In the Middle of the Pandemic, Trump Just Took Another Step That Puts the World at Risk
Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.While you were worrying about a global pandemic, a collapsing economy, an election threatened by disinformation and Russian intervention, and, of course, murder hornets, Donald Trump took a step to make the world even more dangerous. He declared on…
Trump Claimed Arms Sales Would Provide a Massive Jobs Boost. A New Report Shows How Wrong He Was.
President Donald Trump discusses arms sales to Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.SMG/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump has become a relentless booster for weapon sales to Saudi Arabia, despite the kingdom’s increasing authoritarianism under the rule of its de-facto leader Crown…
A New Poll Has Bad News For Donald Trump—and He’s Only Making Things Worse
Stringer/Sputnik via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The election is in about six months, and at the moment polls have Joe Biden trouncing Donald Trump. Indeed, Trump has led the presumptive Democratic nominee in only two national head-to-heads all year. As the Atlantic put it, “It…
Trump Staples Words Together to Say He’s “Tested Very Positively” for COVID-19
President Donald Trump, while speaking to reporters outside the White House on Thursday, attempted to describe the results of his latest coronavirus test. That exceedingly simple task proved too much for our president, who rejected a straightforward reply to instead offer this incoherent string of words: Pres. Trump on his coronavirus test today: “I tested…
How Much Mask-Wearing Do We Need?
Just how much mask-wearing do we need? That depends on how good our masks are. If they’re highly efficient, we can get by with fewer people wearing masks. If they’re not so great, we need a lot more people wearing them. Alan Kot has deployed a vast flotilla of Greek letters to come up with…
How to Pick a Veep
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Who should Joe Biden pick as his running mate? I propose two (2) criteria: It should be someone he knows and respects. It should be someone who would be a good president if he dies while in office. That’s it. Simple! Recently…