Texas Is Just Going to Build Its Own Border Wall Now
Pool/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Friday, Texas Republican Gov. Gregg Abbott announced that the state had begun construction on its own fence along the US–Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley. “Texas is stepping up to do the federal government’s…
The Jan. 6 Committee Is Investigating Rick Perry for a “Big Lie” Strategy Text Message
Steve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In June of 2015, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivered the kind of speech that candidates for president generally have a difficult time walking back. Speaking to something called the Opportunity and Freedom PAC, he…
Will Democrats Let the Senate Parliamentarian Stand in the Way of Immigration Reform?
Immigrants march in Washington DC in December to call for a path to citizenship.Isabela Dias Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In another blow to Democrats’ aspirations to include immigration provisions in Biden’s Build Back Better bill, the Senate parliamentarian opposed a plan…
The Biden Administration Thinks Europe Holds the Key to Humane Borders. It’s Not That Simple.
New multi-purpose reception and identification migrant center on the island of Samos, Greece.Michael Svarnias/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Thousands of migrants freezing in sub-zero temperatures in the forest along the Belarus-Poland border. A “shadow immigration system” that throws asylum seekers into…
Denounce Julian Assange. Don’t Extradite Him.
Demonstrators at the Royal Courts of Justice in London protest the possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States.Thomas Krych/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Editor’s note: This essay from David Corn first appeared in his new newsletter, This Land. Given…
A Disturbing Gun Case Further Reveals the Peril of January 6
Capitol Police officers detain protesters outside the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021.Drew Angerer/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last month, the Justice Department unsealed the latest case involving gun charges against an alleged participant in…