In a Win for Trump, Teamsters Endorse No One
Sean O’Brien speaking at the Republican National Convention. Nate Gowdy/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Teamsters union has decided not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election—reflecting a growing political rift within one of the country’s most powerful labor…
Report: America’s Overdose Deaths Are Falling
Nalaxone, better known by its brand name Narcan, can reverse opioid overdoes. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Drug overdose deaths have been on the rise for years, devastating communities nationwide. But as National Public Radio reported on Wednesday, that…
More Than 100 GOP National Security Officials Endorse Harris
Josh Brown/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Another open letter from Republicans endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid just dropped. This one, first reported by the New York Times, is signed by 111 former national security and foreign policy officials who worked…
JD Vance Thinks He Can Sell His Nativism With Cat Memes
Mother Jones; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. At the center of the two biggest controversies of JD Vance’s short political career have been cats. The first came from his attacks against the “childless cat ladies” on the left. More recently, the…
Florida “Ghost Candidates” Scandal Puts the Entire Utility Sector on Trial
This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. Liam Fitzpatrick’s was packed on a Tuesday in November, and all eyes in the suburban Orlando, Florida, pub were glued to the TVs behind the bar. Fitzpatrick’s usually had sports on, but this was Election Eve 2020, and…
The Bureaucrat Who Could Make Trump’s Authoritarian Dreams Real
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the waning days of the Trump presidency, Russell Vought, the outgoing director of the Office of Management and Budget, had a request. After years in Washington, DC, soaking in the minutiae of policy, Vought had come to…