Republicans Keep Being Charged for Meddling With Voting Equipment
Brynn Anderson, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former President Trump’s prosecution for alleged conspiracy wasn’t the only election meddling case this week. Two Michigan Republicans were arraigned Tuesday on felony charges related to tampering with voting equipment in an effort to prove that the…
One of Louisiana’s Only Pediatric Heart Transplant Doctors Is Moving Because of Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Courtesy of Jake Kleinmahon Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2007, Dr. Jake Kleinmahon left Westchester, New York, to move to New Orleans and attend medical school at Tulane University. Drawn by the opportunity to help rebuild the city’s medical system in the aftermath…
Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Jan. 6 Conspiracy Charges
Mariam Zuhaib/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than 1,000 people have been arrested in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol. Now, the man who allegedly fueled the attack is one of them. Former President Donald Trump was…
Trump Says the DOJ Is Politicized. If He Wins, It Will Be.
Mother Jones; Chip Somodevilla/Getty, Drew Angerer/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump has been indicted three times in four months. He faces charges in New York, DC, and Florida, with Georgia expected to join the list soon. Those cases, in local and federal…
Ron DeSantis Wants to “Start Slitting Throats on Day One”
Charlie Neibergall/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.During a barbecue campaign event on Sunday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told New Hampshire voters that if he makes it to the White House, he will be “slitting throats on day one” in order to root…
Mike Huckabee Is Now Peddling Climate Misinformation to Children
Kiichiro Sato/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Beverly Grimmett thought the kids magazines she saw stacked on a coworker’s desk this spring were perfectly innocent, until she picked one up. “My stomach turned,” Grimmett said. The guides were decorated in bright colors and cheerful cartoons,…