Trump Brings It Back to Where It All Started: Obsessing Over Crowd Sizes
José Luis Villegas/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a rambling letter responding to the January 6 committee, Donald Trump waxed nonsense about a witch hunt, Black Lives Matter, and television ratings—littering the entire document with his trademark chaotic capitalizations and election lies. But…
How the Left Lost Faith in SCOTUS and Learned to Love Packing the Court
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On the spring day last year the Supreme Court announced it would hear a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, Sarah Lipton-Lubet knew immediately how the case would end: the court, stacked with six conservative Justices, would kill the…
January 6 Committee’s Finale: The Importance of Retelling the Tale of Trump’s Treachery
Mother Jones illustration; Michael Nigro/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Feel sympathy for the members of the January 6 House Select Committee. They were handed a task simultaneously easy and arduous: demonstrating to the American public that a president—fully supported by one of the…
New Evidence Shows How Trump Planned to Falsely Declare Victory and Steal the Election
Mother Jones illustration; Brandon Bell/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The congressional committee investigating January 6 on Thursday revealed new evidence that Donald Trump had a preexisting plan to falsely declare victory on election night in 2020—part of a plot to use made-up voting…
New York AG Asks Judge to Prevent Trumps From Hiding Assets
José Luis Villegas/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge on Thursday to appoint an independent financial monitor to oversee Donald Trump’s finances until her $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against him is resolved. James cited what…
Raphael Warnock’s Campaign Strategy: Don’t Mention Herschel Walker—Or His Controversies
U.S. Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaks onstage during the 95th Birthday Celebration For Dr. Christine King Farris at Ebenezer Baptist Church on September 11, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Sen. Raphael Warnock addressed several…