Fake Media Misquotes Donald Trump Again
Typical fake media lies: Trump just promised to cure cancer. Yes, really. pic.twitter.com/K8lKOI2WoD — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2019 Trump only promised to cure childhood cancer. And AIDS. “Very shortly.” Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. FACT: Mother Jones was founded as a nonprofit in 1976 because we knew…
No, Joe Biden Didn’t Cause Mass Incarceration
Over at Vox, Tara Golshan writes this: Ahead of the debate, Booker signaled he planned to attack the former vice president over his role in the 1994 crime bill, which Biden helped write and, as Vox’s German Lopez has reported, experts now see as one of the major contributors to mass incarceration in the 1990s.…
Progressive Activists Say Cory Booker Won Wednesday’s Debate
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) takes questions from reporters after Wednesday’s Democratic debate in Detroit.Carlos Osorio/AP Cory Booker was the clear winner of Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, according to members of the progressive activist group Indivisible. Indivisible conducted a flash poll via text message at the end of the party’s debates on Tuesday and Wednesday,…
After 2 Decades, Democrats Still Don’t Agree on When to Leave Afghanistan
Tulsi Gabbard promised during Wednesday’s debate to quickly end the Afghanistan war.Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Two Democratic candidates who served in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq made unambiguous pledges during this week’s debates: They promised to bring home the roughly 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan by the end of their first year in office. Those two…
Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Melted During the Debate
CNN Two-thirds of Americans know climate change is underway and that humans are to blame. And yet, according to a March Gallup poll less than half—45 percent—think it will pose a serious threat in their lives. That means there’s a gap between understanding the problem and understanding the urgency of that problem. Washington Governor Jay Inslee…
Debate Night 2: Better Than Night 1, But a Little Too Nasty
Hey, maybe the 15-second rule and the constant interruptions from the CNN anchors weren’t as bad as I made them out to be yesterday. By staying tough on the time guidelines, the anchors made it clear to everyone that they needed to play by the rules, and tonight they mostly did. So maybe it was…