Russia’s Campaign to Help Trump Win Was Just the Start
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former FBI special agent Clint Watts was tracking Islamic State terrorists and their propaganda on Twitter in 2014 when he first encountered a different kind of troll. These accounts weren’t trying to recruit fighters for jihad. They were promoting an…
Stacey Abrams Just Made History
Stacey AbramsAP Images/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Stacey Abrams became the Democratic nominee in Georgia’s gubernatorial race on Tuesday night, squarely beating rival Stacey Evans with an early and significant lead. Now, after a tough and racially charged primary, Abrams will likely face off this November against Lt. Gov. Casey…
As a Kid, She Petitioned Congress for the Right to Fly Fighter Planes. Now She’s Gunning for a Seat of Her Own.
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and former Navy pilot Amy McGrath.Timothy D. Easley/AP; Matt Goins/Lexington Herald-Leader/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Amy McGrath, a former Navy fighter pilot, was first thinking about moving back to her home state of Kentucky to run for Congress after the 2016 election, she followed…
Ugly Feuds, “Drunken Stupidity,” Paul McCartney, and a Race That Could Flip Congress
Hans Keirstead (left) and Harley Rouda (right), Democratic candidates in California’s 48th district. Mother Jones illustration. Damian Dovarganes/AP; Getty; Chris Pizzello/AP; Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The race for veteran Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s Southern California seat is getting nastier as the June 5…
The Republican Primary in Georgia Is Taking Racism to a Whole New Level
“Criminal illegal aliens are spreading across the country,” warns Georgia Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle (R) in a recent ad.Casey Cagle/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Republican gubernatorial primary in Georgia has devolved in recent weeks into a chest-thumping argument over which candidate hates undocumented immigrants the most. In their…
Missouri Might Impeach Its Governor Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
J.B. Forbes/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A St. Louis prosecutor dropped a felony invasion-of-privacy charge against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens earlier this week. But the governor’s troubles are far from over. As the Missouri legislative season came to a close last night in Jefferson City, representatives in the GOP-controlled legislature convened…