The Secret Plan to Strike Down US Gun Laws
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. For decades, McLean Bible Church has served as the place of worship for many of DC’s Republican elite. The sprawling evangelical megachurch…
What It’s Like to Run for Office as a Young, Blind Person
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy Madeline Ryan Smith Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If not for her partner driving her, Madeline Ryan Smith isn’t sure how she’d be able to campaign across the four counties she hopes to represent in Georgia’s state House. Smith…
Harris challenges Trump at boisterous Georgia State rally to ‘say it to my face’ in debate dare
Vice President Kamala Harris at an Atlanta rally, July 30, 2024. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a fired-up crowd Tuesday in Georgia where Democrats have been buoyed by her rise to the top of the ballot and what they see as a new opportunity to shut former President Donald Trump out…
In rare bipartisan vote, U.S. Senate passes package aimed at protecting kids online
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks during a news conference on the Kids Online Safety Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images his story mentions suicide. If you or a loved one are experiencing a mental health crisis or thoughts of suicide, please dial 988 or chat with…
JD Vance Once Said “Some People Who Voted for Trump Were Racists”
Screenshot/UChicago IoP/YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In early February 2017, just as Donald Trump was settling into the White House, the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics snagged a special guest for an event: JD Vance. His bestselling book Hillbilly Elegy had…
Joe Arpaio Still Hasn’t Made Peace With His Own Demise
Mother Jones; Will Seberger/Zuma; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When former president Donald Trump appeared at Dream City church in Phoenix in early June, he was visited on stage by a ghost from his past. “Do you remember you had your sheriff,…