World’s Nations Face Shrinking Odds of Taming Climate Mayhem
Ron Bailey/Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It has been an alarming time for climate scientists. One by one, the grim scenarios they had outlined for the near future have been overtaken by events: extreme storms, droughts, floods and ice-sheet collapses whose sudden appearances have outstripped…
Trump’s Big Liars Urge Brazil’s Bolsonaro to Refuse to Concede
Mother Jones illustration; David Dee Delgado/Getty, Mateus Bonomi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Top purveyors of former President Donald Trump’s election fraud lies are now calling for Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to follow Trump’s lead and refuse to admit defeat. “Bolsonaro can’t…
Yes, Trump and the Republican Party Own the Attack on Paul and Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference about Trump’s second impeachment, Jan. 15, 2021.Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The suspect who allegedly targeted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and brutally beat her husband Paul with a hammer after breaking into their San Francisco home…
The Trumps Are the Real Victims in the Trump Organization Fraud Case, Defense Lawyers Argue
José Luis Villegas/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Opening statements started Monday in the criminal trial over whether the Trump Organization committed tax fraud, and lawyers representing the former president’s businesses immediately made their strategy clear: Throw longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg under the bus, over…
Of Course Republicans Are Mocking the Brutal Attack on Nancy Pelosi’s Husband
Robin Rayne/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.There’s nothing to celebrate about the gruesome attack on Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of Nancy Pelosi after he was left gravely injured by an intruder who had broken into the couple’s San Francisco home last week.…
Blaming Larry Krasner for Gun Violence Does Not Make Statistical Sense
District Attorney Larry Krasner at a news conference in January Matt Rourke, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are trying to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a reformist prosecutor who built a national reputation for attempting to curb mass…