Josh Shapiro Was a VP Frontrunner. Then His Critics Fought Back.
Mother Jones; Hannah Beier/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday morning, news began to leak: Vice President Kamala Harris selected Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. According to reporting, it had been down to Walz and another rising star…
As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are Gutting It From Every Angle
Mother Jones; Washington Bureau/Getty; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash; National Archives Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield,” President Lyndon Johnson declared 59 years ago today, as he signed…
Tim Walz, Normal Guy, Is Harris’ Pick for Vice President
Mother Jones; Stephen Maturen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced her running mate on the Democratic ticket this fall: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. A six-term congressman from a largely rural southern Minnesota district who was elected to…
Right-wing GOP faction of state election board poised to pass rules affecting November vote
Former President Donald Trump expressed his support for three conservative Georgia State Election Board members during Saturday’s rally in Atlanta. The Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election has continued to asserted without evidence that his 2020 election loss was the result of foul play. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Georgia’s State Election Board is set to…
The Disingenuous Attack That Progressives Voted Against the Infrastructure Bill
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) questions witnesses during a roundtable discussion on Supreme Court ethics on June 11, 2024. Jemal Countess/Getty/Court Accountability Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In June, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) lost to George Latimer in the most expensive primary in the…
The Transphobia Rocking Olympic Boxing Has a Kremlin Connection
Mother Jones illustration; Ciro Fusco/ANSA/Zuma, Yan Linyun/Xinhua/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. By the time J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump were falsely referring to her as a man, the lies about Imane Khelif had already traveled halfway around the world. Last…