Pema Levy

I wrote about what it was like growing up as a child in the Bosnian civil war, where food was extremely scarce. I didn't have much, but at least UNICEF was there to help keep me alive. Congress just defunded it, putting lives at risk around the world. huffpost.com/entry/trump-cu…

In the midst of Trump battling his MAGA base over the Jeffrey Epstein case, the State Department gutted its office dedicated to combating human trafficking. State officials said the cuts targeted "outdated" and "parochial interests." motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

Been thinking about this from @pemalevy Watched it the other day & again today. Really spot on. The What: Trump's tariffs will raise costs on everything you buy The Why: Trump is power hungry & wants absolute control. Reward and punishment.

Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration. @lukeobrien reports: motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

As the Trump admin urges government employees to snitch on DEI programs, let's revisit @pemalevy's report on how the GOP increasingly depends on everyday citizens to spy on one another. motherjones.com/politics/2022/…

I think I figured out John Roberts' plan to allow bans on gender-affirming care and ignore the Constitution's equal protection clause motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

It's not just the state election board. Election deniers in Georgia have take over county boards and GOP organizations ow.ly/j58a50TXlVt

"As Trump’s campaign promises a return to a patriarchal society, his is not a vision of an equal society, where both sexes benefit from equal rights" writes @pemalevy. "Instead, it’s a zero-sum contest where one sex prevails." motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

"Autocrats learn from their mistakes. Folks whose primary goal is to concentrate power learn how to do it." motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Texas' SB8, the bounty-hunter abortion ban, went into effect on 9/1/2021. Within 8 days, one woman was dead (that we know of). She had a miscarriage that doctors refused to treat. propublica.org/article/jossel…

The fear-mongering over non-citizen voting comes from the same pot of dark money funding Project 2025 and putting Trump's justices on the Supreme Court. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Republicans are using state and federal courts to help win the White House for Trump—even if he loses—with dozens of lawsuits already filed across the US. @pemalevy on the fight to stop them and protect the election results: motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

NEW: Trump isn’t running a political campaign; he’s mounting a disinformation operation. These are different things. That’s the key to understanding this race & this moment in US political history. I explain all in my latest piece. Please read & share. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

How much more radical could the Supreme Court become? Look to the Fifth Circuit. Meet the power-grabbing Trump judges who are forging MAGA justice. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…