Meta to 2020 Election Deniers: Advertise Here
Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Facebook, under the premise of so-called free speech, has long allowed politicians to lie on its platforms. But after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, the company appeared to issue somewhat of a mea…
Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Declining. You Can Blame MAGA.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Back in mid-2021, when it was clear that conservatives were mobilizing against the Covid vaccines, I remember asking a prominent doctors’ group if they were worried that their attacks on the new shots would undermine…
US and China Pledge to Work Together to Tackle Climate Crisis
Chinese President Xi Jinping being greeted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he arrives to San Francisco for APEC. Xie Huanchi/Xinhua/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China and the US have pledged to work together more closely to fight global heating, declaring the climate…
Fulton judge weighs protective order to block sharing of evidence in Trump 2020 election RICO case
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee announced Wednesday that he intends to issue a protective order on Nov. 16 that prohibits attorneys from publicly sharing evidence deemed to contain sensitive information in the 2020 presidential election interference case. (File Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool) Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said he plans to…
More Georgia locations to offer medical cannabis after state commission awards more licenses to producers
More companies will be able to grow medical cannabis in Georgia after a commission approved licenses for new facilities. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously granted provisional licenses to four more companies to produce low-THC oil to help Georgians with a list of severe ailments. The licenses will go to…
VA secretary says agency will cooperate with investigation into veterans crisis line
veterans crisis WASHINGTON — Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough sought to defend the veterans crisis line Wednesday in a letter to the Kansas senator who has raised concerns with how some veterans are treated after calling it. McDonough wrote in the three-page letter to Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran that the VA “takes…