Brazil’s Biggest Soap Opera Right Now? The George Santos Scandal.
Newly elected Republican Rep. George Santos Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The spiral of lies disseminated by newly elected Republican Rep. George Santos of New York has made him a political and social pariah and object of relentless scrutiny. Since the New York Times’…
Amid Fresh New Trump Attacks, Biden Will Honor Georgia Election Workers
Jacquelyn Martin/ Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Joe Biden on Friday, the two-year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, will award Presidential Citizens Medals to twelve individuals, including law enforcement officials who suffered injuries from the violence…
Corporate America Condemned the January 6 Riot—Then Went Right Back to Funding Election Deniers
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New York Teams Up With the Feds to Sue Subprime Auto King
Screen grab from “the Don Foss Story”YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If billionaire Don Foss were still alive, he’d have a big problem on his hands. On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a joint…
American Myths Are Made of White Grievance—and the Jan. 6 Big Lie Is Just the Latest
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On January 11, 2021, five days after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, CNN published an article titled “Experts Warn That Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Will Outlast His Presidency.” It quoted Timothy Snyder, a historian who wrote the 2017 bestseller On…
Who’s to Blame for GOP Chaos? “Coco Chow,” Says Trump in Another Racist Rant
Orit Ben-Ezzer/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As Kevin McCarthy’s humiliating campaign to clinch the House speakership enters its second day, Donald Trump is calling on GOP lawmakers to unite and back the California Republican in an effort to prevent a “giant and embarrassing defeat.” McCarthy…