Democrats File New Lawsuit Against MAGA Georgia Election Board
Georgia’s State Election Board members discuss proposals for election rule changes at the state capitol, Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (Mike Stewart/AP) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Democrats filed a lawsuit on Monday against a new rule passed by the pro-Trump majority on…
Let’s Break Down All the Lies in Elon Musk’s False Tweet About Noncitizens Voting
Elon Musk presents Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award.PCM/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, Elon Musk posted a lengthy diatribe about Democrats being the real “threat to democracy.” In his tweet, Musk claimed that Democrats are flying “asylum…
Want to See How Fast the Politics of Abortion Are Changing? Pay Attention to Arizona.
A ballot measure supporter attends a rally at the Arizona State Capitol in June.Rebecca Noble/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On a quiet Saturday morning in June, a few days before their deadline to collect signatures for a referendum to enshrine…
Pride and Prejudice in JD Vance Country
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Editor’s note: Eight years ago, on the eve of the 2016 election, Mother Jones published a story by Arlie Russell Hochschild, a renowned sociologist who had spent five years interviewing a group of white Southern conservatives to understand…
Kemp tours Helene damage in Augusta and pledges to push for fast federal disaster aid for Georgia
An Augusta residence avoided any serious damage from a large tree that was knocked over early Friday after Hurricane Helene made landfall. Stanley Dunlap AUGUSTA —Gov. Brian Kemp joined several elected officials, emergency responders, and other officials Monday in Augusta-Richmond County as the area begins to slowly rebuild from the devastation caused when the remnants…
Biden pledges federal help for states in the Southeast stricken by catastrophic storm
Men on a four wheeler pass a storm damaged house along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. According to reports, more than 100 people have been killed across the southeastern U.S., and millions are without power due to the storm, which made landfall as…