The Trump Administration Would Like to Talk to You for a Second About Your Cervical Mucus
Mother Jones illustration/Carolyn Kaster/AP Ladies, have you ever wanted to learn the fertile secrets hidden in your cervical mucus? If so, the Trump administration is here to help! The US Department of Health and Human Services has created a webinar entitled “Focusing on Fertility,” to introduce you to the world of “fertility awareness,” a method…
An Actual Conspiracy Kept Jeffrey Epstein’s Accomplices out of Prison
Labor Secretary Alex Acosta stepped down July 12 amid criticism of his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik But not limited to: It was just a four-word phrase, a bit of plain contractual verbiage, but even now, more than a decade later, Spencer Kuvin has a hard time expressing just how bizarre…
Australia to Trump: Sure, We’ll Help You Pursue Your Political Vendetta
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison take the stage as they mark the opening of an Australian-owned Pratt Industries plant, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Wapakoneta, Ohio.John Minchillo/AP Australia rarely makes the US news unless there’s a killer shark attack or a killer leadership coup. But like so many others in the…
Red Meat Not So Bad For You After All
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts via ZUMA In news that really shouldn’t surprise anyone by now, a new and massive metastudy has concluded that there’s not much evidence that cutting back on red meat will improve your health. The usual suspects are outraged: If there are health benefits from eating less beef and pork, they are…
Ukraine, Australia . . . Who’s Next?
Li Muzi/ZUMA The New York Times reports that a few weeks after Donald Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine, Trump called the prime minister of Australia and asked for his help in an investigation of the Mueller report—an investigation that he hoped would discredit Mueller and help his reelection chances. Over at National…
Prosecutor in Trump-Ukraine Scandal Refused to Cooperate With US Congress
Democrats want to know if Donald Trump pressured Petro Poroshenko during the 72nd session of the United Nations.Mikhail PalinchakTASS via Getty In May 2018, the New York Times broke a significant story about Ukraine that did not receive great attention at the time: The nation’s chief prosecutor had halted cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation…