Is the Democratic Party Leaning Too Far Left? Elizabeth Warren’s Answer Speaks for Itself.
Paul Sancya/AP Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) put former Maryland congressman John Delaney in his place twice in one night at Tuesday’s second Democratic presidential debate. After rebuffing Delaney’s attacks on Medicare for All, Warren demolished his suggestion that the Democratic party was offering unrealistic proposals and leaning too far to the left. Delaney stuck to…
Who Has the Most Rats?
One of my regular readers emailed this morning to say that “Surely the rat population of American cities needs to be graphically represented!” Obviously he’s got my number, but rats? Where the hell am I going to find data about rat infestation? Well, bizarrely enough, this is a question on the American Housing Survey. Here…
Donald Trump Tells the Truth Today
I have remarkable news today. President Trump tweeted that “China is doing very badly, worst year in 27,” and it turns out this wasn’t a lie: China’s GDP growth using normal measures was 6.6 percent, slightly below the 6.7 and 6.8 percent of the previous two years. So kudos to Donald. Of course, using the…
Trump’s Intelligence Pick Is a Mueller-Bashing Loyalist With a Far-Right Voting Record
Olivier Doulier/Getty Rep. John Ratcliffe, the Texas representative who President Donald Trump picked Sunday to be his next national intelligence director, has never served in the intelligence community. Nor, unlike previous directors, does he have any background in the military or as a national security expert. Instead, the three-term lawmaker has carved out a reputation as one of the most…
The Government Can Make You Legally “Dead,” Even When You’re Very Much Alive
Mother Jones illustration; Getty In 2010, Dana Gallop, a Boston gang member accused of murder, was waiting for his trial in a Rhode Island prison when a fellow inmate assaulted him with a razor. The attack left scars across Gallop’s face. He tried to sue, alleging that the inmate had warned a correctional officer about…
Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Dozens of suburban Chicago families, perhaps many more, have been exploiting a legal loophole to win their children need-based college financial aid and scholarships they would not otherwise receive, court records and interviews show. Coming months after the national “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal, this tactic also appears to…