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“Amateur Hour”: The Man Sending US Military Contractors to Gaza
Mother Jones • Sep 17, 2025

“Amateur Hour”: The Man Sending US Military Contractors to Gaza

In July, one week after a whistleblower accused contractors from the American security firm UG Solutions of deploying stun grenades and shooting live ammunition toward Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a new song appeared on the SoundCloud account of “Jameson G.” Titled “demon-in-the-desert,” the dubstep track featured artwork of an alien with a dagger stabbed through […]

His Book on Charlie Kirk Was About to Come Out. Then His Subject Was Murdered.
Mother Jones • Sep 17, 2025

His Book on Charlie Kirk Was About to Come Out. Then His Subject Was Murdered.

For the past several years, Matthew Boedy, an English professor at the University of North Georgia, has been working on a book about the Christian nationalist aims of the conservative powerhouse group Turning Point USA and its late founder, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. In his forthcoming book, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan […]

Senate Committee Seeks Intel on Polluters’ Efforts to Kill Critical EPA Rule
Mother Jones • Sep 17, 2025

Senate Committee Seeks Intel on Polluters’ Efforts to Kill Critical EPA Rule

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that it will overturn the rule which underpins virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee has launched an investigation into a suspected lobbying push that led to the move. On Tuesday, […]

Dem voters want shutdown fight, poll shows
Semafor • Sep 17, 2025

Dem voters want shutdown fight, poll shows

A new survey shows seven in 10 Democrats support their party's representatives in Washington withholding votes unless Republicans make changes — even if it risks a shutdown.

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