Trump’s Social Media Order Can’t Even Solve the Made Up Problem It Was Designed to Stop
AP Photo/Alex Brandon For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In 2016, Gizmodo published a story with a bold title: “Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News.” The article itself was more measured than the headline, but the piece set off a firestorm on the right that has spun…
The Police Killing You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week
A Black trans person was killed in a police encounter in Florida, the “epicenter of anti-transgender violence.”Sipa USA via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Wednesday evening, while Minneapolis burned, several dozen mourners held a candlelight vigil in Tallahassee, Florida for Tony McDade. McDade, a Black…
Why Trump’s “Looting” Tweet Was Even Worse Than You Thought
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For Donald Trump, Friday began as many days do: with an eruption of controversy on Twitter. In a tweet, the president referred to Minneapolis protesters as “THUGS” and added, “Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him…
Trump Rails Against China at Press Conference, Ignores Death of George Floyd
Gripas Yuri/Abaca/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After arriving 45 minutes late to a planned press conference on the White House lawn, President Donald Trump spoke for nine minutes about his antipathy toward China—without sparing a single word to address the killing of George Floyd or the…
Trump’s Campaign Was Always Going to Be About Racism. Minnesota Just Became the Epicenter.
President Donald Trump is greeted by a cheering crowd at the Target Center in Minneapolis on October 10, 2019.Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When President Donald Trump first weighed in on Wednesday on the caught-on-camera killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, he was…
From Fake Vitamins to Kratom, Coronavirus Fraud Is Flourishing. The Feds Are Struggling to Stop It.
enviromantic/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As quickly as scientists are working to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, there’s a plethora of companies working just as fast trying to illegally profit from the novel coronavirus, mostly through fraudulent treatments, bogus tests, and various other scams. Though there…