Blog Profile / Political Mojo
| URL : | http://motherjones.com/mojo | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Liberal | |
| Posts on Regator: | 4232 | |
| Posts / Week: | 34.7 | |
| Archived Since: | February 16, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
RIP Michael Hastings. Here's His Advice to Young Journalists.
Michael Hastings, a respected young journalist for Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed, was killed in a car accident in Los Angeles Tuesday, according to his boss, BuzzFeed Editor in Chief Ben Smith. Hastings, who was 33, was perhaps most famous...Show More Summary
Sen. Reid: "Poison Pill" Immigration Amendment Will Get a Vote
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has called an amendment floated by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) a "poison pill" that, if passed, could kill the immigration bill. Nevertheless, Reid will allow the controversial border security measure, which his fellow Gang of Eighter Sen. Show More Summary
Soros-Backed Super-PAC to New York Pols: Pass Reform or We're Taking You Down
The deadline draws closer by the hour. In New York, the band of good-government reformers, labor unions, enviros, community organizers, religious leaders, and more have until Thursday night, when the current legislative session ends,...Show More Summary
5 New Revelations About NSA Surveillance
In the wake of Edward Snowden's leaks, National Security Agency and Justice Department officials testified today before the House intelligence committee about the government's controversial surveillance programs. Here are the five most...Show More Summary
Study: Poor People More Likely to Get a Job If They Work for Free First
The current share of the American population with a job is still far below what it was before the recession, stagnating at a level not seen since the 1980s. And the jobs that have been regained since 2008 have overwhelmingly been low-wage. Show More Summary
Wall Street Banks Still Engaged in Pre-Crash Shenanigans
Financial reformers cheered this week's news that Wall Street banks were unable to find buyers for a certain type of risky financial product—called a synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligation, or synthetic CDO. But if you think the big...Show More Summary
Republican Congressman Opposes Abortion Partially Because Male Fetuses Play With Their Genitals
Well, okay then. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) US Congress On Monday night, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Tex.) contended that HR 1797—a bill the House is debating on Tuesday that would outlaw almost all abortions 20 weeks post fertilization—didn't go far enough. Show More Summary
US Military Set To Train Women for Elite Combat Roles by 2015
On Tuesday, the Pentagon is expected to announce that women will be allowed train for and potentially serve in elite combat positions in the US military, including the Army Rangers, Navy SEALs, and other special ops forces. (In January,...Show More Summary
Gov. Rick Scott Deflowers Florida
Members of the Florida state legislature rarely agree on anything. It's unusual for a bill to get unanimous support from the body. But as it turns out, there is one thing that both Republicans and Democrats really love: wildflowers.Show More Summary
Supreme Court: Arizona Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote is Unconstitutional
The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law that required people to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The case, Arizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, concerned Arizona's Proposition 200, which was passed by voters in 2004 during the fight over President George W. Show More Summary
Want to Know How Your Rep. Voted on Wall Street Regs? Check Their Campaign Cash.
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow US banks to get out of new financial regulations by operating through their overseas arms. Financial reformers say this is dangerous because markets are global, and...Show More Summary
7 New Revelations From Edward Snowden
Today, the Guardian hosted a live chat with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who disclosed classified information about top-secret NSA surveillance programs. Readers and journalists asked the 29-year-old, who was reportedly chatting...Show More Summary
Are Conservatives More Likely Than Liberals to Avoid Cognitive Dissonance?
Ever since Stanford psychologist Leon Festinger's pioneering work on doomsday cults in the 1950s, the concept of cognitive dissonance has been well established in psychology and even, to some extent, embedded in public consciousness....Show More Summary
Senate Democrats Taking Cautious "Blumenthal Mindset" on Immigration Reform
On Thursday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a member of the bipartisan Gang of Eight who crafted the Senate immigration reform bill, warned that he would withdraw his support for the legislation if a gay rights amendment authored by Sen....Show More Summary
Republicans Want to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks. Here's How One Group Is Fighting Back
The Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based nonprofit, is at the center of the key legal battles over abortion and contraception. CRR filed the lawsuit that forced the Obama administration to drop its effort to restrict access...Show More Summary
This Is What a Multimillionaire Calling In His Chits Looks Like
Art Pope is the conservative mega-donor in North Carolina whose millions helped usher in Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature in 2010, and who dropped millions more in 2012 to elect Republican Gov. Pat McGrory. Show More Summary
Blumenthal: "I'm Not Going to Doom Immigration Reform"
Lawmakers and the families of Newtown victims held a midday press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday—the day before the sixth anniversary of the Newtown shooting—part of a renewed, day-long effort to revive the Senate's failed gun background check legislation. Show More Summary
House Passes Bill That Could Lead to Another Financial Crash—But Reformers Claim Victory
On Wednesday evening, the House passed a bipartisan bill that would allow US banks to avoid new financial regulations by operating overseas. But financial reformers are seizing on a silver lining: most Democrats voted against the bill—something...Show More Summary
Justice Dept. Loses a Round in Battle to Keep Surveillance Wrongdoing Secret
Last week, I reported that in the midst of revelations about the National Security Agency's extensive top-secret surveillance operations to collect domestic phone records and internet communications, the Justice Department was fighting...Show More Summary
The Private Intelligence Boom, By the Numbers
Edward Snowden revealed to the world the startling breadth of the National Security Agency's surveillance efforts, but his story also highlighted another facet of today's intelligence world: the increasingly privatized national security sector, in which a high-school dropout could bring in six figures while gaining access to state secrets. Show More Summary