Katie Hobbs Defeats MAGA Star Kari Lake in Arizona
Mother Jones illustration; Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Alberto Mariani/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the final days before the midterm election, Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, filmed an unusual series of ads. They weren’t about high gas prices in the state,…
Foreign Governments Sucking Up to Trump Spent Lavishly at His DC Hotel
AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It was no secret during the Trump presidency that if you wanted to curry favor you should stay at Donald Trump’s swanky and controversial hotel when you were in Washington, D.C. In fact, at least 31 foreign governments…
GOP’s Weak Midterm Showing Is Great News for Biden’s Climate Plans
House Democrats celebrate their passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August. The bill included substantial funding to help reduce carbon emissions.Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For weeks, some Republicans have been preparing to wield control of Congress as…
Why Lauren Boebert Might Lose
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The only thing that’s certain in Colorado’s third congressional district is that it wasn’t supposed to be this close. Most analysts assumed that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) would cruise to victory in her solidly red district,…
The Midterms Brought Some Bad News for Public Education
Mother Jones illustration; Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As he delivered his landslide reelection victory speech Tuesday evening, Gov. Ron DeSantis repeated one of his favorite battle cries: “Florida is where woke goes to die.” DeSantis has made himself to…
How the Story of Soccer Became the Story of Everything
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One afternoon last October, thousands of fans began gathering outside St. James’ Park, the 130-year-old home of the English soccer club Newcastle United, to celebrate a new beginning. Some sported the club’s traditional black-and-white striped jerseys. Others toted cases…