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Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, after Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In January, a small faction of…

This Book Will Change How You Think About Protest Forever 

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On June 13, 2013, the Brazilian military police attacked the journalist Vincent Bevins. A foreign correspondent in São Paulo working for the Los Angeles Times and the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, Bevins was covering a protest by Movimento Passe…

A Utility Giant’s Hired Gun Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Electricians install solar panels on a roof in Goodyear, Ariz.Matt York/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a hearing last month in Arizona, an expert witness for the state’s largest utility said he agrees with the idea that utilities oppose rooftop solar because it…

RFK Jr. Aided by GOP and Trump PAC Donors

CJ Gunther/EFE/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a swanky fundraiser for his presidential campaign last month in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, much of the news focused on the anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist‘s celebrity guest: musician…

Is the Bronze Age Pervert Going Mainstream?

Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.There is no way to explain who the Bronze Age Pervert is in conversation without causing the person listening to, at least for a moment, question your sanity. “There’s this guy who posts pseudonymously under the…