Jane Mayer
New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
- Here’s a question for Elon: have you seen the documentary Rovina’s Choice, in which a mother weeps as her little girl dies of malnutrition because of cuts to USAID?
- Elon Musk will have to testify over his role in shuttering USAID, a federal judge has ruled. The DOJ tried to protect Musk from testifying, arguing it would “intrude on White House activities," but given Musk wasn’t a secretary or agency head, this reasoning doesn't excuse him. trib.al/MAY31hu
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- Reposted by Jane MayerNo struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
- Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs- “saving” the paper by firing its staff. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
- Wonderful news- baby Asian elephant born at National Zoo as wild population dips www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
- Reposted by Jane MayerSome jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
- I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
- Reposted by Jane MayerA masterclass by @vermontgmg.bsky.social on how ICE/CBP became so specifically incompetent and violent. Unintelligent design--capped off by a fateful order from Stephen Miller. w @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
- Reposted by Jane MayerWe finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg: It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
- Reposted by Jane MayerHarvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest: “This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested." More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
- The Midterm Elections Need You. Here’s How to Help. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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- ICYMI this explains so much: Donald Trump doesn’t need to destroy the court system to get his way, Aziz Huq writes. He just needs to create a shadow zone where the law no longer applies. Welcome to America’s “prerogative state”:
- Wonderful book!
- Yale Law School 😱
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- I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...
- Are the new owners censoring criticism of Trump? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Jane MayerI recommend Minnesota Public Radio live. I’m learning a lot I’m not getting elsewhere.
- Reposted by Jane MayerWhatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
- Reposted by Jane MayerJack Smith: "Donald Trump was not looking for honest answers about whether there was fraud in the election. He was looking for ways to stay in power. And when people told him things that conflicted with him staying in power, he rejected them."
- Reposted by Jane MayerThe elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t
- Reposted by Jane MayerI try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels. Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
- ICYMI: One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
- 👀https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/19/trump-justice-department-gun-regulations-atf/
- Reposted by Jane Mayerincredible stuff
- very good piece which confirms that weiss is both exceptionally arrogant and totally out of her depth. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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- Reposted by Jane MayerSpringsteen nails it, as usual m.youtube.com/watch?v=kozx...
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- Fascinating: Experts on megalomania describe serious pathology, even dopamine driven addiction: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
- Local Newspapers Are Closing. Local (nonprofit) News Is Surviving. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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- Sorry to say, the 2026 election may not happen, our guest warns: www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
- Reposted by Jane MayerThis just shows how absurd the whole "armed conflict" framing is. The men on the boats weren't members of an organized armed force, and therefore the question of "perfidy" is inapposite. The problem is that they were civilians who were murdered. @justsecurity.org www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
- Reposted by Jane MayerIt would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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- U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
- Reposted by Jane MayerI can't remember the last time that a political conversation hit me harder than this week's roundtable on Venezuela, Minneapolis, and the blaring alarms of history. With my amazing colleagues @janemayer.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
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- Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
- What a surprise! They had the letters T-R-U-M-P ready to go before the vote! Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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- The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
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- Ears Up! Winter has arrived in DC!
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- Trump Administration Live Updates: National Trust Sues President Over Ballroom www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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- Judge Says Trump Must End Guard Deployment in L.A. - and he says instead of checks and balances defendants “want a blank check.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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- This Holiday Season, Give the Gift That Keeps on Sniffing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
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- GOP and Independent support dropping: news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
- In 10 days Trump has slurred 4 female reporters as “Horrible” “Piggy,” “Ugly” and “Stupid.” people.com/trump-snaps-...
- 👀https://wapo.st/49KbUJ1
- It would be interesting to learn a bit more about how Pete Hegseth won his two bronze stars for meritorious service.
- Just posted: is MAGA cracking up? Tune in to our live show on Trump’s 1st year podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- Here’s the great Glasser column:
- Has hell frozen over in Washington? Read my great colleague Susan Glasser’s account of the unthinkable social tableau at Dick Cheney’s Long, Strange Goodbye
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- Reposted by Jane MayerSo excited to watch The Political Scene taping their weekly show live at @harvardiop.bsky.social with the amazing @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social and @eosnos.bsky.social talking about one year since Trump's election.
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- Reposted by Jane MayerJust the person to talk to this week for our @newyorker.com pod w/ @janemayer.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social about Trump, Epstein, and the changing Washington scandal — the legendary @misikoff.bsky.social Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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- Reposted by Jane MayerNEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration. We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem. @justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/kris...
- Hey lawyers out there- what do you think?
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- When Prince Andrew was caught in a lie about this, he was stripped of his titles. Will Americans care less than the royal family? Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
- The FBI Director’s been staying at “The Boondoggle Ranch.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
- 👀https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/federalist-chief-delivers-stunning-condemnation-of-trump-in-scorched-earth-x-post-he-looks-weak-and-rudderless/
- Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
