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Florida Republicans Vote to Strip Power From Chairman Following Rape Allegations

Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler’s colleagues voted Sunday to effectively strip him of power.Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Florida Republicans voted to effectively oust Christian Ziegler as chairman of the state GOP committee today, following allegations that he raped…

Our National Flood Insurance Program Is a Trainwreck

David Ryder/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program in 1968 as a way for the federal government to bear a risk that private companies wouldn’t. Since then, Uncle Sam has backed the vast majority of flood insurance policies in the United…

Mike Johnson’s Dad Sought His Help to Stop a Toxic Burn Pit Close to Home. Johnson Refused.

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday, following a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  Mike Johnson was a few months away from assuming elected office in late 2014 when he was confronted with an…

How the Junk Science of Hair Analysis Keeps People Behind Bars

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, and Facebook. In the three decades since Florida sent Gerald Delane Murray to death…