Anna Merlan

Senior reporter at Mother Jones, covering disinformation, tech and extremism. Author of REPUBLIC OF LIES. Tips: [email protected]. DM for Signal.

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

Delighted to share that this is my first day at Mother Jones, covering disinformation, tech, extremism and the nightmare intersection of the three that we’re all currently inhabiting. Send tips and screeds to [email protected]

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

@sophiekleeman Definitely going with a current picture there! Nice!

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I wrote about the Cramps, and as much as I hate to put something nice on this awful website, here: https://t.co/Rg4daAYQ5J

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

@grimace_ing @nytimes I hear you called everybody a snob— but only because nobody used the term “gatekeeping” yet— and then threatened to fight David Byrne, West Side Story-style

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Someday Tod Seelie will write about how many times this photo of his has gone viral, including before “virality” was even a concept

[♫⃠ cathode of industrialtwt @cath0de]

who are these people, this picture has immense aura

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

What does it mean that it’s doing numbers on this horrible website though

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The Defense Department is posting QAnon memes  https://t.co/806rQi8728

[Celine Castronuovo @cecelou18]

SCOOP: White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind DOJ’s memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care, said people briefed on the situation.

From @benjaminpenn and me: https://t.co/cH9OITQgLd

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MAGA has a playbook to steal the midterms. They’re using it in California. https://t.co/l2ulItk1vW

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

NEW: Every time I come over here it's like a fascinating MAGA Beef Safari https://t.co/fRgeX3IriX

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@WilliamLongstr7 @alamodrafthouse This is really funny because you’re mistaking me partially for a different Jewish woman. I guess we all look alike huh friend

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

He’s right and he’s right to say it!

[Elijah Wood @elijahwood]

For the first time yesterday, I experienced the new @alamodrafthouse QR code ordering system and I can tell you it’s truly awful. Rather than making ordering food and drink more efficient, it actually adds steps to the process AND if you want to order additional items during the film you HAVE to open your phone. No, your cute reference to that irony in your How To Alamo video doesn’t negate how ridiculous this is. Please don’t cut corners with your staff and revert back to physical menus and order cards.

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

@WilliamLongstr7 @alamodrafthouse You don’t read my work and that’s fine!

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

@WilliamLongstr7 Yes this is the only thing I’m worried about on earth, you nailed it babe

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

This was funny, I can't wait for the normal users of this website to tell me why it wasn't! https://t.co/NgkwX9Rb2k

[Sam Biddle @samfbiddle]

NEW: A U.S. counter-terror fusion center believes ICE's tweets are so racist they could incite acts of violence by white supremacists and encourage neo-Nazis to get hired, according to an internal memo we obtained. https://t.co/nycCQZSAZu

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

Obligatory joke about how if you're still on X you probably love disease tho

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What is an anti-vaccine activist doing at HHS? RFK Jr. still won't say, even after telling the Senate Finance Committee a month ago that he'd produce David Geier's contract with the agency: https://t.co/BK8C1TLx9I

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

@Crownmedusae Thank you so much 🥲

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

NEW: I wrote about Scientology's extremely youth-oriented, TikTok heavy PR campaign https://t.co/Uxxra8OMhI

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Scientology’s extremely online pivot to video https://t.co/VsGuVGIjaU