Inae Oh

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A Better Way to Think About Tech’s Hold on Modern Parenting

1 week ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

The internet does not have a face. But if it did, I imagine it drools with anticipation when a user begins considering parenthood. It will proceed to unfold reams upon reams of guidance: how to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and raise the optimal child. The user can click and purchase their way through developmental milestones, download the apps, endure the ad tech, scroll social media. The internet—and all the branding—will nod approvingly, certain of their power.
Trump’s Slot Machine Spits Out Two New Orders

1 week ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

Much has been written about the cruel, and often unconstitutional, onslaught of executive orders that have come to define President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. But somewhat lost in the discourse is the brazen stupidity, a stunning randomness with which Trump appears to feed his slot machine of presidential instructions.
The Pentagon is getting a new glam room

3 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

The Pentagon is finally undergoing a shake-up as concerns grow over Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: The Defense Department confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday that a new makeup studio is coming to the Pentagon. No, of course, Hegseth is not resigning. He made clear in several appearances this week that he remains defiant, committed to the unsubstantiated claim that fired workers are to blame for spreading fake, anti-Trump news.
Tesla’s Deadbeat CEO Is Coming Back

3 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

Amid plunging stock prices and a staggering 71 percent profit drop, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pivoting back to his day job. “My time obligation to DOGE will drop significantly,” Musk told investors Tuesday after the company’s Q1 earnings report attributed a “changing political sentiment,” among other factors, for a precipitous drop in business. The report did not go into specifics.
Just do something

3 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

When Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced this week that he would travel to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully sent to the mega-prison at the center of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans, Van Hollen was met with plenty of skepticism.
How to Travel Abroad as the World’s Most Toxic Brand: American

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Donald Trump’s convulsive tariff policy, which all but reversed course on Wednesday with the caveat that the same pain would return in 90 days, continues to scramble the world’s economic order. But against the upheaval of broken alliances and global supply chains, a small anxiety is emerging among wanderlust Americans: how to travel with the world’s most toxic passport.
Eric Adams Isn’t Corrupt?

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

After all the public groveling and taxpayer-funded trips to Mar-a-Lago, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears to have successfully prostrated himself to freedom. A federal judge on Wednesday permanently dismissed the wide-ranging corruption charges brought against him. “We can never allow this to happen to another innocent American,” Adams said shortly after the dismissal was announced, holding a copy of FBI director Kash Patel’s Government Gangsters.
Marco Rubio Is Quite Chuffed

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

Amid intense outrage over the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts student who was ambushed and detained by plainclothes federal immigration officers this week, Marco Rubio appeared gratified. “We revoked her visa, it’s an F-1 visa, I believe,” the secretary of State told reporters at a press conference in Guyana on Thursday when asked about the arrest.
They lied, again

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Inae Oh

Amid efforts to downplay the extraordinary security lapse exposed by the Atlantic after Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally included in a group chat with top Trump administration officials discussing war plans, the magazine on Wednesday published new exchanges from the Signal discussion. The messages showed officials discussing operational details—including launch times—of the upcoming mission to bomb Houthi targets across Yemen.
Monday Reads

1 month ago | jill.substack.com | Inae Oh |Andrew Marantz |Andrea González-Ramírez |Clay Risen

Photo by Alexandra Fuller on UnsplashHappy Monday and welcome Monday Reads! Here are some fine reads from around the web, plus what you might have missed from the newsletter and elsewhere these past few weeks. Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.