Is Joe Biden Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight?
Joe Biden gives remarks to America after defeating Donald Trump on Saturday. Saquan Stimpson/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.Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight. That’s essentially the advice dispensed by Sean Connery’s character in…
Biden Desperately Needs a Fleet of Science Communicators
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy of Yale School of Public Health 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.Saad Omer, an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist at Yale University, directs the Yale Institute for Global Health. His background has…
Flying Cars Are Finally Here*
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 is the news we’ve all been waiting for: *It turns out that nothing has really happened yet except the granting of some tax credits. And the flying taxis themselves are…
What Are You Hoping For?
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.Have you exhaled yet? So much of this election has felt like waiting by the phone for news of a loved one in the hospital—the knot in the pit of your…
Donald Trump Is Purging the Defense Department to Elevate His Most Fervent Supporters
Michael Brochstein/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.Six days ago, chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman took to Twitter to shoot down an NBC story claiming that Defense Secretary Mark Esper had prepared a letter of resignation. “He…
Trump Wants to Throw Out Legal Votes from Detroit
A Republican election challenger watches Detroit election workers.David Goldman/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 part of President Donald Trump’s continued battle to overturn his election loss, his campaign announced late Tuesday it would file a…