Senators Can’t Stop Quoting Taylor Swift Lyrics During Ticketmaster Hearing
Penny Harrison and her son Parker Harrison rally against the live entertainment ticket industry outside the U.S. Capitol January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The pre-sale for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour imploded in November, when tens…
The Abortion Pill’s Secret Money Men
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1993, a group of activists rented a warehouse in suburban Westchester County, New York. It was smaller than they’d hoped and had limited ventilation, but the two other locations they’d tried to rent belonged to universities and required…
It’s Official: Ruben Gallego Is Taking on Kyrsten Sinema
Gage Skidmore/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision last month to leave the Democratic Party was, in no small part, an attempt at political self-preservation. The Green Party-candidate-turned-independent-turned-Democrat-turned-independent, who has angered Democrats in her home state—and pretty much everywhere—by opposing…
Jeff Zients to Replace Ron Klain as Biden’s Chief of Staff
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Biden has chosen Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as his chief of staff when Klain steps down sometime in the coming weeks, people familiar with the decision told the Washington Post and Politico. Zients will help…
Bowen Yang Gave the George Santos Impression I Didn’t Know I Needed
Can’t you see the resemblance?Tom Williams/CQ/Roll Call/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.George Santos’ ceaseless lies might further diminish the often dubious reputation of Republicans in Congress, but they are also occasionally very funny. On this week’s Saturday Night Live, Bowen Yang offered a…
“When We Fight, We Win”: Kamala Harris Strikes Hopeful Note on 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Abortion rights protesters in Orlando in JuneStephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Vice President Kamala Harris marked the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case by lamenting that the Supreme Court had overturned the constitutional right to an abortion and…