The Acting Secretary of the Navy Just Resigned
Thomas Modly, acting secretary of the Navy, resigned Tuesday after harshly criticizing an aircraft carrier captain who he had fired the previous week.Chip Somodevilla/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Thomas Modly, the acting secretary of the Navy, resigned on Tuesday, one day after he called the former…
Trump Declares War on Watchdogs
Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In the midst of a pandemic, Donald Trump is working hard to avoid facing independent oversight. On Tuesday, the president ousted Glenn Fine, a respected former Justice Department inspector general, from his role as chair of the new Pandemic Response…
Congress Set to Expand Small Business Loan Program
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.There’s been heavy coverage of the problems we’ve had rolling out the coronavirus rescue programs. Unemployment offices are swamped. Conditions are too onerous for the small business loan program. The $1,200 checks won’t go out until late summer for some people. This…
How Republicans Exploited the Coronavirus to Steal a Wisconsin Election
Voters masked against coronavirus line up at Riverside High School for Wisconsin’s primary election Tuesday April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee. Morry Gash/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.To understand how Wisconsin found itself in the insane position of holding critical elections in the middle of a deadly…
COVID-19 Cases in Africa Pass 10,000
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.From the Guardian: Cases of Covid-19 in Africa have now topped 10,000, though most experts believe the real number of infections is considerably higher. ….Aid organisations continue to raise deep concern about parts of the continent where health systems are most fragile….There…
Yet Another Inspector General Bites the Dust
Glenn Fine in a 2007 file photo.Mark Murrmann/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Large corporations were the recipients of $500 billion in the coronavirus rescue bill. However, only about $50 billion of this is for actual loans. The other $450 billion comes in the form of loan…