Delayed farm bill punted until after election with Congress stuck on how to pay for it
The latest deadline for the farm bill passed unceremoniously at midnight on Sept. 30, without a push from lawmakers to pass a new farm bill or an extension. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder WASHINGTON — Sweeping legislation that would set food and farm policy for the next five years is in limbo, waiting for lawmakers to decide…
Trump describes traumatic brain injuries sustained by U.S. troops in Iraq as a ‘headache’
Members of the U.S. military and international media survey the damage of Iranian missile attacks at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 13, 2020. Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 211th Rescue Squadron evacuated many squadron members during the Jan. 7 and 8 attack. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense) WASHINGTON — Former…
Georgia prisons violate law against “cruel and unusual” punishment federal probe finds
The U.S. Justice Department says it has reasonable cause to believe that Georgia violates the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect incarcerated persons from violence and sexual abuse, and by failing to provide reasonably safe conditions, according to a new report. Getty Images Conditions in Georgia prisons are so bad that they violate the Constitutional…
Tim Walz Just Reminded Us What Happened to Trump’s Last Running Mate
Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Michele Crowe/CBS/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. JD Vance did a decent job for the first 94 minutes of Tuesday night’s debate. “Vance’s Dominant Debate Performance Shows Why He’s Trump’s Running Mate,” a post from the Vance-pilled New York…
Vance Dodged a Simple Question About Trump Calling Climate Change a “Hoax”
Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a debate-night surprise, climate science got near-top billing during the vice presidential face-off between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance in New York on Tuesday, as the sprawling impacts of…
When Vance Said Abortion Rights Should Be “Left to the States,” He Ignored an Inconvenient Fact
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim WalzJulia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance has a refrain he loves to repeat when he’s questioned about his draconian…