Disenfranchised For Disabilities: Arizona’s Guardianship Law Is a Voting Rights Nightmare
A voter drops off her ballot at a drop box in Arizona.Matt York/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When Becky King’s daughter Beth Papp turned 18, she couldn’t register to vote in her home state of Arizona. Five years later, she still can’t.…
Report: The NYPD Is Trying To Revoke Trump’s Concealed Carry Permit
If the NYPD can help it, Trump will not be able to “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody,” as he once speculated, after his guilty conviction in the hush-money case.Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Remember when Trump,…
What Happens to a Dream Deferred?
Is the dream dead? And, if so, who killed it? On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama stood in the Rose Garden of the White House to announce a massive change in immigration policy. For years, Congress had been unable to pass legislation to protect from deportation the so-called Dreamers, undocumented youth brought to the United States…
A Running List of Who Trump Has Called to Prosecute
Matt Rourke/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. For all his efforts to evade transparency and, instead, offer a steady stream of lies, Donald Trump has always been brutally honest about one thing: his penchant for revenge. This lust has, over the years, taken…
You Don’t Want to Tell Voters That You Can’t Govern
Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The United States, as a rule, is not very good about pricing in negative costs, in part because the people responsible for those costs get very upset when you try. The federal gas…
Trump’s Obsession With Revenge: A Big Post-Verdict Danger
Julia Nikhinson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Three days after a New York City jury turned Donald Trump into the first former president branded a felon, the onetime reality television host told Fox News, “My revenge will be success.” This above-the-fray rhetoric was…