Who Needs New Hampshire? The Bloomberg Campaign Is Ramping Up in Massachusetts.
William T Wade Jr/ZUMA While the rest of the Democratic field frantically barnstormed New Hampshire on Saturday, a field director for Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign was opening his pitch to a room full of volunteers about an hour beyond New Hampshire’s southern boundary, in Massachusetts. This time of the year in New England, presidential organizing…
How to Fix Everything in Politics, Media, Culture, and Climate: Mother Jones’ Style Guide
Capitalize “m,” insert space, transpose “s” and “e,” and get your editor a doughnut (not a donut), a goddamn ice cream sandwich (not goddam and not ice-cream sandwich), or a bottle of whiskey (not whisky, unless you’re outside the United States and Ireland, like in Scotland, India, Japan, or Canada).Mother Jones illustration It didn’t take…
Buttigieg Is Declared the Winner in Iowa, Showing How Much the State Has Changed
Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten wave to supporters at a caucus night campaign rally in Des Moines.Charlie Neibergall/AP It took nearly a week, but former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has been declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses’ state delegate count, narrowly beating Sen. Bernie Sanders, who, since nothing about the Iowa caucuses…
Klobuchar Is Riding a Post-Debate Surge—to the Tune of $2.5 Million
Amy Klobuchar speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner on Saturday in Manchester, New Hampshire.Mary Altaffer/AP Amy Klobuchar, riding a wave of momentum from the Friday Democratic presidential debate, has raised $2.5 million in the two days since. The senator from Minnesota broke the news of her fundraising haul in front of a large crowd…
Trump Is About to Go After Safety-Net Programs, Just Like He Promised Not to Do
Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA President Donald Trump’s wavering stance on whether to protect Medicare and Medicaid, two of the biggest safety-net programs in the country, appears to have reached its inevitable conclusion: He’s hoping to gut them, severely. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the White House is expected to propose a $4.8 trillion budget…
In New Hampshire, It’s All Sanders and Buttigieg
With only a couple of days left until the New Hampshire primary, the latest poll aggregates are showing the dramatic effects of the Iowa caucuses: Pete Buttigieg is soaring and Joe Biden is tanking. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar are steadily gaining ground while Elizabeth Warren is steadily deflating. Personally, I thought Biden did…