Election-Denying Former Colorado Official Guilty of Misdemeanor Obstruction
David Zalubowski/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Tina Peters, the former Colorado election official who has been charged with election fraud, could be going to jail for obstructing a government operation. Peters made national headlines last year when she pleaded not guilty to numerous…
These Images Tell the Stories of Families Reeling From the East Palestine Fiasco
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early February, days after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate and isobutylene derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, authorities opted to burn off the materials to avoid an explosion.…
Norfolk Southern Employees Suffering From Lingering Illnesses, Scathing Union Letter Says
Gene J. Puskar/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a scathing letter to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Norfolk Southern worker and Teamsters union rep denounced the rail company’s cost-cutting business model, alleging that workers who were deployed to clean up February’s vinyl chloride…
GOP Bill Aims to “Cancel” Florida’s Democratic Party Over Past Pro-Slavery Stance
Steve Cannon/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A Republican lawmaker has filed a bill that, if passed, would, apparently, eliminate Florida’s Democratic Party. On Tuesday, Florida state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia filed the “Ultimate Cancel Act“—a bill that doesn’t mention the Democrats by name…
Ron DeSantis’ War on Freedom
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“Racial Intolerance” and “Hate” Are No Longer Banned on Coinbase
Mother Jones; Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto/Getty; Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Using Coinbase to facilitate racism and hate is apparently no longer against the cryptocurrency platform’s rules under little-noticed revisions the company made to its terms of service several years ago. Until August 2021, the “Prohibited…