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The Arizona Supreme Court Just Allowed a Near-Total Abortion Ban From 1864 to Go Into Effect

Repro-Rights supporters demonstrate at the Federal Courthouse in Tucson in 2022.Christopher Brown/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1864 abortion ban, making nearly all abortions in the state illegal and potentially criminalizing healthcare providers with up to five…

Who Wants to Be a Trillionaire?

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Forbes’ annual list of the 400 richest Americans debuted in 1982 with shipping magnate Daniel Ludwig in the top slot. Ludwig’s wealth, the magazine reported, was $2 billion (about $6.3 billion in today’s dollars). That only 13 billionaires graced the…

Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls

The director of the Republican National Committee’s department for “election integrity” spoke at an online meeting hosted by two Florida activists who are close allies of the pillow entrepreneur and leading election-conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, pictured above. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images As the Republican National Committee ramps up plans to monitor the polls for illegal voting…

Don’t Be Dumb Like Donald Trump Today

Mother Jones illustration; Andrew Harnik/AP; Ron Sachs/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.I am still suffering from Trump-era-induced brain melt. But even against the uncontrolled spigot of dumb that produced my malady, one especially dumb moment stands out: former President Donald Trump’s peek at…