James West
@jamespwest.bsky.social
Executive Editor, Center for Investigative Reporting (Mother Jones, Reveal)
This is a fantastic interview of the guy roiling the left rn, Hasan Piker, by @garrisonhayes.bsky.social. One of my favorite parts is Garrison challenging Hasan on race. It's a frank, wide-ranging interview. I hope you can watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoCq...
Hasan Piker: The Left's Biggest Problem—or Its Best Shot?
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Do the Epstein files prove that "pizza" is a code word for pedophilia or is it just pizza? @jamespwest.bsky.social took a very very deep dive www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I analyzed 1,500 "pizza" mentions in the Epstein files. Here's what I found.
Forget the Pizzagate codes. The real, dark story is hiding in plain sight.
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Incredible piece that will surely put an end to the conspiracy theories once and for all
James West@jamespwest.bsky.social · 5mo agoTucker, Rogan, Boebert—they're all talking about how the Epstein files are the new Pizzagate. So I pulled every one of the 1,500 "pizza" mentions and reviewed them all. Here's what Pizzagate gets wrong—and what it's making you miss. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Tucker, Rogan, Boebert—they're all talking about how the Epstein files are the new Pizzagate. So I pulled every one of the 1,500 "pizza" mentions and reviewed them all. Here's what Pizzagate gets wrong—and what it's making you miss. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I analyzed 1,500 "pizza" mentions in the Epstein files. Here's what I found.
Forget the Pizzagate codes. The real, dark story is hiding in plain sight.
motherjones.com
A real joy to work with former Mother Jones editor Douglas Foster on this remembrance—and corrective—in which he revisits his own 1987 MJ cover story, peels back the curtain, and reveals Jackson as the far-sighted visionary he truly was. A lovely read: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Jesse Jackson told me why he really ran for president
He insisted it wasn’t a vanity project. History proved him right.
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weird.
James West@jamespwest.bsky.social · 5mo agoI kept seeing “Oval Office” mentioned in the Epstein Files and wondered he it was literally talking about a new lamp for the real Oval Office. Turns out Epstein had his own ops hub he dubbed “the Oval Office”. I went down the rabbit hole. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The "Oval Office." That's the nickname Jeffrey Epstein had for the most functionally critical room in his Manhattan townhouse. It's where Epstein's "girls" kept their purses and prepped for Little St. James; packages for Woody Allen's wife were assembled. @jamespwest.bsky.social investigates.
Inside Epstein's very own "Oval Office": Power, peacocking, and printer toner.
Epstein and his coterie had a self-aggrandizing nickname for a private office inside his Manhattan lair.
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I kept seeing “Oval Office” mentioned in the Epstein Files and wondered he it was literally talking about a new lamp for the real Oval Office. Turns out Epstein had his own ops hub he dubbed “the Oval Office”. I went down the rabbit hole. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Inside Epstein's very own "Oval Office": Power, peacocking, and printer toner.
Epstein and his coterie had a self-aggrandizing nickname for a private office inside his Manhattan lair.
motherjones.com
The newly unearthed connections in this are 👀 The Department of Commerce did not respond to a request for comment. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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This by @inaeoh.bsky.social is the best thing I’ve read about the “Melania” monstrosity. “… a ghastly parade of fun-house mirror herstory, will certainly be relegated to the footnotes of her family’s deeper atrocities.” “Good immigrant” propaganda: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Melania movie is an American obscenity
The vapid, corruption-soaked film, which celebrates the myth of the "good immigrant," is more revelatory than it seems.
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“If Minnesota falls, everything falls. We’re done as a nation.” Fury. Grief. Anguish. Locals on the frontlines of Trump’s attack on Minneapolis are speaking out following the killing of another one of their neighbors. We’re on the ground with @samveep.bsky.social tracking the aftermath.
It’s not quite as cold as MN right now, but NYC just turned out a massive protest in solidarity in plunging temps, heading up 6th ave.
Watch this series of interviews by @jamespwest.bsky.social
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 7mo agoIn the aftermath of the ICE killing of Renée Good, Trump's admin smeared her as a “domestic terrorist." That’s despite video evidence to the contrary. Today, we joined the Manhattan thong for one of many dozens of protests held around the country this weekend. We asked protesters: What did you see?
A big crowd has amassed on Fifth Avenue in near Central Park in Manhattan this afternoon and after hearing some speeches a march is about to begin. I’ll be speaking to rally goers throughout so more soon.
I spoke with noturtlesoup17.bsky.social who is on the ground in Minneapolis for @motherjones.com. She's been one of the country's most prominent chroniclers of ICE escalation. We'll be featuring more of her work over the coming weeks and months. Give her a follow. www.youtube.com/shorts/7otLE...
We’re on the Ground in Minneapolis as Tensions Flare After ICE Shooting
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This is an excellent listen from @revealnews.org … wanted to get this to you as fast as we could so we brought forward our regular midweek show… everything about Venezuela’s oil, the market, the politics, and the giant shockwaves radiating around the world… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
What Trump’s Venezuela Attack Means for the World
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 01/06/2026 · 32m
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After the Sydney Hanukkah massacre, I saw anguish, outrage, and the beginnings of a national reckoning: How could the Jewish community have been left so vulnerable? And how did a nation that prides itself on strict gun laws allow two men to be so heavily armed? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Unfathomable.” Hanukkah massacre shatters Australia’s long-held pride in guns and safety.
Anguish, outrage, and a national reckoning over antisemitism and gun control.
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A somber scene of reflection and outrage outside the Bondi Pavilion where an impromptu vigil is taking place. Prayer, intense grief, amongst Sydney’s Jewish community.
“I want to be a part of it, New York, New York!” Sinatra kicking in after Mamdani’s speech. A quick sampling of the joy these Brooklyn bar-goers are feeling tonight: “We did it!” And this is just one small local bar.
Huge night for voting rights so far: -Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court -Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg increasing chances of new US House map -Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting -KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push
This was super fun to make today. We’re in the middle of a nationwide frog costume shortage crisis!
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 10mo ago“I tried to get a Portland frog outfit and they were sold out until November!” Frogs, axolotls, and at least one giant pink hippo made its way through Manhattan on Saturday, alongside thousands of others, part of the nationwide “No Kings” rallies. Follow for more No Kings coverage!
Some quick images from an extremely lively, festive #NoKings rally that is happening right now in Manhattan as thousands upon thousands streamed down Seventh Avenue from Times Square.
Pink inflatable hippo expert here: pink inflatable hippos only walk like this when they are distressed (because the tyrant-in-chief is destroying the country)
We just dropped a major new investigation with partners @lighthousereports.com and a dozen other international partners, uncovering a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
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If you're in Edinburgh right now, I'll be interviewing @nytimes.com's @ewong.bsky.social alongside @channel4news.bsky.social's Lindsey Hilsum TODAY about their incredible new books, journalism in 2025, and "USA, WTF?!" at the majestic McEwan Hall, 1:30p. Come! www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
The Front List: Anne Applebaum & Edward Wong
From Sun 17 Aug - It’s hard to overstate the extent to which the Trump administration has disrupted the past 70 years’ world order. Journalists Anne Applebaum and Edward Wong are here to report on whe...
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NEW: We spoke with the families of some of the men returned to Venezuela tonight after Trump disappeared to El Salvador in March. Horror stories are already emerging. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
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Today I asked protesters in New York City: "What are you worried America is turning into?" Their answers were poignant, and defiant. Watch the video I took (edited by masterful @peter-berger.bsky.social).
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last yr.Hear from marchers at today's vast No Kings rally in New York City: "I'm glad to see everybody out here right now, knowing that people's eyes are open—and they're fighting for what's right."
Here's my dispatch from the big "No Kings" demonstration clowns, singers, drummers, pets, long-time activists, protest neophytes—and an air of defiance, and yes, love. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"That's why America is great": New York City protesters push back with love and defiance.
"Keep fighting for what is right."
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