Warnock seeds fortunes of Georgia’s Black farmers as gridlock stalls federal farm bill
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock hosts a roundtable with Georgia farmers to discuss mental health in the agriculture community on May 30, 2022, in Musella, Georgia. Georgia Public Broadcasting With the federal farm bill set to expire this month and a steep farm profit decline on the horizon, Georgia’s Black farmers, who have faced decades of…
Harris Blames Georgia Mother’s Death on “Trump Abortion Bans”
Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed by members of the National Association of Black Journalists on Tuesday.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Vice President Kamala Harris has lost no time blaming former President Donald Trump for the death of a single mother in…
JD Vance Just Decried Political Violence. But He Endorsed a Book Celebrating It.
Mike Stewart/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday, JD Vance wrote a more than 1,200 word post on X in response to a second apparent assassination attempt targeting Donald. In it, Vance said the “threat of violence is disgraceful,” called on people…
Republicans Just Blocked a Vote on an IVF Bill—Again
Trump has said he’s a “leader” on IVF. His party suggests otherwise.Photo Image Press/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Trump told many lies at last week’s debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. One, it seems increasingly clear, is the stumbling claim—meant to shore…
How the Debate Whistleblower Car Crash Conspiracy Went Viral
Gripas Yuri/Abaca/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the week following the presidential debate, Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene have all tweeted in support of a thinly sourced rumor claiming that a “whistleblower” at ABC News came forward to…
Kamala Harris Was Asked Her Toughest Questions on Gaza Yet
Matt Rourke/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was faced with a series of questions about her position on Israel’s war on Gaza, and specifically, whether her administration would see a shift in US…