New, Weird Details Just Emerged About an Armed Militia Standoff in Massachusetts
Traffic on Interstate 95 was diverted in the area of an hours long standoff with a group of armed men that partially shut down the highway in Wakefield, Massachusetts, on Saturday.Michael Dwyer/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news…
The New Yorker Just Published a Major Investigation Into Britney Spears’ Conservatorship
For more than a decade, Britney Spears’ decisions have been controlled by other people. Under a 2008 conservatorship, her father, Jamie Spears, oversees the pop star’s multi-million dollar business empire. Spears also alleges that under the arrangement, she’s unable to marry or try to have more children. While fans have been calling to #FreeBritney for…
Texas Lt. Gov. Says State History Museum No Place for History
Nick Wagner/AAS/POOL/ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Thursday evening, two Texas writers, Chris Tomlinson and Bryan Burrough, were supposed to give a talk at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin about Forget…
An Indictment of the Trump Organization Is an Indictment of Donald Trump
zz/KGC-375/STAR MAX/IPx Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.After Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance indicted the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg for tax fraud on Thursday, supporters of Donald Trump took pains to…
Progressive Lawmakers Want Biden to Not Include Military Spending in Infrastructure Plan
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Friday morning, a group of progressive lawmakers publicly pushed against including military spending in the Biden administration’s compromise $579 billion infrastructure bill. In a letter to Speaker of the…
Senators Want to Pay for Infrastructure With “Asset Recycling.” That’s Just a Fancy Term for Privatization.
Chicago man Sicilia Giovanni feeding one of the city’s new parking meters in 2009. Until 2083, much of Chicago’s meter money will go to investors in Abu Dhabi as a result of a heavily criticized leasing deal announced in 2008. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to…