Another Day, Another Trump Tweetstorm
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Clearly, our president is having a Normal One. Today, he unleashed a tweetstorm in which he dunked on the very lukewarm “October surprise” of Hunter Biden’s laptop, made fun of the 79-year-old Dr. Anthony Fauci for…
See the Big Winners of Nikon’s “Small World” Photo Competition
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.It wasn’t much of a break, but in my few days off, I went for a hike, saw the sun, and returned to a broken fridge and leaking freezer and everything in it thawed or spoiled, including some…
Trump’s Wild Lies Down the Election Homestretch Are Not Crazy
Mother Jones illustration; Chris Kleponis/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.If you’ve had any conversations about politics lately, you’ve probably heard the sentiment or even expressed it yourself: “I’m exhausted.” It has become a common response to the relentless chaos, falsehoods, and demagoguery…
COVID-19 Deaths May Be About to Rise
Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Crime and Justice Food Media Investigations Photos Magazine Podcasts How have authoritarians been stopped before? Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein unpacks that and more, and we hope you’ll give her pre-election column a read because we all need to be prepared for what’s ahead. And if you agree that Mother…
Trump Sticks by His Losing Message: Fauci and the Scientists Are “Idiots”
Ringo Chiu/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.As the country enters the third and possibly largest coronavirus surge, Donald Trump is clinging to a message that’s been viewed as a critical factor behind his increasingly imperiled reelection chances. “Fauci is a disaster,” Trump…
New Eyewitness Accounts: Feds Didn’t Identify Themselves Before Opening Fire on Portland Antifa Suspect
A Washington State trooper at the scene where deputized federal marshals shot and killed Michael Reinoehl on Sept. 3.Nathan Howard/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This story was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign…