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Saturday Night Live Ruthlessly Skewers Katie Britt

Katie Britt speaks during a news conference on the border, Feb. 15, 2023.Mariam Zuhaib,/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) gave such a bizarre State of the Union rebuttal on Thursday night that it bordered on satire. But Saturday Night Live…

The Congressman Who Yelled “Lies” During the State of the Union Has a History of Crazy Outbursts

Rep. Derrick Van Orden at the Capitol last year.Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisc.) has an obvious problem with anger management. The latest example came on Thursday when the freshman Republican from Wisconsin shouted “lies” at President Joe…

Lara Trump Is All About Meritocracy

Lara Trump speaks at the NCGOP state convention in front of former US President Donald Trump on June 5, 2021 in Greenville, North Carolina.Melissa Sue Gerrits/Stringer/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before she married Eric and became a Trump, Lara Trump was a dabbler.…

Nikki Haley Suspends Campaign, Withholds Endorsing Florida Man Facing 91 Felony Counts

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley addresses supporters during a campaign stop in Beaufort, South Carolina.Jim Lo Scalzo/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.She’s…not running anymore. Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has dropped out of the GOP presidential race, ending her increasingly hopeless quest to…

Nikki Haley Just Won a Primary

Michael Dwyer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley just won the Washington, DC, primary, beating former president Donald Trump by almost 30 points, with nearly 63 percent of the vote. It’s her first success in a primary that has so…