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Riley Gaines was paid at least $6,600 from the private PayPal account of Polymarket's chief marketing officer to hype up the service, per this Politico scoop: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Had a blast last night at the Sports Emmys with @pablo.show's hilarious and talented crew. Such an honor to be there!
David Venturella, who spent more than a decade as an executive at the private-prison behemoth GEO Group, will be the next acting director of ICE.
This has been a banner year for GEO Group, the largest private prison contractor incarcerating immigrants in the US: ICE is its single largest client.
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After many failed attempts to subpoena trans kids' private health records, DOJ is now trying to get them via criminal grand jury in Texas. "This is mafia-type behavior," Shannon Minter tells @hurwitz.bsky.social. This will be a new test of blue-state shield laws. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The ruling does not affect misoprostol, the second medication used with mifepristone to terminate pregnancies—and a powerful abortion drug on its own. “Abortion is too important,” says @greerdonley.bsky.social. “People are going to find ways around the law." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Update: A federal judge this weekend issued a *permanent injunction* blocking HHS from defunding healthcare providers for offering trans youth care—likely including the proposed Medicare & Medicaid regs, per
@gladlaw.bsky.social. And it's a spicy opinion! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Considering starting every future article with "Here is the promise you and I must cling to across the thousands of words that follow." @caity.bsky.social
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The authors of the HHS report on trans youth health care were chosen by the Manhattan Institute's Leor Sapir.
Now, a rule based on the controversial report could wipe out this care at hospitals.
Parents are begging the administration not to go through with it.
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Today's demolition of Voting Rights Act by Roberts Court will likely trigger largest drop in Black representation since end of Reconstruction. They're taking America back to Jim Crow, when white supremacy and one party rule enshrined across South www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A mystery donor in Nebraska is spending $1.6 million on a ballot initiative banning trans girls from girls' sports—duplicating an existing state law.
Uihlein is spending $800k on the same in Maine.
What do these two states have in common? Close Senate races. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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GEO Group's biggest client is ICE—and ICE's new leader helped run GEO Group.
The company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, used a personal PayPal account to send money to content creators, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.
The authors of the HHS report on trans youth health care were chosen by the Manhattan Institute's Leor Sapir.
Now, a rule based on the controversial report could wipe out this care at hospitals.
Parents are begging the administration not to go through with it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How a report led by a right-wing pundit laid the groundwork for upending gender-affirming treatment
