Mother Jones magazine’sTumblr alter ego. More ways to get your MoJo on: Mother Jones on the internets Mother Jones on Facebook Mother Jones on Twitter Mother Jones on Pinterest Mother Jones in your inbox Mother Jones in printTumblr (3.0; @motherjones)http://motherjones.tumblr.com/“There’s no question in my mind…that a baby at 20 weeks after conception can feel...http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/53339758484http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/53339758484Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:44:23 -0400RepublicansabortionCongresspoliticsnewsMichael Burgess<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5a42e63787dd2dcbc19b56948fcfa7b4/tumblr_molbdoox9m1qat9xfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Edward Snowden’s leaks have prompted many questions about government surveillance activity in the US, including this one: <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/google-microsoft-twitter-facebook-user-data-fisa-charts" target="_blank">How often do tech firms turn over user data to the feds? </a></p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/53274652622http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/53274652622Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:13:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/75ccb6302fb3c830a471c6f5f48b3f72/tumblr_moiuw5c20Z1qat9xfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“It would be like matter and anti-matter—a comedy explosion! So that could never happen and must be protected against at all costs.” — <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2013/06/armando-iannucci-interview-veep-hbo-joe-biden" target="_blank"><em>Veep</em></a> creator Armando Iannucci on why he could <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2013/06/armando-iannucci-interview-veep-hbo-joe-biden" target="_blank">never, ever allow Joe Biden on the show</a>.</p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/53174882804http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/53174882804Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:21:41 -0400VeepHBOArmando IannucciJoe BidenTVcomedy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb8fe007f172efa04704011260cc0f32/tumblr_ml3vbxBjd71rlnmpto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pretty compelling counterpoint to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/nyregion/weiners-record-in-house-intensity-publicity-and-limited-results.html?hpw&_r=0" target="_blank">this <em>New York Times</em> piece</a>, we suppose.</p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52866410413http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52866410413Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:38:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9ba64a10e6ca599140b7a7b38b39417a/tumblr_moc2ymfo4T1qat9xfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/national-security-inc-our-private-intelligence-apparatus-numbers" target="_blank">The private intelligence boom, by the numbers</a>.</p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52866171342http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52866171342Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:32:46 -0400newsnumbers<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/73578c930e23b9956eda4d698694e3ff/tumblr_mo8sb4Hgbt1spmb7bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://michelebachmann.tumblr.com/post/52724366824/legalization-then-border-security-that-worked-so" target="_blank">michelebachmann</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Legalization, then border security? That worked so well in 1986. No amnesty. Not now, not ever.</p> </blockquote> <p>Michele Bachmann is on Tumblr now. Must’ve seen <em>Veep</em>.</p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52792188263http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52792188263Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:07:57 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/048052314adc67826c9d81dd674616bc/tumblr_mo8ypxXDq31qat9xfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/aclu-nsa-edward-snowden-surveillance-lawsuit" target="_blank">The ACLU takes on the National Security Agency</a>.</p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52735077430http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52735077430Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:08:21 -0400politicsnewscivil libertiesnsasnowdenaclu Lego figures&#8217; heads have been getting angrier over time. That&#8217;s according to a serious...http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52733810804http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52733810804Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:55:26 -0400legosciencetoyscharts<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/062a771df82682ba50559ee7f271d8dd/tumblr_mo8ev7o43R1qd4fqho1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sesamestreet.tumblr.com/post/52707364073/time-for-a-milk-break" target="_blank">sesamestreet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Time for a milk break.</p> </blockquote> <p>Why are we re-blogging this?</p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52708378917http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52708378917Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:21:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a62764ccfea44fbf1f5622619e03398f/tumblr_mo6zhoPQn41r4qlp5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nwkarchivist.tumblr.com/post/52646023722/john-the-sleeper-edwards-is-60-today" target="_blank">nwkarchivist</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>John “The Sleeper” Edwards Is 60 Today</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>How will you celebrate?</p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52646856814http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52646856814Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:41:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2256eca4308c73799d2696d7c0c51146/tumblr_mo6tbvfdYG1qz80pso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jessbennett.tumblr.com/post/52637302379/brooklynmutt-hillaryclinton-is-gaining-nearly" target="_blank">jessbennett</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.brooklynmutt.com/post/52637073757/hillaryclinton-is-gaining-nearly-200-followers" target="_blank">brooklynmutt</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>@hillaryclinton is gaining nearly 200 followers every 10 seconds, and that pace is accelerating. - <a href="https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/344140194506739713" target="_blank">@ZekeJMiller</a></p> </blockquote> <p>OH BILL.</p> </blockquote> <p>Hurry up and join Tumblr already, Hillz.</p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52638869799http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52638869799Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:45:00 -0400“‘The Purge,’ a bloody horror movie starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, has as...http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52475157751http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52475157751Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:00:39 -0400The Purgeincome inequalityhorrorfilmmoviespoliticslena headeyethan hawke Yes, the NSA does have its own gang of cartoon characters to recruit the next generation of sneaky...http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52409726904http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52409726904Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:08:00 -0400nsasurveillancespykids<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30a55ce4a1c2c9b9ebc9858463a8ecdc/tumblr_mo1bq1GG8C1qat9xfo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f02f32afe580e93c5cd274e7b89de7a/tumblr_mo1bq1GG8C1qat9xfo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/06/stalagmites-are-new-tree-rings" target="_blank">How we know what we do about old stuff.</a></p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52393018227http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52393018227Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:08:25 -0400climateclimate changecaves It&#8217;s not just the brogrammers. Silicon Valley&#8217;s gender imbalance starts at the top....http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52328746890http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52328746890Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:49:29 -0400silicon valleytechbrogrammingcharts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4adcac65f4b11469f895b7df3006584e/tumblr_mnzo66FZzW1qat9xfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/video-antarctica-deiced" target="_blank">Here’s what Antarctica looks like under all that ice…</a></p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52323691892http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52323691892Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:42:06 -0400climate changeantarcticaice sheetsscience<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ee69102dd8a3f46e75f60fd836fd6d17/tumblr_mnznyr8eUU1qat9xfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Want to invest like Elizabeth Warren? Then <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/elizabeth-warren-financial-disclosure-report-advice" target="_blank">avoid gold, prepaid funerals, and collectibles</a>. </p>http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52323352186http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52323352186Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:37:39 -0400 New data shows that the federal government held more than 1,300 undocumented immigrant kids in...http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52311127447http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52311127447Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:40:16 -0400immigrationkidscharts Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz on his Herman Cain-inspired character Herbert Love:...http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52310734548http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52310734548Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:33:49 -0400arrested developmentherman cainbluth If Congress doesn&#8217;t act, interest rates on federal student loans will double on July 1. More...http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52248366526http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/52248366526Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:38:06 -0400student loanscollegechartsdontdoublemyrate