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Mother Jones
motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > natalie-harp-donald-trump-rumors-conspiracy-theory-oan-russia

A Natalie Harp conspiracy theory (not really)

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (492+ words) President Donald Trump and Natalie Harp in the Oval Office on May 30, 2025. Francis Chung/Politico via AP It’s very easy to be a conspiracy-monger. Let’s give it a shot. There’s been much speculation and tittering about her devotion and physical…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > roseland-louisiana-smittys-toxic-disaster-explosion-families-children-health-safety-cancer-alley

In the wake of a toxic disaster, Roseland parents still struggle to keep their children safe

14+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1563+ words) The explosion at Smitty’s Supply in August 2025 painted hundreds of homes, churches, schools, and playgrounds with black oily streaks..EPA As a young boy in the 1960s, almost every weekend Elbert McGee walked a half-mile with his father through the wooded…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > 40-acres-and-a-lie-part-3-update

How do you calculate what's owed for slavery? Cities, counties, and states are figuring it out.

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (301+ words) Illustration by Chris Burnett The loss of land for Black Americans started with the government’s betrayal of its “40 acres” promise to formerly enslaved people—and it has continued over decades. Today, researchers are unearthing the details of Black land loss…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > the-fight-over-spraying-roundup-in-californias-forests-has-only-gotten-bigger

The fight over spraying Roundup in California’s forests has only gotten bigger

11+ hour, 57+ min ago   (309+ words) Reporter Nate Halverson surveys a patch alongside Sierra-at-Tahoe Road near a Lake Tahoe ski resort that has been sprayed with glyphosate.Peter Berger/Mother Jones This video was created in partnership with PBS NewsHour. The record amounts of glyphosate being…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > pbs-airs-our-glyphosate-reporting

California's forests are drenched in glyphosate

16+ hour, 20+ min ago   (292+ words) “They’re taking away the choice of being surrounded by a toxic chemical,” says Tahoe resident and three-time Olympian Hannah Teter about the US Forest Service’s spraying of herbicide around her home town. Our analysis of California pesticide records shows that…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > ed-martin-blanche-doj-justice-department-political-prosecutions

Ed Martin's exit suggests DOJ is getting better at political prosecutions

17+ hour, 45+ min ago   (721+ words) Trump ally "Eagle Ed" Martin's departure from DOJ doesn't signal an end to political weaponization—it just means Todd Blanche can do it better without him.Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP Ed Martin, a trench-coat donning former “Stop the Steal” advocate whose…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > flock-camera-abuse-technology-license-plate-misconduct-sidhu

Flock execs are taking credit for catching bad cops now

18+ hour, 20+ min ago   (666+ words) A Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera at the parking lot of a Lowe's store near Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.Paul Weaver/Getty Flock Safety is having a hard month. The surveillance technology company, which has sold more than 120,000 automated license…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > florida-moody-donalds-nixon-senate-governor-gop-election-socialism

Florida's GOP has a very short playbook: Call everyone a socialist

20+ hour, 34+ min ago   (531+ words) Donald Trump hosts Sen. Ashley Moody and Rep. Byron Donalds in the East Room of the White House on May 21, 2025.Chip Somodevilla/Getty In a bright red power suit, Ashley Moody, the former Florida attorney general who nabbed the state’s…...

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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > maha-and-the-midterms-series-rfk-jr-glyphosate-maga-zach-lahn

MAHA and the Midterms

23+ hour, 48+ min ago   (228+ words) Mother Jones and the Food & Environment Reporting Network10 minutes ago When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumped on Donald Trump’s bandwagon in 2024, he brought with him the wellness-obsessed, vaccine-rejecting, food-label-reading Make America Healthy Again voters—who’ve been credited with helping Trump take back…...

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motherjones.com > environment > 2026 > 08 > miami-beaches-sargassum-seaweed-algae-caribbean-mexico-warming-oceans-climate-change

To Miami's chagrin, warming seas are driving a bumper crop of sargassum

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (527+ words) Sargassum in Miami. The fast-growing algae is befouling beaches from the Caribbean to Mexico, as well as Florida more recently. krblokhin/Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…...