After 30 Years of Taking Their Money, It May Be Too Late for the West to Get Putin’s Oligarchs
Grace Molteni/Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has put the issue of international corruption front and center, sparking conversations and regulatory changes that policymakers in Washington and European capitals had put aside for decades. But…
The Misinformation Empire Steve Bannon Built With a Fugitive Chinese Tycoon Is in Trouble
Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui at a November 20, 2018 news conference.Don Emmert /AFP via Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.GTV, a Chinese language video streaming site launched in 2020 by Steve Bannon and fugitive Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, shut down…
Silicon Valley’s New Promise: Your Snacks Delivered “Faster Than 911”
The tech world’s idea of a bodega: A covered up storefront where workers do the shopping.G. Ronald Lopez/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.You live in San Francisco and don’t want to go outside, but the shelves are bare. No milk. No Katz’s…
Insurrectionist Doctor Simone Gold Pleads Guilty to Jan. 6 Charges
Dr. Simone Gold and John Strand from America’s Frontline Doctors, in the US Capitol Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.After Dr. Simone Gold, the Beverly Hills anti-vaccine activist and…
Jan. 6 Committee Says It Has Evidence Trump Broke the Law
January 29, 2022, Conroe, Texas, USA: DONALD TRUMP speaks at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds during a Save America Rally. (Credit Image: © Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire)Brian Cahn/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Donald Trump and his allies engaged in a “criminal conspiracy”…
Bannon, Milo, and Other Right-Wing Activists Are Hellbent on Transforming the Catholic Church
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.At around the fifth hour of November’s “Enough Is Enough” prayer rally, hosted by the Catholic right media outlet Church Militant, event emcee and fallen alt-right star Milo Yiannopoulos bounded onstage to reveal a dramatic wardrobe change.…