Republicans Aren’t Even Pretending They’ll Make Your Life Better Anymore
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaking at a press conference in Washington, DC, this month.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In 2016, Donald Trump became president by appealing to white people who resented both people of color and billionaires. Trump’s economic populism was…
Big Pharma Pricing Is a Racket. These Startups Aim to Disrupt It.
Mark CubanDamairs Carter/MediaPunch /IPX/AP This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2015, Martin Shkreli became the smirking face of drug company greed when, as founder and then-chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals, he bought rights to the anti-parasitic medication Daraprim and then jacked up the price from $17.60 to…
Biden Announces Sanctions on Russia
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two regions of eastern Ukraine as sovereign territories, increasing the likelihood of a war and prompting swift action from the United States. In a brief speech at the White…
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Wants You to Know Why SCOTUS Is FUBAR
Sen. Whitehouse during the October 2020 confirmation hearings for Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.Greg Nash/Zuma Press This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Senate is not a crowded, rambunctious place like Britain’s House of Commons or other more lively legislative bodies around the world.…
Rick Scott’s Plan to Save America Is an Unhinged, Right-Wing Fever Dream
Bill Clark/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.If you’re searching for a document that could succinctly sum up where the Republican party stands today, look no further than the pamphlet unveiled on Monday by Rick Scott. In dog whistles and codewords, the 31-page…
Will Ukraine Ruin the New Xi-Putin Bromance?
Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Diplomatic readouts—the official statements issued by governments after heads of states chat—are not usually prone to verbosity. You can expect a few, simple paragraphs, at best, vaguely characterizing the issues discussed. In contrast, when Chinese…