Mark Follman
@markfollman
MJ national affairs editor, author, dad. My book TRIGGER POINTS is the story of expert teams who are preventing mass shootings, from K-12 schools to the FBI ⤵️
BOOK NEWS: My debut, TRIGGER POINTS, is out today. It’s the first ever to go inside specialized teams of experts who are preventing mass shootings, from K-12 schools to the FBI. Here’s a 🧵 about what you’ll find in the book hc.com/TriggerPoints 1/x
Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas latimes.com/california/sto…
Do you know why some are circled? I do.
Epstein’s "little black book" totals 97 pages, containing 1,571 names and roughly 5,000 phone numbers. At least 38 names are mysteriously circled, including Donald Trump's. “I got my hands on a copy,” writes Leland Nally. “I made close to 2,000 phone calls.”…
The Trump administration “pardons cop-beaters from Jan. 6 but detains high-school volleyball players.” How ICE’s Arrest of a High School Student Activated a Massachusetts Town motherjones.com/politics/2025/… More great reporting by @isabelaalhadeff @MotherJones
Raskin: Secretary, archivist, national security advisor, USAID administrator Rubio has robbed America of centuries of their expertise for no apparent reason at all.
Texas has had seven major gun massacres in the past decade. But now—despite the slaughter of school kids, teachers, and churchgoers—GOP leaders have prohibited a law that keeps guns away from unhinged people. ow.ly/gf0e50WoU5Y [📸: Pete Luna, Uvalde Leader-News]
ICE arrested her selling tamales at Lowes. Then she suffered a heart attack. ‘I told them: I can’t breathe’ latimes.com/california/sto…
The Trump White House ‘investigating’ Biden’s clemency decisions is yet another way for them to gloss over Trump giving clemency to violent insurrectionists who attacked police and plotted to murder FBI agents nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/…
『テキサス州では過去10年間に7件の大規模な銃乱射事件が発生しました。しかし今、小学生、教師、そして教会員が虐殺されているにもかかわらず、共和党指導部は、常軌を逸した人々から銃を遠ざける法律を禁止しました。』
Texas has had seven major gun massacres in the past decade. But now—despite the slaughter of school kids, teachers, and churchgoers—GOP leaders have prohibited a law that keeps guns away from unhinged people. ow.ly/gf0e50WoU5Y [📸: Pete Luna, Uvalde Leader-News]
The WH and DHS lied about who was being sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
NEW: The @MiamiHerald obtained records that give insight into who is being held at the Alligator Alcatraz. A list of roughly 750 names marks about: ◾️250 with immigration violations ◾️260 with pending criminal charges ◾️240 with criminal convictions miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
Grim to say this, but even after experiencing the slaughter of children, teens and teachers, people in Texas are now even likelier to be hit with more mass shootings motherjones.com/politics/2025/… @MotherJones
“In the past FEMA would have swiftly staged these teams…But officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Search and Rescue teams until more than 72 hours after flooding began.” cnn.com/2025/07/09/pol…
Ted Cruz Stripped Weather Forecasting Funds From Trump’s Megabill. Then the Floods Came. Among other things, he removed $150 million slated to improve modeling, predictions, and public communications. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Shares Antisemitic Posts on X The artificial intelligence chatbot, which has a dedicated account on X, praised Hitler after fielding a query about a user’s comments on the Texas flood. nytimes.com/2025/07/08/tec…
Texas has had seven major gun massacres in the past decade, from Uvalde to El Paso and beyond. Now, Republican leaders have prohibited a law that helps keep guns away from unhinged people. ow.ly/xKi650Wm2II
Leavitt: “As for the takeover of Gaza, I don't believe the President ever said that.” Trump in February: “The U.S. will takeover the Gaza Strip.”