A New Biden Ad Is Highlighting Trump’s Criminal Conviction
In a new ad, the Biden campaign is taking direct aim at Trump’s history-making status as a convicted criminal.Laura Brett/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a new advertisement, President Joe Biden is highlighting the fact that his GOP opponent for the presidency…
Christian Nationalists Are Opening Private Schools. Taxpayers Are Funding Them.
Mother Jones; Chris English/Wikipedia; Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Earlier this month, former President Donald Trump held his first campaign rally as a convicted felon at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, hosted by the arch-conservative student group Turning Point USA.…
Big Tech’s Energy Needs Are Growing So Fast That Power Grids Can’t Keep Up
Zuma Press This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Big Tech’s appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland. Some 12 miles out to sea sits a wind farm, where each of the 60 giant turbines has blades roughly the length of an…
Let’s Check Back in on Those Trump Veepstakes
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), left, and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), right, are among the Trump VP contenders using television airtime to seemingly try to appeal to the former president.Phelan M. Ebenhack/Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Trump veepstakes has been in…
Biden’s $30m Weekend Fundraising Blitz Breaks Democratic Party Records
Cash splash: Biden’s campaign team raked in $30 million with the help of some Hollywood megastars.Sue Ogrocki/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Biden’s weekend donor cash splash hit like a tidal wave, according to the president’s campaign on Sunday morning. Attracted by celebrities…
Trump World Reportedly Flirts With a Return to Mandatory Military Service
Trump, alleged draft-dodger, arriving at a US base in Tokyo during his first trip to Japan in 2017.The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Despite Trump’s alleged draft-dodging in his youth, the former president’s acolytes are reportedly flirting with a return to…