In 2020, It Was Donald Trump Who Attacked the US Election with Disinformation
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Donald Trump’s entire career has been built on disinformation. The celebrity real estate developer bullshitted his way into his early breakthrough deals in Manhattan. After his casino empire collapsed, he revived his fortunes with a reality-TV…
How Do You Track a Murder Hornet?
A real, live murder hornet.Rory Merry/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in Slate and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. On Saturday before dawn, entomologists launched their attack on a colony of snoozing murder hornets.…
Are Pennsylvanians as Obsessed With Fracking as Trump and Biden Think?
A natural gas well being drilled near Dimock, Pennsylvania.Charles Mostoller/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. My home state of Pennsylvania is always on the receiving end of…
“Go After the Troublemakers”: How Trump and Barr Targeted the Black Lives Matter Movement
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This story is published in partnership with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. It was Saturday, May 30, just five days after Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin squeezed the final breath out of George Floyd, digging his…
If Biden Wins Wisconsin, These New Black Community Groups Will Be a Major Reason Why
Residents vote at a polling place in the Midtown neighborhood of Milwaukee on October 20.Scott Olson/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On March 23, the community organizer Melody McCurtis requested an absentee ballot for Wisconsin’s April 7 primary. COVID-19 was spiking in…
Pro-Trump Caravan Allegedly Tried to Run a Biden Campaign Bus “Off the Road”
The Biden campaign canceled a planned event in Central Texas after being harassed by Trump supporters on Friday, according to the Texas Democratic Party. Videos started going viral on Saturday of a group of trucks and SUVs flying Trump flags surrounding a Biden campaign bus on the highway. The Trump trucks had been camping out…