George Santos Relative Says They Never Gave $5,800 Reported by the Campaign: “I’m Dumbfounded”
Francis Chung/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Mother Jones reported that more than a dozen top donors to Rep. George Santos’ first congressional campaign did not appear to exist. The donations from people whose names or addresses could not be confirmed totaled more…
The Website That Wants You to Kill Yourself—and Won’t Die
If you or someone you care about may be at risk of suicide, call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a free 24/7 service that offers support, information, and local resources: 988. Most websites aren’t known for having a “kill count.” Kiwi Farms is. Its victims reportedly include Julie Terryberry, who in 2016 took…
The Under-the-Radar Legal Battle Protecting Health Care for Trans People
Angela Weiss/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Shauntae Anderson lived for the weekends. Growing up Black and transgender in a small West Virginia city in the 1990s, she spent a lot of time alone, hiding her self-knowledge from her mom and coping with ridicule…
The Word That Makes Brutal Budgets Sound “Truly Evil”
Triboro Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The cuts have come even for the word itself. “Austerity” is a cornerstone of conservatism—a catch-all term for limiting government spending to promote capitalist growth—and yet the expression seems to have disappeared from deficit hawks’ speeches. “I call…
Trump’s Latest Legal Nightmare: A Grand Jury Is Reportedly Investigating the Stormy Daniels Payoff
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Fresh off securing convictions against the Trump Organization in a tax fraud case, Manhattan District Attorney…
Tyre Nichols’ Family Attorney Calls on Congress to Pass George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference with RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, and his stepfather Rodney Wells, in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday.Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Sunday, Ben Crump, an attorney representing the family of Tyre…