Steve Bannon, an Exiled Mogul, and the Ukraine Rescue Effort That (Mostly) Wasn’t
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As Yana Ibragimov and her two young children waited at the Lviv train station, it was snowing. This was March 7, 2022, early in the war in Ukraine. Russian troops were advancing. A day earlier, Russian shells had killed…
Super-Emitting “Methane Bombs” Are a Dire Threat to Humanity
Methane is flared at at a North Dakota oil well pad in May 2021.Matthew Brown/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. More than 1,000 “super-emitter” sites gushed the potent greenhouse gas methane into the global atmosphere in 2022, the Guardian can reveal, mostly from oil and gas…
On the Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Biden Calls for Voting Rights Protections
President Joe Biden speaks near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Sunday, President Joe Biden traveled to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the violent crackdown on voting rights activists, led by…
At CPAC, Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Blames the Left for Insurrection
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has become a darling of the US far-right, attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington,…
A CPAC Speaker Wants Transgenderism “Eradicated”
U.S. Representative Ralph Norman (R-SC) and U.S. Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Michael Brochstein / Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Conservative Political…
Donald Trump Enters the “What About Flying Cars?” Phase of His Career
Matt Freed/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump has been running for president for more than three months, but it has sometimes been easy to forget. Fox News, which lent him an endless supply of on-air advertising during his last two campaigns, has…