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They were arrested the same month. One faced criminal charges—and had rights and protections. The other entered a secretive immigration system.

“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay,” Mohamed said. “Just like kidnapping.”

Zohran Mamdani isn’t on the ballot in November. But he’s still picking winners—and picking fights. Our Garrison Hayes asked Mamdani about Trump, floods, and the nationwide fight over data centers. WATCH:

In Jared Kushner, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman found an American partner he could steer in whichever way he wanted.

Trans youth health care is already illegal in Missouri under a law enacted in 2023. But you wouldn’t know that from Amendment 3’s marketing.

Since 2020, President Trump and his allies have been hinting that they might send federal forces to “protect” polling places. If that happens, what can cities, states, and communities do to protect their citizens and fair elections?

As Rep. Max Miller campaigns for a third term, a trove of court and police records obtained by Mother Jones details allegations of physical abuse, drug use, and misogyny raised during a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife.

This candidate for Congress in Texas is more than just a quinceañera singer. But it helps.

The Trump administration wants more right-wing leaders in the Western Hemisphere. Lula’s reelection throws cold water on the MAGA world’s hopes of getting one in Brazil.

When Anthropic was created, its co-founders pledged to commit 80% of their personal equity holdings in the company to philanthropic causes. As they prepare to take the company public, they appear to be walking back that pledge.

Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.

Talarico for Texas is a messaging machine. His ability to efficiently frame an argument and deliver it to an audience is why he is leading the scandal-plagued Republican attorney general Ken Paxton in the polls (the plague of scandals has also helped).

After a neck-and-neck race where the future of the Amazon was at stake, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a historic reelection victory on Sunday. Hedefeatied Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former President Jair Bolsonaro, and earned a record fourth term.

Zach Lahn is running for Iowa governor on MAHA-backed promises to bust up Big Ag and hold pesticide companies accountable. But some farmers wonder if he’s for real. Our collab w/ @thefern.org:

Gas prices just “skyrocket” every time a “tin pot dictator decides to throw a tantrum,” explained JD Vance today at a campaign rally in Belgrade, Montana. Vance listed other historic examples, but failed to acknowledge the Iran war launched by the Trump administration.

Lula’s reelection for a fourth term in a consequential dispute where the future of the Amazon was at stake throws cold water on the MAGA world’s hopes of a win for the oldest son of Jair Bolsonaro.

In 2025, Republican lawmakers introduced a new Amendment 3 proposal to reestablish a constitutional abortion ban in Missouri. To increase their chances of success, they adopted a strategy right out of the Trump 2.0 “Kamala is for they/them” playbook: attacking trans kids.

Anthropic’s filing appears to partly walk back the co-founders’ pledge to commit 80% of their personal equity holdings in the AI startup to philanthropic causes. Those acts, the filing suggests, are “voluntary, revocable expressions” that “do not constitute binding obligations.”

Putin is meddling in the midterms to help Trump by once again mounting a covert disinformation operation that’s spreading phony sex abuse allegations about a Democrat. Ought to be big news.

Part 2 of our Life Surge/Tim Tebow investigation dropped Friday. And we got the Life Surge financial records. 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PUG...

talked to Bobby Pulido in, where else, a shop selling quinceañera dresses www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Yeah, don't let that "Antrhopic founders giving most of their money away" BS fool you: By @alexjn.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The Trump administration sent a Somali immigrant to Gitmo. Now he’s trying to rebuild his life.

Experts say an Arizona land investment company closely tied to Nevada Republican David Flippo is “batshit” and a “huge red flag.” The company targeted fellow conservatives, then spent lavishly on Flippo’s behalf ow.ly/nXl55100aAy yet another banger by @nlanard.bsky.social

In August, the Trump administration flew 12 Somali immigrants to an ICE facility at Guantanamo Bay. “Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay,” Sakariye Abdi Mohamed told journalist Amanda Moore in a phone call from the detention facility. “Just like kidnapping.”

Some political hopefuls aren’t just opposed to surveillance cameras—they’re shooting at them.

Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic, a nationalist who has cultivated ties to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and has downplayed his country’s 1990s war crimes, conceded defeat in elections Sunday to a slate of candidates backed by a student-led anti-corruption movement.

Bobby Pulido, running for Congress in Texas, is more than a quinceañera singer. The 53-year-old Tejano music legend is the Democratic nominee in a freshly gerrymandered swath of Texas. While the race to unseat his Republican opponent once seemed an uphill battle, polls now consider it a toss-up.

At Sunday night's rally, Trump compared Abdul El-Sayed to a 9/11 hijacker and suggested that his victory would mean canceling Christmas. And he isn't the only one peddling islamophobia before the midterms.

NEW: Anthropic’s filing appears to partly walk back the co-founders’ pledge to commit 80% of their personal equity holdings in the AI startup to philanthropic causes. Those acts, the filing suggests, are “voluntary, revocable expressions” that “do not constitute binding obligations.”

Huge news for fans of democracy!

Brian Poindexter’s image as an involved father has become a centerpiece of his campaign against the GOP incumbent whose ex-wife has accused him of abuse.

"I’m not expecting every rapper to be an activist. You don’t have to read James Baldwin to be a good musician. But to go from poignantly telling your own immigration story to full-throatedly supporting MAGA is something else entirely."

President Donald Trump ramped up his Islamophobic remarks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Sunday campaign rally. "He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate."

A major hit to the Donroe Doctrine.

How “one of the most costliest blunders anyone’s ever made” helped put a Republican seat in play.

“We already won the battle for abortion here in Missouri, and that is why they added gender-affirming care.”

Alaska Senate candidates rarely mention climate change, but they talk a lot about fish.

70 percent now call it a top priority for the war to be over. Trump says Cuba is next.

A Serbian nationalist leader who courted MAGA just lost in a landslide

Lula's surprise win blocks Trump’s push for a far-right Brazil

“Americans deserve a Congress that works for them, not for special interests or personal portfolios,” the Florida Republican said in 2025. Then the federal contracts started rolling in.

With so much at stake—Musk himself has billions of dollars in government contracts he wants to protect or land—it would be surprising if the final days of this campaign were free of disinformation skullduggery and campaign-cash chicanery.

A major hit for the Donroe Doctrine. Lula wins a fourth term in a historic comeback.

John Roberts has spent his entire career trying to kill the Voting Rights Act. Now his Republican-appointed majority is dusting off arguments once used to destroy Reconstruction to roll back the gains made during the civil rights era.

A Serbian nationalist leader who courted MAGA just lost in a landslide

"If no security force will actively confront ICE, who will?"

Amid all the Republican pearl-clutching over election integrity, ERIC was the single organization best equipped to help states ensure exactly that. And suddenly MAGA Republicans wanted nothing to do with it.