A Leading Think Tank for the Democratic Establishment Calls for a Ceasefire “Now”
Patrick Gaspard during a 2018 event in New York.Riccardo Savi/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Center for American Progress has now said the word that the Biden administration and most Democrats in Congress have been most unwilling to utter since Israel began to bomb Gaza: ceasefire.…
To Make a Documentary About Abortion, They Had to Fight the Right’s War on Information
Mother Jones; Photos courtesy of Tracy Droz Tragos Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2019, when Tracy Droz Tragos started filming Plan C, her new documentary about a network of activists and medical providers helping Americans access abortion pills—which are approved by the FDA…
A Top Science Journal Fired Its Editor Over a Pro-Palestinian Tweet. He Has No Regrets.
Michael EisenAndy Reynolds Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The tweet that got Michael Eisen fired as editor-in-chief of a prestigious science journal seems less provocative with each passing day. On October 13, less than a week after Hamas’ cold-blooded rampage near the Gaza-Israel border, satirical…
Biden signs stopgap spending bill, avoiding government shutdown
President Joe Biden in the White House Rose Garden on Oct. 11, 2023. (Official White House photo by Oliver Contreras) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed the stopgap spending bill, giving his administration and Congress about two months to work out agreement on the dozen annual spending bills. Those appropriations measures were supposed to…
Dueling, Shoving, and Threats in Congress. Why Are Republicans Like This?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.I watch the news for a living and come across moments of political dysfunction at a regular clip. So, I was not shocked to learn that Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who until last month was second in the presidential…
George Santos Won’t Seek Re-Election. This Damning Ethics Report Shows Why.
Francis Chung/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The bizarre saga of George Santos as a member of the US House of Representatives is heading toward its finale. One way or another. On Thursday morning, the New York Republican and champion liar announced that he…