Herschel Walker Has a History of Standing Up For Violent Men
Republican senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks to a crowd outside a gun shop in Smyrna, Georgia on November 3, 2022.Robin Rayne/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Among the most-discussed aspects of Herschel Walker’s campaign for the US Senate seat in Georgia are the…
Lisa Murkowski Just Beat an All-Out MAGA Attack
Tom Williams/ ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Things looked scary at first for Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the GOP senator at the top of Donald Trump’s enemies list. After crushing her opponent in the primary, Murkowski found herself behind Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka for…
Sarah Palin Just Lost a 50-Year GOP Seat to Alaska’s First Native Rep
Mark Thiessen/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For decades, it’s been unthinkable that Alaska could let a Democrat occupy its only seat in the House of Representatives, which had been held by the late GOP Rep. Don Young since 1972. But in the…
After Two Mass Shootings, Glenn Youngkin Sure Doesn’t Seem to Want to Say the Word ‘Gun’
Kendall Warner/ Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In less than 10 days, two mass shootings in two different cities have taken place in Virginia. On November 13, three students at the University of Virginia were killed after a classmate allegedly gunned them…
US Bans Sugar Imports From Top Dominican Producer Over Forced Labor Allegations
A worker of Central Romana, preparing the field for the upcoming sugar crop in La Romana.Pedro Farias-Nardi Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United States will block shipments of raw sugar from a top Dominican producer with close ties to two wealthy Florida businessmen…
Hundreds of New York Women Are About to Sue Alleged Rapists (and Enablers) Under a Revolutionary New Law
Kena Betancur/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For years, former president Donald Trump has been able to push off a lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll, a writer and advice columnist who says he raped her in a department store dressing room…