How the Media Aid and Abet GOP Hostage-Takers
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office to discuss the debt limit on May 22, 2023.Alex Brandon/AP Editor’s note: The below article is a preview of the lead item in the next edition of David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories…
Ken Paxton, Who Tried to Overturn an Election, Says Impeaching Him Would Be Overturning an Election
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, a Texas house panel voted to recommend impeachment proceedings for Republican attorney general Ken Paxton. Investigators for the committee concluded that the state’s top law enforcement official broke a number of laws—including felony statutes—by using…
The Movement to Expand the Supreme Court Is Growing
Activists for Expanding the Supreme Court Rally outside the Supreme Court on June 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Demand Justice Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The movement to counter the Supreme Court’s rightward lurch has come a long way since…
Is a US Agency Helping Companies Sell Surveillance Tech to Repressive Regimes?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Is the federal government helping companies sell surveillance technology to repressive governments? Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wants to know, but a federal subagency has been cagey about the information. In a letter sent on Friday,…
Supreme Court Restricts EPA’s Ability to Protect US Waterways
Michael and Chantell Sackett, outside the Supreme Court in 2011, have waged a long legal battle to build a house on wetlands near one of Idaho’s largest lakes.Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here…
Republicans Around the Country Are Trying to Rob Democrats of the Right to Govern
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Zooey Zephyr was tired of watching Montana’s Republican-controlled legislature pass laws targeting trans residents, so last year, the 35-year-old Missoula native decided to join the chamber herself. She ran for an open seat and was elected with 79 percent…