Is the GOP Firing Blanks With Its Extremist “Young Gun” House Candidates?
From left: Caroleene Dobson, Joe Kent, and Scott BaughMother Jones illustration; Courtesy of Dobson for Congress/AP; Rachel La Corte/AP; Krysta Fauria/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As the 2024 election hits the final stretch, the Republican Party has been touting its “Young Guns,”…
Indigenous Activists Haven’t Forgotten Walz’s Promises to Oppose Line 3
Mother Jones; Tim Evans/NurPhoto/ZUMA; Sue Dorfman/ZUMA When Gov. Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris’ running mate, Ben Jealous, the Sierra Club’s executive director, released a statement hailing him as someone who “has worked to protect clean air and water, grow our clean energy economy, and see to it that we do all we can…
What Did Lauren Chen Want?
Mother Jones; X.com Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The most striking thing about Lauren Chen, in hindsight, is how she managed to be everywhere. Until earlier this month, when the Department of Justice alleged that Chen, a Canadian influencer and self-described “Christian nationalist”…
This Little-Noticed Project 2025 Provision Could Supercharge Wealth Inequality
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second Donald Trump presidency—you know, that document he knows nothing about even though 140 people from his first administration, including six former Cabinet members, helped create…
To Understand JD Vance, You Need to Meet the “TheoBros”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On July 15, when former President Donald Trump first appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, he brought along two new accessories. One was a large bandage covering his ear, which had been nicked by a would-be…
County election officials warn of chaos as Georgia Trump allies push changes ahead of November
The Georgia Election Board’s three right-wing members voted 3-2 in August 2024 to reinvestigate Fulton County over election rules infractions related to the 2020 presidential election. Republican Board Chairman John Fervier, left, on Wednesday warned conservative board members Janice Johnston, middle, and Rick Jeffares, that reopening case could violate state law. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder The…