With “Rape Jokes,” Cameron Esposito Turns the Lowest Form of Comedy Into Something Groundbreaking
Graham Fielder Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Cameron Esposito has never been shy about getting personal on stage. “Chunks of my body are being smashed out of my body by my body!” she declared in a memorable joke about menstruation a few years ago. But until now, the stand-up comic…
For Black Lives Activists, Engaging in Trump’s Pardon Politics Feels Like a Deal With the Devil
Trump granted clemency to Alice Marie Johnson (left, with daughter) after hearing a personal plea from Kim Kardashian West. Adrian Sainz Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last Wednesday, Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother who served more than 20 years of a life sentence for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense,…
Even Government Prosecutors Think They Bullied Monica Lewinsky
Richard Ellis/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Federal prosecutors are generally barred from speaking with people who have already hired lawyers. This restriction, as the Washington Post notes today, “is to prevent ordinary people from being taken advantage of by prosecutors and their superior knowledge of the law.” Back in…
Obamacare Is Here to Stay
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Mark Barabak of the LA Times reports today that Democrats have finally decided to stop running away from Obamacare: For years Democrats ran from the healthcare issue as though it were a heap of flaming rubble….But polls show support for the law increasing as it…
Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. Here’s What’s Next.
BackyardProduction/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After a drawn-out battle between internet advocates and Trump’s Federal Communications Commission, today marks the official end of net neutrality. Led by current Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC voted 3-2 in December to repeal the Obama-era open internet rules. The decision went into effect…
White House: “Special Place in Hell” for Justin Trudeau
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