Stephanie Mencimer
Senior reporter Mother Jones. Utah native. Send me tips at smencimer@motherjones.com or securely on Signal at smencimer.48 or smencimer@proton.me
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- He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years. @erikwemple.bsky.social on one of the Post's true gems. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
- How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Bad Bunny, billionaires, and the business of sports www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Inside Donald Trump's crypto-fueled war on America history www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerCNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers theonion.com/ice-opens-new-super…
- For the Sake of Our Money, Scott Bessent Needs to Shut Up newrepublic.com/article/2057... via @newrepublic.com
- The Washington Post is reportedly going to lay off most of its brave international reporters, some who've risked their lives to tell important stories. But the now-rightwing opinion section apparently has plenty of money to hire another social media editor to polish up its tweets.
- Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
- Former NuSkin flack and BYU kicker in the running to replace Noem? utahpolitics.news/former-utah-...
- ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Stephanie Mencimer1/27/2026 - Minneapolis ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone They did not have a warrant
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerMinneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work. This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time. People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
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- Reposted by Stephanie Mencimer"The federal government is killing people in the streets, so sports are canceled," is the point we have reached.
- They want to tell you a kid with a Spider-Man backpack is evil www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Kudos to @timothynoah.bsky.social for originally bringing this travesty to light
- VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
- I'm sure this is going to go well
- That's the sound of Antonin Scalia rolling over in his grave.
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerNeighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch. These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
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- Apropos of nothing... William Shatner is 94 years old.
- Reposted by Stephanie Mencimer“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.” ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
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- Chilling thread
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- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerToday at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerProtester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
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- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerA few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate
- Reposted by Stephanie Mencimer🚨 In Nov., Trump's Labor Dept. lowered the minimum wage for foreign farmworkers. A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers. The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025. 1/ me, for @forbes.com
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerIn the midst of all this ugliness it's hard to think books, but consider coming to The University Club in St. Paul tomorrow Tues, Jan 13, 7pm, to hear me & author Kawai Strong Washburn talk Tigers Between Empires, about people from different backgrounds enacting change & saving a species. Free.
- you have to wonder why anyone would trust Bill Ackman with their money
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- How Jazz Great Chuck Redd Gave American Culture a Gift This Christmas newrepublic.com/article/2047... via @newrepublic.com and @addiestan.bsky.social
- A Florida sheriff had a message for Kyle Rittenhouse: "I think you’re a joke" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- The 24 best books we read in 2025 www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
- I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- seems on brand. they'd rather waste taxpayer money on dodgy companies promising to build mobile nuclear plants. (and what could go wrong?)
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- when my 80-year-old father recently faceplanted and cut his head open at 10:30 pm on a Friday, my first thought was definitely: hold on Dad while I call a few ERs and ask them how much they will charge you for the week in the neuro ICU we didn't know you needed so we can get the best price.
- My @motherjones.com colleague @dfriedman.bsky.social was working on a story about a top aide to Pete Hegseth. Then Pizzagate promoter Jack Posobiec threatened to write a scurrilous story about him. ow.ly/EpQp50XHpYo
- I just realized that Trump's big beautiful bill indexes the estate tax exemption to inflation. So a tax cut for rich dead people will go up every year, while the federal minimum wage, for poor working alive people, is still stuck at the same non-indexed $7.25 an hour that's been since 2009. ok then.
- This is so utterly infuriating and embarrassing for Weber State. I went there and an not actually surprised that it would happen there. I wish the speakers had just gotten up and read out all the bad words and dared the school to shut them down.
- Jesus. HHS Officially Rescinds Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/g...
- "Repeat these words: Face. church. daisy. red. velvet." Can you draw a cube? Put hands on a clock to show 11:00? Count backwards from 100 by 7? then you too are a stable genius.
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerNEW: President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring federal agents, or even soldiers, to San Francisco to battle crime. His administration has actually done the opposite, quietly taking federal law enforcement away from the city to do immigration work instead. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerBrief recap: On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime. Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
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- What Trump's Medicaid cuts mean for two podcasters with Down syndrome www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame. But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative. ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
- How John Roberts made Donald Trump’s imperial presidency: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Stephanie MencimerAn ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say "When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
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- How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Veterans who have fought in foreign wars are coming home to work as private security personnel. What happens when they bring war tactics to guard the local mall? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- Tell that to my back.
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- They came to the United States as kids. Now, Trump is targeting them for deportation. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Trump’s vendetta against EVs is driving up costs for every vehicle owners www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- I wrote this last year. I guess I wasn't reaching. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- If the Trump administration wants more babies, it shouldn’t let poor families go hungry www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- On tariffs, the Supreme Court must choose between the president and their plutocratic patrons www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- This is so utterly depressing.
- EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
- Sean Duffy once danced naked on MTV's "Real World." Now he's using official government resources to make religious videos and promote Christianity through the Transportation Department. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- The staid Department of Transportation is a tough place from which to launch a culture war. But with official religious DOT videos and USMMA football game prayers, Secretary Sean Duffy is giving it his best shot: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- There's a lot going on these days, so Sean Duffy may have flown under the radar. But he's been using taxpayer resources to promote Christianity in what once would have been seen as a shocking constitutional violation even during the last Bush administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Sean Duffy’s holy war at the Transportation Department www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- Suggesting that Neal Katyal arguing the tariff case is a "strategic blunder" because he's a liberal is so embarrassing @postopinions.bsky.social. Among other things, it fails to mention Katyal pissed off liberals by introducing conservative Neil Gorsuch at his confirmation hearing. wapo.st/4nlTi5e
- In which Tim Noah has me ready to bail out of the stock market today: newrepublic.com/article/2021... via @newrepublic.com
