With two days until shutdown, border security package eyed by U.S. Senate GOP
The U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, as congressional leaders faced a government shutdown by midnight Saturday unless they pass a stopgap spending bill. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. senators huddled behind closed doors Thursday, attempting to draft an amendment to the short-term government funding bill that would increase spending on border…
“Clown Show”: The GOP Describes Its Own Impeachment Process
Mandel Ngan/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“New Low.” “Pathetic.” “Clown show.” On Thursday, during the impeachment inquiry hearing for President Joe Biden concocted by the GOP amid a potential government shutdown, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) used Republican’s own words against them. The nation…
Rich Americans Are Stiffing the Taxman to the Tune of $66 Billion
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.America’s rich deadbeats just won’t stop deadbeating. On Thursday, Senate Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) revealed that his committee had IRS data for tax years 2017-2020 showing that more than…
As a Presidential Candidate, Cornel West Aligns Himself With Far-Left Radicals
Cornel West will appear at a forum on the war in Ukraine with Lee Camp and Claudia De La Cruz.Mother Jones illustration; Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma; Wikimedia (2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Cornel West, the celebrity academic (formerly of Harvard and Princeton), fiery antiracism campaigner,…
Media network paid by GOP groups is behind deluge of election records requests
Illustration by Eric Wilson for Votebeat In North Carolina, Local Labs wanted obscure voter records that would take weeks, or even months, to prepare. In Georgia, the company requested a copy of every envelope voters used to mail in their ballots. And in dozens of counties across the U.S., Local Labs asked for the address…
GOP presidential hopefuls tear into each other and absent Trump at second debate
Republican presidential candidates (L-R), former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina participate in the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Sept. 27, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. Seven presidential hopefuls squared off in the second Republican primary…