Noah Lanard
@nlanard.bsky.social
Reporter at Mother Jones. Previously @washingtonian and freelancing from Mexico City. Now New York.
A few overlooked details from my July 18 piece on Rep. Max Miller—threading them below. 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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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A mysterious group called the Center for Democratic Priorities spent $6.5 million backing Haley Stevens. Its sole director is "John Jones," the same name as a person tied to an AIPAC-aligned super PAC. I found many clues about who Jones may actually be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Michigan's Democratic Senate primary now has more super PAC spending than any Dem congressional primary on record. It's hard to overstate just how lopsided the spending has been in favor of Haley Stevens. Article here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Of all the pieces on "ICE training," and David Brouillette, this is the best one I've read. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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You know the ICE officer who killed someone in Maine and was then accused by two ex-wives of abuse? Turns out he was likely eligible to skip a significant portion of training after ICE hired him, due to a policy change under this administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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MS Now is reporting that DOJ is investigating Cory Mills. For a sense of the many, many things they might be interested in, here's my profile from earlier this year: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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1/ Had ICE done even a tiny bit of background checking, they never would have* hired the agent who gunned down a young dad in front of his 3 yo. A deep, deep dive from @nlanard.bsky.social @samanthamichaels.bsky.social @hurwitz.bsky.social *should have www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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We spoke with former friends and family of the ICE officer who reportedly killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine. Court records show how ICE gave a lifeline to a man who'd been accused of abuse by two ex-wives before becoming "voluntarily underemployed." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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read this excellent piece by @nlanard.bsky.social on a Central Valley candidate fighting to win back over Latinos who went for Trump last election: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Bernie-backed community college professor fights for the soul of the Democratic Party
In California’s Central Valley, Randy Villegas is hoping to win back Latino voters who cast ballots for Trump.
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In 2024, Trump surged among Latino voters in California's Central Valley. Now a key House primary pits a Bernie and AOC backed college prof vs a moderate state legislator supported by the DCCC and pro-Israel spending. Here's what it looks like on the ground. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Bernie-backed community college professor fights for the soul of the Democratic Party
In California’s Central Valley, Randy Villegas is hoping to win back Latino voters who cast ballots for Trump.
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Crypto Super PACs are spending massive amounts of money to buy Alabama's GOP Senate primary. The $7 million they've put in so far serves two purposes: Securing another senator and scaring everyone else into submission. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How crypto billionaires are trying to buy a Senate seat in Alabama
The country's richest industry super PAC is spending big in a deep-red state.
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Must read on the rise of our AI oligarchy filled with pitch-perfect lines like this: "I reached a long gray building with earthmovers scattered around the exterior and rows of identical Cybertrucks in the parking lot. This is MechaHitler’s bunker." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How the American oligarchy went hyperscale
The AI boom is fueling a literal and metaphorical power grab by tech billionaires—and forcing a reckoning.
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Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has reportedly resigned from Congress right before the Ethics Committee was to announce sanctions against her. As @nlanard.bsky.social reported last week, Rep. Cory Mill is STILL hanging on despite facing a staggering number of scandals.
Two congressmen resigned after accusations of misconduct against women. Another remains.
Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) appears set on staying in Congress as he battles a litany of scandals.
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As calls to expel Cory Mills from Congress increase, check out this profile we published of Mills based on interviews with 18 people who've known him. As one man who served with Mills in the Army told me: "I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After Trump's threat that a "whole civilization will die tonight," I asked the White House about concerns Trump is considering using nuclear weapons. They directed me to Trump's post. Their follow-up stated: "Only the President knows where things stand and what he will do."
Hey, I'm a Features Editor at New York Mag now. I'll be working on a mix of stuff, with a focus on news and politics. (You can pitch me, or belittle me, at the email in my bio.)
“He was deceived by Israel” is going to be the story so many people are going to reach for and I think creating this stabbed in the back myth is going to have some really bad consequences down the line.
George Pearkes@peark.es · 5mo agoNational Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent resigned effective 15 minutes ago, citing the decision to attack Iran as the reason.
The on-the-record quotes in this story about Rep. Cory Mills are absolutely bananas. Sample: "When you’re a Grade A jackass and you do dumb shit and you make everybody look bad, you get remembered." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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"An email exchange from...2018, shows 'HWL'...discussing AdFin with Epstein—an apparent sign that Lutnick was aware of Epstein’s involvement in the company and that he maintained a business relationship with Epstein far longer than he has acknowledged." 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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New: Emails and documents from Epstein files reveal Howard Lutnick and his firm had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. The two were involved in a deal for at least six years, and an email shows "HWL" discussing the investment with Epstein in 2018. 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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A MOTHER JONES SCOOP! New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. This challenges his claim he had minimal contact with Epstein. The two were involved in a deal for six years, and an email shows they discussed it. @nlanard.bsky.social
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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"Everybody Hates Cory": Mother Jones does a deeeeep dive into scandal-plagued stinker, #Florida Congressman Cory Mills, detailing his entanglement with sex workers, his stolen valor case & the restraining order he just got www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @motherjones.com
Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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In the last 7 months, Cory Mills and his company have each faced their own separate and unrelated eviction lawsuits for not paying rent, AND each have had judges slap them with their own separate and unrelated restraining orders—Cory for dating violence, his company to freeze its assets
Roger Sollenberger@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 6mo agoRep. Cory Mills’s weapons company is going broke so fast & being so dishonest that a federal court froze its assets this week. Congressional and court reporters, check out this order along with the earlier and *completely insane* recent activity for DSS v. Pacem Defense, EDVA
It takes a lot for a politician to stand out as especially sleazy in this era, but Rep. Cory Mills makes the cut. His district (Florida's 7th, suburbs between Orlando and Daytona Beach) is only rated R+5 and there's a competitive Democratic primary, so hopefully he'll be booted this year.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 6mo ago"He’s always been that little liar. I mean no one—no one—likes him.” “I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.” @nlanard.bsky.social reports on Florida Rep. Cory Mills, perhaps the most hated man in Congress, and his many, many scandals. bit.ly/46kf7fP
My profile of Congressman Cory Mills is based on interviews with 18 people who have known the Florida Republican from his youth to the present day. There's stolen valor, a restraining order, a failed grenade company, sex workers, a Trump endorsement, and much much more. Here's what I found.
Here's a three-minute video that goes through my reporting in the profile below. The My Cousin Vinny-esque cross examination at the start alone is worth the watch.
Noah Lanard@nlanard.bsky.social · 6mo agoVeterans accuse him of stolen valor. His international arms company is deep in debt. He had a restraining order placed on him last year. And he's widely disliked. Read my profile of Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Watch this if you want to see a sitting member of Congress say something obviously false under oath before getting hit with a restraining order. Pro tip: Don't tell a lawyer cross-examining you that your divorce hasn't filed if she is holding your divorce papers in her hand.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 6mo ago“I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.” Mother Jones' reporter @nlanard.bsky.social spoke with 18 people who've known Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills. Nearly everyone, Noah found, dislikes him.
You’ve got to click through to really be able to read this, but note that the box on the top right says this will actually be a two-level facility, with around 5,200 beds on the ground floor (if I’m reading the blurry text right) and around 3,100 on the “mezzanine.”
Eunice Cho@eunicehcho.bsky.social · 6mo agoConcerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...
This is just a brutal profile. It's worth noting that FL-7 is only an R+5 district ... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Everybody hates Cory
Sex workers, bankruptcy, stolen valor, a restraining order, and Trump's “Complete and Total” endorsement for Congress.
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