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The Bonkers Wellness Myths That Fueled Trump’s Autism Announcement
Mother Jones Sep 23, 2025

The Bonkers Wellness Myths That Fueled Trump’s Autism Announcement

In a long-awaited and much-dreaded announcement on Monday evening, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed today that the government has uncovered two potential explanations for autism. In a formal White House announcement they asserted that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy and folate deficiency in pregnant people […]

How to Survive a Republican Power Grab
Mother Jones Sep 23, 2025

How to Survive a Republican Power Grab

This was not how Greg Casar planned to spend his recess. On a Thursday afternoon in mid-August, as the clock ticked down on the first special session of the Texas legislature, the 36-year-old second-term Democratic congressman was sitting at the head of a small wooden conference table, commiserating with the legislator on the other end […]