Is Ron Johnson Already Preparing for a Recount?
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has paid a little more than $20,000 to a law firm tied to Donald Trump’s failed scheme to overturn the 2020 election. NBC News, which first obtained…
Did Brian Kemp Deploy a Dog Whistle During His Debate Against Stacey Abrams?
Incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp debates Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams on Oct. 17, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ben Gray/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Monday was a busy day in Georgia politics. In the morning, Georgians could begin early voting. In the evening, Georgia…
Moms Against Libraries: How a Discredited Psychological Theory Sparked a Book-Banning Movement
Some of the books Moms for Liberty has urged school districts to ban. Alex Ramos Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Editor’s note: This short piece accompanied “The Most Powerful Moms in America Are the New Face of the Republican Party” in the November/December 2022…
JD Vance, Blake Masters, Peter Thiel, and Their Anti-Big Tech Hypocrisy
Senate candidates JD Vance and Blake Masters, and billionaire Peter Thiel.Mother Jones illustration; Drew Angerer/Getty; Christopher Brown/ZUMA; John Lamparski/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It’s become de rigueur for Republicans—especially Republican candidates—to blast away at Big Tech, assailing it for an assortment of ills,…
Kanye West Agrees to Acquire Conservative Social Media App Parler
Laurent Vu/SIPA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Another day, another moment of Kanye West tossing his impressive musical legacy into the garbage and disappointing us all. On Monday, it was announced that rapper and producer Ye—as West is now known—agreed to acquire Parler, a…
Prosecutors Seek 6-Month Sentence For Bannon
Steve Bannon outside of Manhattan State Supreme Court in New York, US, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. John Nacion/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department wants Steve Bannon imprisoned for six months and fined $200,000 for contempt of Congress, a charge resulting…