Trump Urges Supporters to Pack DC When Congress Counts Electoral Votes
A December Proud Boys rally challenging election results in Washington.Carol Guzy/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Saturday morning, the day after Christmas, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to continue his attack on political institutions…
Trump Vetoes Defense Bill Day After Pardoning War Criminals
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Last night, Donald Trump gave a few convicted war criminals an early Christmas present: Mr. Trump’s list of pardons on Tuesday included four former U.S. service members who were convicted on…
Is Biden’s Bipartisan Optimism Naive, or Exactly What the Country Needs?
Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The recent news about President-elect Joe Biden seems all business: cabinet appointments, pandemic plans, transition teams. But who is Joe Biden, the person? And what kind of president will…
Trump Considering Naming Sidney Powell As Special Counsel
Sidney Powell is a name you probably had never heard until a month or two ago, but for the last 10 weeks she’s been unavoidable. The MAGA lawyer has worked tirelessly to overturn the 2020 election results, a goal at which she has been wildly unsuccessful. In furtherance of said failure she has played the…
Could Rudy Giuliani Face a Perjury Charge?
Mike Mulholland/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On December 14, Rudy Giuliani Zoomed into a Missouri legislative hearing. His testimony was part of his endless roadshow to overturn the election, and, as he has done so often…
Former Trump Cybersecurity Official Begs GOP to “Call This Stuff Out and End It”
Chris Krebs.Jim Loscalzo/CNP via Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday, the day after the Electoral College selected Joe Biden as the country’s next president, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) chaired a hearing of the Senate…