown.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Trump reviews slowed screwworm response, former officials say"Devastating" staffing cuts and spending reviews at USDA constrained the government’s response to the spread of a flesh-eating pest that threatens livestock.www.politico.comA groundbreaking investigation by @pemalevy.bsky.social and @melissa.news goes deep on the right-wing funding networks pushing the Supreme Court to give billionaires what they want. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Billionaires know just how they want Supreme Court justices to rule—and are spending big to tell themHow “friend of the court” filings became a cog in the right’s push to control the law.www.motherjones.comWhy did Maine dems back a guy with a Nazi tattoo, sexts, and racist Reddit posts? Everyday Americans are often willing to overlook discretions for a candidate who isn't "looking down on them." My conversation with Musa al-Gharbi on why wokeness is a dead end. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why the scandal-ridden Democrat with a Nazi tattoo won Maine’s Senate primaryAccording to the Stony Brook sociology professor who wrote the book unpacking why wokeness is a dead end.www.motherjones.comWe tested ChatGPT by asking about imitating the Uvalde shooter, defending against police gunfire, and more—everything short of directly stating intent to kill. OpenAI’s chatbot was chillingly helpful. -via @markfollman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
ChatGPT gave me chilling advice—as I simulated planning a mass shootingI asked about imitating the Uvalde attacker, defending against police gunfire, and more—everything short of directly stating intent to kill.www.motherjones.comIt's well established that election deniers hold jobs across the Administration (including the presidency, btw). But @democracydocket.com now reports that the plaintiff whose case gutted the VRA is also an election denier who was present at the Capitol Jan. 6. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: Bert Callais, lead plaintiff in case that gutted Voting Rights Act, is an election conspiracist who was at Jan. 6 protestSocial media posts exclusively reviewed by Democracy Docket paint a far more troubling picture of Callais — suggesting a man who harbors a deep distrust of the election system, which he has called “ri...democracydocket.comIt's never made sense to me that people on SNAP (food stamps) can't use the benefit to buy hot food like rotisserie chicken. It's cheap & protein-dense. The House Farm Bill rectifies that... great! But it also cements $187 billion in cuts to the SNAP program. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
House cements $187 billion cut to SNAP — but hey, free chicken!Thanks, I guess?www.motherjones.com“We are looking into that right now,” Rollins told reporters Wednesday. “We don’t care whose idea it was, if it was a good idea, or at least part of a good idea." -Reporting via @marciabrown.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
Fertilizer crunch prompts Trump admin to consider Biden-era programTrump officials are facing pressure to address economic fallout from the Iran war that is hitting farmers with soaring fertilizer and fuel priceswww.politico.comScientists have linked Roundup to cancer and other ailments, so how did a company convince regulators to approve widespread spraying in America’s forests? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
We are bombarding America’s forests with RoundupScientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.www.motherjones.comAfter advancements in gene editing led to the successful treatment of life-threatening health conditions, some tech bros are considering a new application for the controversial science: making super-smart babies to save the world from dangerously capable AI. ow.ly/Lrli50YKp8u
Creating baby geniuses to thwart the AI threat? (Yes, really.)The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.”ow.ly