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More Rioters Just Got Prison Time for Actions on January 6

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department announced on Friday that Nicholas Ochs, the founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys chapter, was sentenced to four years…

Kari Lake Is Still Trying to Overturn Elections

Ross D. Franklin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Kari Lake is still trying to win the election she lost. Her latest move is a conspiratorial 70-page lawsuit filed in Arizona on Friday in which the former local news anchor asks that she be declared the…

Workers at an EV Battery Plant Just Unionized

Sean Rayford/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Workers at an electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Ohio voted Friday to join the United Automobile Workers union, a milestone in the auto industry’s transition from producing gas to electric cars. The vote at Ultium Cells—a joint…

Sinema Faced an Uphill Battle. So She Decided to Skip It.

Mother Jones Illustration; Jabin Botsford/Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Kyrsten Sinema is back where she started. On Friday, the Arizona senator announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party, but would keep her committee appointments and not caucus with the Republicans. Twenty…

Kyrsten Sinema Is Leaving the Democratic Party

Kent Nishimura/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent. Politico has the scoop, which you can decide is either unsurprising or something of a bombshell. The news comes shortly after two key moments…