Watch: Rep. Jamie Raskin on His Son’s Suicide, Jan. 6, and the Second Trump Impeachment
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Biden Calls for Filibuster Reform to Protect Voting Rights
Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a major speech delivered on Tuesday in Atlanta, President Joe Biden officially threw his weight behind efforts to alter the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass new voting rights protections. Ever the institutionalist, Biden didn’t…
Donald Trump Invites QAnon Backer to Speak at His Upcoming Rally
Rep. Mark Finchem, of Arizona, at an October 2021 rallySteve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As part of his I-ain’t-going-away campaign, Donald Trump will hold a rally in Florence, Arizona, this Saturday. He describes the event as “a continuation” of his…
The Conspiracy Theory About January 6 and the FBI Doesn’t Make Any Sense
At least six Republicans have promoted a new conspiracy theory that January 6 was incited and directed by an FBI asset. Mihoko Awada/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last Thursday, in a press conference with the Right Side Broadcasting Network outside the…
It’s Now or Never for Democrats to Protect Voting Rights
U.S. President Joe Biden joined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, walk through the Hall of Columns before speaking during a ceremony on the first anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of…
The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Begging for Pardons Sound an Awful Lot Like Confederate Soldiers
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Receiving a presidential pardon for subverting the government is not a novelty in the United States, though the Trump era made it almost a stamp of approval for criminal behavior. In an interview with Rolling Stone, an…