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What hippies, tradwives, and Trump voters have in common
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (248+ words) During this year's Super Bowl, boxer Mike Tyson took a big bite out of an apple in a commercial that commanded us to "eat real food." The ad felt more like a political gambit than a PSA. Here was a…...
Sam Altman's really weird week just got even worse
15+ hour, 15+ min ago (527+ words) Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive officer, Open AI, listens to testimony during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. Kevin Wolf/AP Sam Altman, who published "ambitious ideas" to add guardrails to AI…...
Sam Altman is having a really weird week
19+ hour, 33+ min ago (629+ words) Open AI's CEO Sam Altman speaks at the AI Summit in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. AP Sam Altman wants you to know that he's just fine. Sure, his company, Open AI, is reportedly building technology that it fears'and some…...
Trump is branding America. History has a word for that.
15+ hour, 9+ min ago (339+ words) No sitting American president has ever put his name on US currency. That will change later this year when bills bearing President Donald Trump's signature start to roll out. If this playbook feels familiar, it should. Authoritarian leaders have long…...
Is the Don's con gone?
18+ hour, 21+ min ago (624+ words) Donald Trump after speaking about the Iran war at the White House on Wednesday. Alex Brandon/AP A con man's challenge is to stay ahead of his con. If his marks begin to see too many signs that they are…...
A Judge Ordered Her Return After a Wrongful Deportation. Now Comes the Hard Part.
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (426+ words) Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, left, kisses her daughter Damaris Bello after being reunited. Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy Courtesy Damaris Bello "There were some moments where it was even hard for me to breathe," Estrada Ju'rez said during a video…...
Trump's EPA chief delivers the keynote at a conference of climate change deniers
18+ hour, 30+ min ago (829+ words) Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), gave the keynote speech at a conference on Wednesday morning, one which was hosted by a prominent climate-denying think tank that previously compared those concerned about the climate crisis'to…...
The federal database that could upend the midterm elections
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1166+ words) New Yorkers wait to cast their votes on November 2, 2025. Stephanie Keith/Getty President Donald Trump and the election conspiracy theorists he surrounds himself with are determined to exclude people from voting in the 2026 election based on one database: the Department…...
How your data is powering Trump's surveillance state
21+ hour, 35+ min ago (807+ words) If somebody'a police officer, a prosecutor, an FBI agent'were to get ahold of all this data, they'd be able to sketch out a pretty complete picture of my daily life. In most cases, I probably wouldn't even know that my…...
Even some Republicans are against Trump's violence in Iran
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (557+ words) President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters about the war in Iran in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP Even Republicans are joining congressional Democrats in calling for…...