Not all Cuban abuelas are MAGA. I spent some time getting to know the women behind Cuban American Women Supporting Democracy. "In a sea of red, the blue dots congregate." For @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"Not all Cubans are MAGA": The Cuban women who broke with the GOP
They are turning their backs on Trump—and finding each other along the way.
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“Not all Cubans are MAGA”: The Cuban women who broke with the GOP
"Not all Cubans are MAGA": The Cuban women who broke with the GOP
They are turning their backs on Trump—and finding each other along the way.
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When TPS for Haiti ends in the next few days/weeks, as is expected, what's going to happen next? I spoke to @motherjones.com about the issue.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2w agoTrump ended TPS overnight. Deporting 350,000 Haitians is a different story. "The US government has to find them, arrest them, take them into custody, process them, then determine whether they are subject to detention or not.”
Trump ended TPS overnight. Deporting 350,000 Haitians is a different story. "The US government has to find them, arrest them, take them into custody, process them, then determine whether they are subject to detention or not.”
Trump ended TPS overnight. Deporting 350,000 Haitians is a different story.
“The lowest public safety threats are the most vulnerable."
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In 2018, Mirsy Alva López arrived at the US-Mexico border with her 3-year-old son Ederson. Then border patrol agents ripped him from her arms and took him away. [1]
Separated at the Border, Torn Apart Again
Years after being split up and reunited, a family gets caught in Trump’s immigration dragnet.
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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 Miller
Police 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.
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This week, TPS for Haitians is expected to end. No state will feel the impact more than Florida, home to roughly 350,000 -- many of them healthcare workers. “The workers are suffering, but the patients are going to suffer more.” My latest for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Florida's nursing homes are bracing for life without Haitian TPS workers
The Supreme Court ended its legal status. Their patients will pay the price.
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This week, 350,000 Haitians in the US will lose their legal status in light of the Supreme Court's decision allowing the Trump administration to gut the Temporary Protected Status program. No other state will feel the repercussions more than Florida, where half of the 350,000 in the US now live.
Florida's nursing homes are bracing for life without Haitian TPS workers
The Supreme Court ended its legal status. Their patients will pay the price.
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No sanctuary: Inside #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' war on cities that refuse to help ICE www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @lauracmorel.bsky.social
No sanctuary: Inside Ron DeSantis' war on cities that won't help ICE
Many Floridians want their communities to end ties with immigration enforcement, but local leaders feel they have no choice
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“Any challenge to abortion access in the United States by the anti-choice movement is designed to instill fear, confusion, and chaos.” Abortion providers are racing to stay ahead of the courts.
Abortion Providers Are Racing to Stay Ahead of the Courts
Clinics, hotlines, and telehealth services say they're ready to keep helping patients amid legal turmoil.
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In her latest investigation, @lauracmorel.bsky.social dives into the world of scams that are profiting off of Trump's immigration crackdown. Read it at the link below. ⬇️
The scammers profiting off Trump's immigration crackdown
Fake judges. Fake lawyers. Real deportations.
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My latest for @motherjones.com : Scammers are targeting immigrants at an alarming rate, according to legal orgs I spoke to this month. “Criminals have identified this as an opportunity." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The scammers profiting off Trump's immigration crackdown
Fake judges. Fake lawyers. Real deportations.
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"For my whole life, I have witnessed how my family here has tried to help our relatives in Cuba. It’s the same ordeal for millions of others who left the island knowing it would fracture their families forever." My latest for @motherjones.com : www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“I Wish I Could Send More": How Exiled Cubans Are Keeping the Island Alive
Cuba is facing its worst economic crisis ever. The packages keep coming anyway.
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SCOOP: In a January letter to Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), DHS says 270 DACA recipients have been arrested from January to September 2025. In addition, 174 DACA applicants have been deported, according to ICE records. Those numbers differ from what was shared with Sen. Dick Durbin in February.
I'm back from parental leave. My latest for @motherjones.com published today:
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 5mo ago“Week after week, I’ve come here, and I’ve felt stronger. I feel love, I feel empathy, compassion from absolute strangers.” Arianne Betancourt quit her job to fight for her father’s freedom—and for everyone else inside Alligator Alcatraz.
When the nearest major hospital is 80+ miles away, rural hospitals (with as few as 2 ER beds) play a critical role in stabilizing trauma patients. The OBBA's $50B rural health fund won't nearly make up for the losses hospitals like these face from Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This $50 billion band-aid won’t save rural health care
It is just a fraction of the money these facilities will lose thanks to massive Medicaid cuts.
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“The mosquitoes are getting worse”: Life inside Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention camp
“The mosquitoes are getting worse”: Life inside Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention camp
“This facility is not one that is sustainable.”
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ICYMI: The 16 states w/ total or 6-week abortion bans have sustained >$64 billion in economic losses annually since the Dobbs decision 3 years ago today. Coupled w/ other abortion restrictions, the national cost balloons to to $133 billion, a new analysis estimates. Exclusive for @motherjones.com:
The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year.
A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.
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Florida is leading Trump's immigration crackdown, writes @lauracmorel.bsky.social: Roughly half of the law enforcement agencies that have enrolled this year in ICE's 287(g) program—which deputizes local police and jails with immigration enforcement powers—are from the Sunshine State bit.ly/4lEkXyF
Florida is leading Trump’s immigration crackdown
Across Florida, hundreds of local law enforcement agencies have stepped in to help ICE.
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For @motherjones.com: From Florida to Hawaii, lawmakers are pushing back against taxpayer funded pregnancy centers. With the GOP's support, the centers have received millions post Dobbs. “That is an inappropriate use of taxpayer money," one state Rep. told me. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Lawmakers are trying to hold crisis pregnancy centers to account
Post-Dobbs the GOP has given them millions in taxpayer dollars.
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I’m covering protests in downtown Saint Petersburg, Fla., where dozens of people are lining the streets with protest signs. @motherjones.com
GOOD DAY AMERICA! Today, #HandsOff protests against the Trump administration are happening across the country and our journalists are spread far and wide to cover it all. 🫡 Want to tune in? Here's who to follow 🧵:
NEW @motherjones.com: HHS gut nearly all of the Division of Reproductive Health this week—which could've helped enact Trump's promises to expand IVF & support healthy pregnancies Spoke to 7 former staffers to report the most complete story thus far on their work: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Mass HHS firings gutted "vital" office for reproductive health
Trump is dismantling the little-known Division of Reproductive Health. It was critical in helping pregnant people and pushing for better systems for IVF.
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