Mother Jones

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Who owns it

Founded: 1976
Founded by: Adam Hochschild

From Wikidata, retrieved 2026-09-29. Only current facts: past owners are left out.

What we found in its articles

64 articles analyzed, 2026-07-30 to 2026-09-29. The daily feed picks a few articles a day from each outlet, so this is a sample, not everything Mother Jones publishes.

Techniques found

Loaded Language in 55 articles — for example “oddly preoccupied” (A Leading Anti-Abortion Zealot Just Quit the FBI)

Name Calling in 41 articles — for example “Anti-Abortion Zealot” (A Leading Anti-Abortion Zealot Just Quit the FBI)

Appeal to Fear in 40 articles — for example “diminishment of political representation” (A Leading Anti-Abortion Zealot Just Quit the FBI)

Exaggeration/Hyperbole in 25 articles — for example “killed millions of babies” (The EPA Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution)

Card Stacking in 24 articles — for example “Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution” (The EPA Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution)

Conspiracy Appeal in 21 articles — for example “What Else Is the Pentagon Hiding From Us?” (What Else Is the Pentagon Hiding From Us?)

Glittering Generalities in 18 articles — for example “Pro-Life Generation” (The EPA Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution)

Black-and-White Fallacy in 16 articles — for example “Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution” (The EPA Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution)

News

A Leading Anti-Abortion Zealot Just Quit the FBI · 2026-09-29 Name Calling Loaded Language Appeal to Fear

New Yorkers Lined the Streets Against Benjamin Netanyahu’s Visit · 2026-09-25 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear

JD Vance Is Coming For Your Obamacare · 2026-09-24 Appeal to Fear Loaded Language

Trump’s Desperate for TV Cameras Until They Tell the Truth · 2026-09-22 Loaded Language Name Calling

Trump Wants to Make His Triumphal Arch a Killing Machine · 2026-09-21 Loaded Language Exaggeration/Hyperbole

What Else Is the Pentagon Hiding From Us? · 2026-09-19 Conspiracy Appeal Loaded Language Card Stacking

Cory Mills’ Career Imploded. Then His Grenade Factory Exploded. · 2026-09-18 Glittering Generalities False Urgency Appeal to Prejudice Transfer

The Macklemore-Ed Sheeran Dispute Is a Corporate Threat to Free Speech · 2026-09-17 Loaded Language Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Appeal to Prejudice Exaggeration/Hyperbole

Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Mail Ballot Scheme · 2026-09-15 Loaded Language Name Calling Exaggeration/Hyperbole Appeal to Fear Conspiracy Appeal RepetitionEuphemistic State LanguageCard Stacking

Trump’s Venezuela Deal Helps His Rich Friends—And That’s It · 2026-09-10 Loaded Language Name Calling Card Stacking

Cops Won’t Fight Federal Election Interference—So Citizens Will Have To · 2026-09-09 Black-and-White Fallacy Appeal to Fear False Urgency Loaded Language Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Card Stacking Appeal to Prejudice Exaggeration/Hyperbole

Trump Wants to Make Sure Every Voter Knows the Midterms Are a Referendum on Trump · 2026-09-07 Loaded Language Exaggeration/Hyperbole Appeal to Prejudice Black-and-White Fallacy Glittering Generalities

The White House Made an Arcade Game Out of Deporting People · 2026-09-05 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Black-and-White Fallacy Name Calling Glittering Generalities

Lawmakers Push DHS to Cancel Its Shock Gloves Contract · 2026-09-02 Loaded Language Exaggeration/Hyperbole Appeal to Fear Name Calling

Trump Is Growing Desperate on Iran · 2026-09-01 Loaded Language Card Stacking Name Calling

What the Deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos Tells Us About the State of MAGA · 2026-09-01 Loaded Language Name Calling Card Stacking Conspiracy Appeal Bandwagon Appeal Appeal to Fear

Tennessee’s Governor Loves Dolly—But Not the LGBTQ People She Stood Up For · 2026-08-31 Black-and-White Fallacy Loaded Language Card Stacking Appeal to Fear False Equivalence

The Florida GOP’s Red Scare Is Losing Steam · 2026-08-31 Loaded Language Name Calling Black-and-White Fallacy Exaggeration/Hyperbole Appeal to Fear False Urgency Glittering Generalities Card Stacking Conspiracy Appeal Repetition Scapegoating Appeal to Prejudice

Wyoming’s Primaries Were a Preview of Trump’s Midterm Interference · 2026-08-30 Appeal to Fear False Equivalence

The Tucker Carlson–Kremlin Bond Just Got Stronger · 2026-08-29 Loaded Language Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Exaggeration/Hyperbole Scapegoating Appeal to Fear Appeal to Prejudice Black-and-White Fallacy Bandwagon Appeal False Equivalence Card Stacking Repetition Sovereignty RhetoricEuphemistic State Language

Here’s to Dolly: Union Member, Vaccine Hero, Literacy Giant, Staunch Gay Ally · 2026-08-27 Glittering Generalities Loaded Language Bandwagon Appeal Repetition False Urgency Appeal to Fear

Memes and Machine Guns: How Brandon Herrera Built a Path to Congress · 2026-08-27 Loaded Language Card Stacking Appeal to Prejudice False Urgency Glittering Generalities Repetition Black-and-White Fallacy Appeal to Fear Bandwagon Appeal Conspiracy Appeal Transfer

Trump’s Plan to Allow Drilling Near New Mexico Heritage Site Sets Off Global Alarms · 2026-08-26 Loaded Language Exaggeration/Hyperbole Glittering Generalities Appeal to Fear

SCOTUS Hands Trump a Temporary Win In His Crusade to Restrict Mail Voting · 2026-08-25 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Conspiracy Appeal Card Stacking Name Calling

There’s No Good Reason Why Hakeem Jeffries Should Work With Jared Kushner · 2026-08-24 Loaded Language Black-and-White Fallacy Name Calling Exaggeration/Hyperbole Repetition Appeal to Fear

A Natalie Harp Conspiracy Theory (Not Really) · 2026-08-23 Conspiracy Appeal Loaded Language Name Calling Scapegoating Card Stacking Appeal to Fear Exaggeration/Hyperbole False Equivalence

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban · 2026-08-23 Loaded Language Name Calling Appeal to Fear Glittering Generalities

Partisan’s Exit Suggests DOJ Is Getting Better at Politicized Prosecutions · 2026-08-22 Loaded Language Name Calling Card Stacking Conspiracy Appeal Appeal to Fear

The Fight Over Spraying Roundup in California’s Forests Has Only Gotten Bigger · 2026-08-22 Conspiracy Appeal Card Stacking

Republicans Are Realizing That No One Wants Data Centers · 2026-08-21 Appeal to Fear False Urgency Exaggeration/Hyperbole Bandwagon Appeal

What Does Trump’s Open Respect For North Korean Nukes Tell Iran? · 2026-08-20 Appeal to Fear Black-and-White Fallacy

Trump’s White House Business Shindig Will Be a Cesspool of Financial Conflicts · 2026-08-19 Loaded Language Name Calling Exaggeration/Hyperbole

Trump’s Bombing Threats Have a Golf Course Problem · 2026-08-18 Loaded Language

The Right Is Targeting Abdul El-Sayed’s Family Members · 2026-08-17 Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Loaded Language Appeal to Prejudice Card Stacking Exaggeration/Hyperbole Black-and-White Fallacy

The Trumps’ Crypto Project Just Got One Step Closer to Becoming a Bank · 2026-08-16 Loaded Language Exaggeration/Hyperbole

Warmonger’s Son Mongers War · 2026-08-16 Name Calling Appeal to Prejudice Loaded Language

It’s Time to Talk About Billionaire Math · 2026-08-15 Loaded Language Name Calling Exaggeration/Hyperbole Appeal to Prejudice

A Trump Judge Called Mail-In Ballots a Threat to Democracy · 2026-08-14 Name Calling Appeal to Fear

I Asked AI to Write a Novel. It’s Not So Bad. · 2026-08-13 Exaggeration/Hyperbole Loaded Language Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Appeal to Fear Repetition Black-and-White Fallacy Glittering Generalities

Trump Admin Releases Final Rule Attacking Healthcare for Low-Income Trans Kids · 2026-08-12 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Black-and-White Fallacy Name Calling Card Stacking

Why Is Pete Hegseth Purging Women From Command? Doug Wilson Is Why. · 2026-08-11 Loaded Language Transfer Name CallingEuphemistic State LanguageExaggeration/Hyperbole Glittering Generalities Appeal to Prejudice Appeal to Fear Card Stacking Repetition Black-and-White Fallacy Scapegoating

An Infamous Attack Ad Just Got an AI Resurrection · 2026-08-10 Loaded Language Name Calling Appeal to Fear Appeal to Prejudice Repetition Card Stacking

Anti-AI Populism is Reshaping American Politics · 2026-08-10 Loaded Language Name Calling Appeal to Fear Glittering Generalities Conspiracy Appeal Scapegoating Repetition Appeal to Prejudice Exaggeration/Hyperbole

Rep. Max Miller Has a History of Withholding His Daughter’s Blue Bunny · 2026-08-07 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Name Calling Exaggeration/Hyperbole

What Is the White House Hiding in Its Minerals Deals? · 2026-08-07 Conspiracy Appeal Loaded Language

Police Footage Shows Rep. Max Miller Downplaying His Daughter’s Broken Collarbone · 2026-08-06 Loaded Language

Trump-Endorsed Candidate Loses Michigan Primary to a Man Who Suspended His Campaign · 2026-08-06 Name Calling Glittering Generalities

“Not All Cubans Are MAGA”: The Cuban Women Who Broke With the GOP · 2026-08-05 Black-and-White Fallacy Loaded Language Conspiracy Appeal Name Calling Transfer

Rep. Max Miller’s Withdrawal Window Closes in Six Days · 2026-08-05 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Name Calling

As For-Profit Companies Battle Over ICE Contracts, Immigrants Are Caught in the Middle · 2026-08-04 Loaded Language Name Calling Appeal to Fear

The Great Inflammation Panic · 2026-08-04 Loaded Language Conspiracy Appeal Name Calling Exaggeration/Hyperbole Appeal to Fear Card Stacking

George Santos Got Busted For Manipulating Political Betting Markets—and Seems to Have Little Remorse · 2026-08-02 Loaded Language Name Calling

“The ICE Agent Behind Me Grabbed the Back of My Shirt and Just Threw Me Like a Sack of Trash” · 2026-08-01 Repetition Appeal to Fear

How Michigan Became the Most Expensive Democratic Primary Ever · 2026-07-31 Loaded Language Name Calling

She’s Remaking the Abortion Landscape One Pill at a Time · 2026-07-31 Loaded Language Appeal to Prejudice Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Appeal to Fear Card Stacking

Can Opposing Data Centers Help Progressives Win? · 2026-07-30 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Name Calling Bandwagon Appeal Conspiracy Appeal

The Next Victim of Trump’s Political Prosecutions? Congressional Oversight. · 2026-07-30 Loaded Language Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Repetition Card Stacking Appeal to Fear Glittering Generalities Exaggeration/Hyperbole

Opinion

The EPA Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution · 2026-09-25 Black-and-White Fallacy Loaded Language Card Stacking False Urgency Name Calling Exaggeration/Hyperbole Appeal to Fear Transfer Glittering Generalities

Women Built MAHA. MAGA Bros Have Taken It Over. · 2026-09-22 Glittering Generalities Name Calling Loaded Language

With EPA’s Latest Move, Trump Topples the Last Pillar of Biden’s Climate Legacy · 2026-09-17 Loaded Language Card Stacking Name Calling Exaggeration/Hyperbole Glittering Generalities

Fear “the Blob”: Relentless Marine Heat Waves Threaten to Upend Ocean Life · 2026-09-13 Appeal to Fear Loaded Language

Utah’s Voters Would Like Their National Monuments Back, Thank You · 2026-09-12 Loaded Language Card Stacking Glittering Generalities

Data Centers Now Facing Backlash Over Contaminated Wastewater · 2026-09-10 Loaded Language Exaggeration/Hyperbole Repetition Black-and-White Fallacy Appeal to Fear Glittering Generalities

A Federal Judge Just Killed New York’s $75 Billion Climate Bill for Polluters · 2026-09-04 Appeal to Fear

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