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…
Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Found Guilty of Hate Crimes
The family and attorneys of Ahmaud Arbery raise their arms in victory outside the federal courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., after all three men involved in his killing were found guilty of hate crimes.Lewis M. Levine/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The three…
The Big Lie Is Tearing Wisconsin’s GOP Apart
State Rep. Timothy Ramthun listens to Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address in February.Andy Manis/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Even if most Republicans still think Donald Trump was the real winner of the 2020 presidential race, they seem, by…
There’s Still No Penalty for Shamelessness
Tony Gutierrez/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Ken Paxton was never going to have an easy re-election campaign. The Texas Republican attorney general, who filed a lawsuit in 2020 that would have overturned the presidential election by throwing out the electoral votes…
Starbucks Called Its Flagship Stores a Metaphor for the Company. Now They’re Trying to Unionize.
Baristas working at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in New York on its opening day in 2018.Richard B. Levine/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Starbucks Roastery in Manhattan exists because Starbucks founder Howard Schultz wanted to build a Willy Wonka-inspired coffee factory. The…
Kamala Harris Promises “Unprecedented” Sanctions If Russia Invades Ukraine
US Vice President Kamala Harris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on SaturdayAndrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In an address to the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris said that the attendees had convened amid the most “dire…