On January 20, Trump Will Lose His Twitter Protections
President Donald Trump arrives at a news conference at the White House on August 10, 2020. Alex Wong/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.Twitter has long been one of President Donald Trump’s biggest megaphones for…
Let This Bit of Gossip Haunt Ivanka as She Claws Back to Manhattan Life
Ivanka in 2007.David Gard/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.As her father clings to the remnants of a sad coup, Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner are apparently over their West Wing life, with the soon-to-be-former first daughter…
What Biden’s Pick for USDA Chief Will Reveal About How He Intends to Govern
Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge (left); former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp (right)Paul Sancya/AP; Ann Arbor Miller/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.As the Biden-Harris transition pushes forward, even without cooperation from the defeated incumbent, speculation is…
Rapid Testing is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit
A healthcare worker swabs a patient during a drive up rapid COVID test in West Des Moines.Jack Kurtz/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.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of…
Race For Biggest Asshole of 2020 Is Heating Up
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via 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.Today the White House told the Pentagon to begin planning for a substantial drawdown of American troops in Afghanistan. Mitch McConnell was not amused: Senate Majority…
Does Melatonin Offer Promise In Treating COVID?
By now you’ve all heard the news that the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 has been 95 percent effective in early testing. Obviously this is nice to hear, and the only thing I have to add is that it’s good news for more than just its success against the coronavirus. Both Pfizer and Moderna employed an…