Jack Smith Makes Damning New Allegations About January 6
Donald Trump incites rioters on January 6.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Special Counsel Jack Smith, in a court filing made public on Wednesday, revealed a litany of damning new allegations about former President Donald Trump’s attempts to steal the 2020 election—details…
Have Government Employees Mentioned Climate Change, Voting, or Gender Identity? The Heritage Foundation Wants to Know.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally inside the Mosack Group manufacturing warehouse in Mint Hill, North Carolina on September 25, 2024.Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was published first by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates…
Don’t Let Vance Fool You—Trump Would Separate Millions of Families
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta on September 16. Mike Stewart/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. At the first (and likely only) vice presidential debate, JD Vance was asked if Trump’s…
The Murder Rate Fell at the Fastest-Ever Pace Last Year—and It’s Still Falling
Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump wants you to believe that violence is surging. “All over the world crime is down; all over the world—except here,” he said during his debate with Vice President Kamala…
Evangelicals Have a Plan to Flip 19 Key Counties
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last Saturday, vice presidential candidate JD Vance appeared at an event in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, hosted by Lance Wallnau, a self-proclaimed “apostle,” which means he’s a leader in a rapidly growing religious movement called the…
The Hawaii Senator Who Faced Down Racism and Ableism—And Killed Nazis
Sen. Daniel Inouye in 1964, during his first term in the Senate.Wally McNamee/Corbis/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Daniel Inouye wanted to serve the United States from a young age. Growing up in Hawaii, he was rattled by the attack on Pearl Harbor;…