Will the Purity Police Ruin Our Chance to Deny Trump a Second Term?
Paul Christian Gordon/ZUMA A friend of mine texted recently to say that he was worried about Democrats holding a purity contest during the upcoming primaries. “If Medicare for All is a litmus test for the Democratic nomination, Trump will win a 2nd term.” This is not my worry. As near as I can tell, Bernie…
Don’t Expect Trump to Stop Targeting Ilhan Omar. It Looks Like His Newest 2020 Strategy.
Brian Lawless/ZUMA President Donald Trump on Monday ramped up his attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) —this time labeling her statements “ungrateful” and “hateful” toward the United States—while newly accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of ignoring what he claimed was a record of anti-semitism by the Minnesota congresswoman. If that wasn’t enough, Trump also baselessly…
Ilhan Omar Says Death Threats Have Surged Since Trump’s 9/11 Tweet
Alex Edelman/ZUMA In a statement late Sunday, Rep. Ilhan Omar revealed that she has been subjected to an increase in death threats in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tweet on Friday that combined remarks by the Minnesota Democrat with graphic images of the 9/11 attacks. The tweet, which remains on the president’s social media…
This Tax Day, Some Truckers are Unhappy with Trump
Trump gestures from the cab of an 18-wheeler parked outside the White House.Andrew Harnik/AP Last month, Dennis Bridges, a CPA who runs an accounting firm just north of Atlanta, had to break bad news to a client. Bridges specializes in doing taxes for truck drivers around the country, and this tax season he’s had to…
Millennial Trump Supporters Are Breaking With Their Party Over Climate Change
Scott Olson/Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump’s indifference, punctuated by bursts of mocking disdain, towards climate change has been indulged and even cheered by his supporters. The president has called climate science “bullshit,” donned a coal miner’s helmet at rallies and defenestrated…
Trump Plans to Trick Media With Barr Letter a Second Time
LOL. But you never know. The media already fell for this trick once. Maybe they’ll fall for it again. Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. FACT: Mother Jones was founded as a nonprofit in 1976 because we knew corporations and the wealthy wouldn’t fund the type of hard-hitting journalism we…