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Maddie Oatman

@moatman

Writer + Senior Editor at Mother Jones; CO native drawn to big mountains and sunshine. Have my eye on stories about culture, environment, and the West.

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Thank you Longreads and Seyward Darby for picking my story on the race to understand-and profit from-period blood as an Editor’s Pick longreads.com/2024/06/27/rag…

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Chevron deference has been a conservative target for more than a decade. Today, the Supreme Court followed suit. I wrote about one conservative who has called for the end of Chevron with notable passion and consistency: Former Trump attorney John Eastman.

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Today SCOTUS overturned Chevron deference, which had long been a target of conservatives—especially those seeking to disassemble environmental regulations. Jackie Flynn Mogensen reports motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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I keep hearing abt friends' partners or colleagues saying Kamala's unrealized capital gains tax proposal is turning them away from her. Seriously?! You have $100million dollars?!! motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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"Repeal the 19th Amendment." "Make America white again." Those are some of the rallying cries of the extremely online TheoBros—and politicians appear to be listening. Fantastic reporting by Kiera Butler motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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Deciding that you no longer want to advocate for a path to citizenship as part of immigration reform "is as political as the act of advocating for it was." Mark Zuckerberg isn't done with politics, writes Tim Murphy, his politics have just changed. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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“I enjoy my high carbon lifestyle,” the Project 2025 mastermind trolled the audience at a New York climate event today, Jackie Flynn Mogensen writes motherjones.com/environment/20…

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In case you’re looking for a fun (if infuriating) #longread this weekend, check out Hannah Levintova’s great piece on the private equity billionaire wreaking havoc in Newport, Rhode Island: bit.ly/3TY5JIj

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Photos: Alexis de Tocqueville was struck by the US's supposed "equality of social conditions." Nearly 200 years later, the Our Democracy team—Andrea Bruce Rebecca Lee Sanchez lorraine ustaris—set out to provide an updated record. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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In one of the most powerful essays we've run in recent months, Emi Nietfeld makes a brave, incisive case for rethinking the popularity of "The Body Keeps the Score" motherjones.com/media/2024/12/…

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“I was hoping America to be better than back home,” says Tchelly Moise, a Haitian immigrant. “Someone needs to be held accountable for this, because this is not okay anywhere.” This week on Reveal , a collaboration with The Food & Environment Reporting Network motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

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The meatpacking industry relies on immigrant/refugee labor—it will collapse without them. So why kick them out? “I think it’s just hatred against people with different skin color.” Our investigation with @fernnews motherjones.com/food/2025/03/h…