“Lies Have Short Legs”: Inside the Brazilian WhatsApp Group Exposing George Santos
Mother Jones; Andrew Harnik/AP; Wikimedia Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Adriana Parizzi sees freshman Congressman George Santos (R-N.Y.) on television these days she barely recognizes the man with whom she once shared an apartment in New York City. Parizzi first met Santos in…
Remembering Victor Navasky, the Unflappable Ringmaster of The Nation
Brian ZAK/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It was a usual day in the offices of the Nation, a collection of cluttered warrens overflowing with stuffed filing cabinets, piles of books, and file folders containing who-knows-what in an undistinguished building below 14th Street on…
Kevin McCarthy Booted Adam Schiff for “Lying.” But What About His Lies?
Ron Sachs/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) lashed out at reporters who questioned his decision to remove Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee, of which Schiff was the ranking Democrat. McCarthy, who has…
George Santos’ New Treasurer Wants You to Know He’s Not George Santos’ Treasurer
Rep. George Santos leaves a GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday afternoon, more than a half-dozen campaign committees affiliated with George Santos filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission stating that Thomas Datwyler, a campaign finance…
It Came From the Basement
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Eight months before the white nationalist figure Nicholas J. Fuentes ignited a political firestorm by dining with Kanye West and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, he strode out onstage to a crowd of what he claimed were 1,000 followers, chanting…
Why Those Documents at Mike Pence’s Place Should Be Bad for Trump
Documents with classified markings were discovered last week in the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence, seen here in November.John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Has the FBI checked Dick Cheney’s house? On Tuesday, a lawyer for former Vice President Mike…