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18 September 2026

MOTHER JONES DAILY: I’ve Covered Islamophobia for Years. Trump’s GOP Has Taken It to a New Level., The religion of national security, Utah’s voters would like their national monuments back, thank you, Don’t be fooled—Congress isn’t cracking down on OpenAI, A brief history of Donald Trump’s 9/11 controversies, “We’ve been told there’s another plane in the air and it’s heading here” 11SEP26

September 11, 2026

A social media thread from Sen. Elissa Slotkin has, in my humble opinion, rightfully drawn attention because of the peculiar narrative Slotkin claims about the immediate aftermath of September 11. Specifically, the Michigan Democrat asserts that the country formed a “shared bond” after the attacks.

What many, including myself, remember is the Islamophobia, vicious paranoia, and nationalism that overwhelmed so much of the public discourse. And when it comes to Islamophobia, such racism has gotten only exponentially worse among Republicans. As my colleague Tim Murphy writes today:

It’s a cliche, at this point, to suggest that if elected officials in this country talked about members of any other religious group the way they talk about Muslims, they would be shunned from polite society—or at least called to account for it. But it’s hard to dispute the point. Open bigotry toward Muslims is not just a way to get ahead in President Donald Trump’s Republican Party. Increasingly, it seems to be the purpose of Trump’s Republican Party. It’s the key to understanding what’s changed in the MAGA world—and what has always been like this. The targeting and vilification of an American religious group is one of the most important stories of the midterms. We’re not talking about it enough.

Tim’s right; we aren’t talking about this enough. So read his piece—and be outraged, downright horrified.
—Inae Oh

I’ve Covered Islamophobia for Years. Trump’s GOP Has Taken It to a New Level.

The shocking vilification of Muslims is one of the most troubling storylines of the midterms.

BY TIM MURPHY

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Utah’s voters would like their national monuments back, thank you

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Don’t be fooled—Congress isn’t cracking down on OpenAI

BY ALEX NGUYEN

A brief history of Donald Trump’s 9/11 controversies

BY MAX J. ROSENTHAL

“We’ve been told there’s another plane in the air and it’s heading here”

A 9/11 remembrance and thank you.

BY DAVID CORN

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02 October 2025

MOTHER JONES DAILY: So You Don’t Understand Crypto. Buckle Up., The shutdown means no jobs data—conveniently for Trump, The joke's on you at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, How Truth Social’s bogus medical claims fool Trump fans, How the two-state solution became a “big, expedient lie”, Utah loves Trump. It didn't stop him from taking a chainsaw to one of its largest employers. 1OKT25

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October 1, 2025

Hi again. It’s Al Letson, host of Reveal and More To The Story.

I have to tell you, cryptocurrency still puzzles me. This intangible, under-regulated system of blockchains and meme coins seems to be making a handful of people a lot of money. (Not me.) Still, I’ve never fully wrapped my head around it. And that’s one of the reasons I brought in independent tech journalist Molly White to lay it all out for me.

Molly has been thinking and writing about the many ups and downs of the crypto industry for years, often with a critical eye. She routinely calls out the industry for failing to live up to the promises of offering people a decentralized digital currency that doesn’t rely on the backing of a bank or government. And lately, she’s particularly focused on how crypto has started influencing our elections.

This More To The Story episode comes sandwiched between Reveal’s new two-part series about the epic rise and fall of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. You might remember a few years ago when FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of fraud after FTX collapsed and billions of dollars worth of crypto vanished. The first episode—"The Secret Story of FTX’s Rise and Ruin Part 1"—just came out. It features exclusive prison conversations with Bankman-Fried and reexamines the company’s bankruptcy, one of the most expensive in US history.

I hope you check out all of our crypto reporting in the Reveal feed on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.

—Al Letson

So You Don’t Understand Crypto. Buckle Up.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” journalist Molly White examines the rise and fall of FTX and the ever-growing reach of cryptocurrency in American politics.

BY REVEAL

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