As Trump Accepts His Party’s Nomination, Republicans Double Down on Cheating
Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As President Donald Trump prepares to formally accept the Republican Party’s nomination for his reelection contest with a speech at tonight’s convention, the last-ditch dismantling of the US Postal Service before the 2020 election lays bare his latest…
The Most Craven Lie on Night 3 of the RNC Came from Kayleigh McEnany
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tapes her speech for the third day the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Susan Walsh/AP Photos For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Wednesday night, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany went on…
No, Donald Trump Has Not “Stood By” the Troops
Michael Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Night three of the Republican National Convention is all about heroes, particularly—in the words of Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn—the “kind Democrats don’t recognize…the heroes of our law enforcement and armed services.” “Leftists try to turn them into villains,”…
Katie Porter Reveals Just How Little Louis DeJoy Knows About the Mail
Tom Williams/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.About five hours into Louis DeJoy’s congressional testimony Monday, Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) lobbed the postmaster general a softball. “What is the cost of a first-class postage stamp?” she asked. “Fifty-five cents,” DeJoy said. Then things got tricky. “What about…
Trump Falsely Claims the “Deep State” Is Sabotaging Vaccine Research
Tasos Katopodis/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump woke up bright and early Saturday morning and tweeted out a particularly toxic conspiracy theory. Members of the “deep state,” he complained, had infiltrated his own Food and Drug Administration and were sabotaging efforts by…
Joe Biden’s Opponents Hug It Out
Democratic National Convention/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Democratic National Convention may be virtual but it didn’t stop the field of 2020 primary contestants from having a nice family dinner. Even eight months ago it would’ve been hard to imagine Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg,…