House Progressives Get Antsy Over Senate’s Lead Role in Infrastructure Debates
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in Washington on June 30, 2021.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) escaped the room where the Congressional Progressive Caucus met Tuesday…
How Trump and Conservative Media Are Cashing in on Disinformation
Brian Cahn/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.There is a transmission chain of disinformation on the right that is profitable both financially and politically. This week, Donald Trump supplied a text-book example. The former president sent out email soliciting donations for his…
A Rare 100-Pound Moonfish Washed up on the Oregon Coast
An Opah fish, more than 3.5 feet long, washed up on the coast of Oregon’s Sunset Beach.Seaside Aquarium/Facebook Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An unusual sight has…
Top Trump Adviser Arrested and Charged With Secretly Lobbying for the UAE
Tom Barrack speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Tom Barrack, a friend and longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday and charged with violating foreign lobbying laws…
Jeff Bezos Thanks Amazon Workers and Customers for Making Him So Rich He Can Go to Space
Chuck Bigger/Space Symposium via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos became the second billionaire in as many weeks to sort-of go to space. The world’s richest man spent several minutes in zero gravity on…
New Poll: Arizona Democrats Love Biden and Kelly. Kyrsten Sinema? Not So Much.
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s support for the Senate filibuster appears to be doing real damage to her political brand back home. The first-term Arizona Democrat has often defended the Senate’s 60-vote supermajority…