Accused War Criminal Says He Will Continue War
September 27, 2024: Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the UN. Bianca Otero/ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Friday morning, he looked out…
Report: Yet Another Example That JD Vance Used to Hate Donald Trump
Mother Jones; Gage Skidmore/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Surprise, surprise. JD Vance’s self-proclaimed seamless journey from a “Never Trump” conservative in 2016—who called the former president potentially “America’s Hitler”—to a fervent supporter of the man in 2020 may not be the complete…
Will Young Voters’ Initial Excitement for Harris Get Them to the Polls?
Sunrise Movement activists marched to the Democratic National Committee’s office in July to urge Kamala Harris to make bold climate policy central to her campaign.Rachael Warriner/Sunrise Movement/Inside Climate News This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On Tuesday, the youth-led activist group Climate Defiance—which had loudly called…
The Curious Case of Tim Sheehy’s Gunshot Wound
Mother Jones illustration; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. There appears to be a bullet lodged in Tim Sheehy’s right forearm. That is not in dispute. But how and when it got there has become the subject of an ongoing mystery that…
There’s No Vast Conspiracy to Prosecute Biden Critics. Crimes Are Just Illegal.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for his arraignment outside Manhattan Federal Court on September 27. Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Wednesday night, as prosecutors prepared to unveil a five-count criminal indictment against New York City…
An “American Iron Dome”: Perhaps the Most Ridiculous Trump Idea Yet
Mother Jones illustration; Paul Sancya/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Donald Trump’s Republican Party platform, released in July, contains little in terms of tangible policy proposals. But one of the few concrete ideas is a call to (apologies for the capitalization) “PREVENT WORLD…