Georgia Senate penal investigating Fani Willis pushes for more accountability among DAs
Athens Republican Sen. Bill Cowsert, left, asked several Fulton County officials at a May 3 investigation committee hearing whether they believed county officials should have a greater influence over special prosecutors hired by the district attorney. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder A Georgia Senate special committee investigating the professional conduct of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis…
Third party candidates still battling for spot on Georgia ballot as alternative to Trump, Harris
Claudia De la Cruz campaign volunteer Estevan Hernandez speaks at a Party for Socialism and Liberation press conference opposing the Democratic Party of Georgia’s legal challenges against third-party presidential candidates. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Georgians casting ballots this November will have the option to choose from among at least three presidential candidates. Others say they have…
Election Disinformation From Elon Musk Is Drawing Billions of Views on X
Mother Jones; Marc Piasecki/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Elon Musk is not just the Trump-supporting owner of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. It turns out he is also one of the platform’s biggest peddlers of election-related disinformation, according…
How Paul Wellstone Helped Give Us Tim Walz
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz applauds as President Joe Biden speaks at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minnesota. AP/Andrew Harnik Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It was damn cold in St. Paul—even cold for Minnesotans—on a weekend in late January 2005, when one or…
In Republican Primary, Bigot Loses to Election Denier
Mother Jones; Getty; Valentina Gomez Campaign Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Valentina Gomez, the 25-year-old former Missouri Secretary of State candidate known for crass posts—like calling her opponents “weak and gay” while jogging in a tactical vest—lost her eight-way primary last night. Gomez…
At the Center of the Right-Wing Revival? Hating Immigrants.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Five years ago, the first National Conservatism conference—a gathering on the right to propose a more populist version of conservatism—was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. The event, organized by the then-nascent Edmund Burke Foundation, drew rising…