American Hawks Are Pushing for a Big War in the Middle East, Again
“Well, I don’t exactly know what Israel’s plans in Lebanon were,” John Bolton, famous war enjoyer, said Tuesday, “but their plans should not be for a limited incursion.”Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On October 1, 2024, as Israel began a ground…
“You Have to Cooperate”: GOP Operative Says He Was Threatened by Steve Bannon
Mother Jones illustration; Lev Radin/Zuma; J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In December 2018, Sam Nunberg met with Steve Bannon at the Loews Regency hotel in Manhattan. Nunberg, a former Donald Trump campaign aide, expected to discuss work he was doing…
Your Phones and Computers Rely on This Remote North Carolina Mine. Helene Just Walloped It.
Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. You wouldn’t expect to find the linchpin of the global microchip industry tucked away in a Blue Ridge Mountains town, but it’s there. Scattered across the outskirts of Spruce Pine, a series of mines has been extracting some of…
Christian Nationalists Dream of Taking Over America. This Movement Is Actually Doing It.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One August evening, I drove through the cornfields and dairy farms of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to attend a government-themed prayer night at Ephrata Community Church. The sprawling house of worship looks like an office park and houses a…
Congress left D.C. with little done. They’ll be back Nov. 12 to give it another try.
Congress is in recess in the leadup to Election Day, but will return afterward for a lame-duck session. Pictured is the U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Members of Congress left Capitol Hill last week to focus their attention on the campaign trail during the six weeks leading up to…
Kemp says state’s Helene death toll now 33 as Biden tours storm’s south Georgia devastation
Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia emergency management officials provided an update Thursday, Oct. 2 on the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Helene. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder This story was updated at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, to include remarks from President Joe Biden. The number of confirmed deaths caused by the swath of destruction Helene left in…