Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Sues Jim Jordan to Block Meddling in Trump Case
Former President Donald Trump embraces Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio at a rally in November 2022.AP Photo/Michael Conroy Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a lawsuit against Congressman Jim Jordan, telling the Ohio Republican to back off the DA’s…
What Happens if Donald Trump Simply Refuses to Disclose His Finances?
Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former President Donald Trump has missed the deadline to file a personal financial disclosure—a requirement of all presidential candidates shortly after they announce their campaigns. It’s a simple document in which politicians are supposed to…
Did the Biden Administration Just Help Trans Athletes—Or Legitimize Their Exclusion?
Children, parents and several Democratic lawmakers rally at the south steps of the Texas Capitol in April 2021, criticizing several anti-transgender bills winding their way through the 87th Legislature.Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thursday was a whirlwind day for the…
Louisville Mass Shooter Is the Seventh in 11 Months to Open Fire With an AR-15
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.With Nashville still reeling from a devastating mass shooting two weeks ago at an elementary school, the latest such carnage in America, unleashed inside a Louisville bank on Monday, featured the same type of highly lethal…
The Accountant Who Wants to Take On the Police
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One night in late January, Los Angeles’ brand new controller, Kenneth Mejia, zipped up an official windbreaker with a city seal on the left breast, and walked out of City Hall to police headquarters. Mejia, an athletic 32-year-old with…
Nashville Officials Unanimously Vote to Reinstate Justin Jones
George Walker/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a unanimous vote Monday, the Nashville Metropolitan Council voted to reinstate Rep. Justin Jones, one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled last week after protesting for gun control from the chamber floor. Their demonstration…