The Audacity of Elon Musk’s $180 Million Pledge to Elect Donald Trump
Mother Jones; Str/NurPhoto/ZUMA; Starmax/Newscom/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. Billionaire Elon Musk has pledged to give $45 million a month to a Super PAC that’s encouraging swing-state supporters…
Federal lawsuit charges delayed elections for Georgia PSC are unconstitutional
Several plaintiffs, including Brionté McCorkle, a director of Georgia Conservation Voters, filed a federal lawsuit in 2020 requesting that a judge change the way Georgia Public Service Commission members are elected arguing that the board fails to adequately represent Black Georgians in regulating public utility rates. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder (File) Two consumer advocacy groups filed…
Democrats Seem Set on Rushing Joe Biden’s Nomination. Republicans Are Thrilled.
Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House.Artem Priakhin/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As Republican delegates convene in a red, white, and blue balloon-filled Milwaukee arena to formally nominate Donald Trump as their presidential nominee, Democrats are at a…
Peter Navarro to RNC: “I Went to Prison So You Won’t Have To”
Peter Navarro on January 25, 2024, after he was sentenced to four months in prison for flouting a committee subpoena. Bryan Olin Dozier/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Straight from jail, Peter Navarro told the Republican National Convention Wednesday: “I went to prison…
RNC Delegates Sound Off on Whether America Should Be a Christian Nation
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, (R-Tenn.), bows his head in prayer on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday night, Harmeet Dhillon, National Committeewoman of the Republican National Committee for California, offered a…
J.D. Vance’s Past Attacks on Trump Aren’t Hypocrisy. They’re His Main Argument.
Donald Trump and J.D. Vance at the RNC.Nate Gowdy/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the days when the nation’s confused liberals and bereft neocons wanted to understand the rise of Donald Trump with empathy—but without challenging too many assumptions about power…