DOJ Says No Immunity: Another E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit Against Trump Can Go Forward
AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Department of Justice reversed itself and said it would not oppose a lawsuit filed in federal court by writer E. Jean Carroll against former President Donald Trump for defamation. The trial is…
Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville Isn’t Convinced That White Nationalists Are Racist
Francis Chung/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Update: After facing a barrage of criticism, Tuberville appears to have finally acknowledged that white nationalists are, indeed, racist. Tommy Tuberville, after a day of back-and-forth over his white nationalist comments to @kaitlancollins, tells reporters: “White nationalists are…
Top Democratic-Run Firms Won’t Discuss Their Work for No Labels
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Is No Labels becoming radioactive within the Democratic establishment? Two prominent Washington, DC-based consulting firms that are run by Democrats and have done significant work in recent years for the self-professed centrist outfit will now not…
More Nations Are Growing Wary of Deep Sea Mining
The mining vessel “Hidden Gem,” Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February 2022. Charles M. Vella/ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The list of countries calling for a pause on deep-sea mining continued to grow this week ahead of a key moment that mining companies hope will launch the fledgling industry,…
Brazil’s Supreme Court Looms Over Indigenous Land Rights
Indigenous protesters decry “marco temporal,” the legal theory that could wreak havoc on their land rights.EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the end of May, Brazilian lawmakers approved legislation that would invalidate Indigenous land claims and open protected Indigenous lands to mining,…
It’s Official: Trump Will Take His First Step to Renomination on the Only Federal Holiday Honoring a Black Man
Trump in August 2015.Charlie Neibergall/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Republican Party of Iowa announced on Saturday that they had landed on January 15, 2024 for its first-in-the-nation presidential caucus. That happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day: the sole federal holiday…