Pence Says He Doesn’t See “Eye to Eye” With Trump on the Insurrection That Tried to Kill Him
Elise Amendola/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Former Vice President Mike Pence, while speaking at a GOP dinner in New Hampshire, called the January 6 storming of the Capitol a “dark day in the history” of…
Don McGahn Is Finally Testifying About Trump’s Obstruction. In Other Words, the Cover-up Worked.
Don McGahn showed up for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 27, 2018. aul Loeb/CNP via ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Remember Don McGahn? On Friday, Donald Trump’s ex-White House counsel will testify…
Zombie Fires in the Arctic Are an Environmental Time Bomb
Peat fires will get more frequent with hotter summers and melting ice.Khosrork/iStock/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Each winter, as snow blankets…
One Family’s Escape From Trump’s Border Hell: A 130-Week Diary
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. Their story—the one I was writing, and the one I wasn’t—had to have a happy ending. There was no other way. Juan Carlos Perla, a man of faith and a…
Donald Trump’s Parting Gift to Washington Was a Party of Shitposters
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.I’ve seen many things at the Conservative Political Action Conference over the years, including many things I wish I hadn’t. But until Ted Cruz spoke to a ballroom of activists from the…
Facebook Intends to Crack Down on Bullying Politicians: Report
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Facebook intends to reverse the policy that exempts politicians from content moderation on its platform, the Verge reports. The social media giant’s decision comes weeks after its oversight board…