Record Low Poll Numbers Keep Coming for Donald Trump
Jabin Botsford/Washington Post/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Donald Trump will leave office with the lowest favorability numbers of his presidency, according to a CNN poll released on Sunday. Only 34 percent of respondents approve of…
Our Laundry Is Fouling Arctic Seawater With Microplastics
Icebergs in the Arctic Ocean in Greenland.Explora_2005/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Arctic is “pervasively” polluted by microplastic fibers that most likely…
Who’s Rolling Out the COVID-19 Vaccine the Fastest?
You have probably heard that Britain is kicking our butt when it comes to vaccinating their population from COVID-19. And they surely are. But before you think the ghost of Isaac Newton must be helping them along, take a look at this chart: I have placed three large red dots at the point approximately two…
Trump Administration Executes Federal Inmate Days Before Biden Takes Office
Drew Angerer/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Dustin Higgs, who was sentenced to death for his role in a triple murder, was executed Saturday morning, becoming the final person executed by the Trump administration, just four…
A List of the Lawmakers Who Joined Pro-Trump Crowds on the Day of the Capitol Riot
Shay Horse/NurPhoto/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Among the pro-Trump crowd on January 6, when a mob stormed the Capitol and caused five deaths, were more than a dozen state lawmakers, many of whom now face calls…
HHS Secretary Blasts Trump’s Role in Capitol Riots in Resignation Letter
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA/LightRocket/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar condemned President Trump’s “actions and rhetoric following the election” in a resignation letter obtained by CNN, telling Trump that these actions “threaten…