Here’s What Happened After Clarence Thomas’ Benefactor Let Scholars Dine Near His Nazi Memorabilia
Mother Jones; George W Bush Center; Wikimedia Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After ProPublica revealed that billionaire and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow spent decades lavishing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with pricey gifts and globetrotting trips, follow up stories noted Crow is an ardent collector of…
Sorry California, Melting Snowpacks to Unleash More Epic Floods
A CalTrans pickup truck driving through flooding on Highway 43 in the Central Valley during a winter storm in Tulare County near Allensworth, California.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Is this the “Big One”? Sometime in January, as a string of “atmospheric rivers” from deep in the South Pacific pummeled California, that query began hitting my phone in…
Greg Abbott Wants to Pardon the Man Convicted of Killing a Racial Justice Protester
LM Otero/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he wants to pardon a man found guilty of murdering a racial justice protester in July 2020. The man, Daniel Perry, was found guilty on Friday nearly three years after he shot…
The EPA Is Reportedly Proposing Its Strictest-Ever Limits on Auto Emissions
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing a regulation that would ensure up to two-thirds of all new cars sold by 2032 will be fully electric, according to reporting from the New York Times and Washington Post. The proposal would go beyond…
Health Secretary Says “Everything Is on the Table” to Protect Abortion Pill Access
Mariam Zuhaib/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said the administration is willing to do whatever it takes to protect access to the abortion drug mifepristone, after a federal judge in Texas suspended the FDA’s approval of…
Kamala Harris Leads a Furious Chorus Over Ouster of Black Tennessee Lawmakers
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn to support two Democratic lawmakers who were expelled from the Tennessee State Legislature.George Walker IV/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Public outrage was immediate and intense on Thursday following the Tennessee legislature’s Republican…