“Shame On You!”: Anti-War Protesters Picket White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Protesters boycotted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night.Probal Rashid/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before guests could get inside last night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, they had to wade through a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters who reminded them of the journalists who have…
Trump’s Endorsement Helps Utah MAGA Candidate Notch a Win in the Battle for Senate
Trent Staggs, running for U.S. senate, speaks at the Utah Republican Party state nominating convention on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Megan Nielsen/The Deseret News via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, just as Utah Republicans were gathering for their annual nominating convention,…
Not Even Leonard Leo Could Turn Brent Orrin Hatch Into Utah’s Next Senator
Brent Orrin Hatch in Salt Lake City in 2008.Douglas C. Pizac/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It turns out that not even a famous last name, support from the conservative Federalist Society and its powerful leader, and a boatload of dark money can…
Congress Ponders Competing Bills to Aid Tribes and Wildlife
Jack Bonner and Dakotah Pinkus, technicians for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, transfer trout fry that will be placed in a lake in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Luna Anna Archey/High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nine years ago, Glenn Olson joined a…
Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Own Puppy
Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Here at Mother Jones, we respect a wide spectrum of views when it comes to dogs. But a line must be drawn somewhere, and that somewhere is revealing that you killed your 14-month-old wirehair…
The Spy Inside Your Smartphone
Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Known for its investigative reporting, El Faro has been referred to as “a breakthrough digital newspaper blazing an independent and ethical trail in Central America.” So when reporters at the Salvadoran news outlet…