Progressives Are Already Pissed About Joe Biden’s Defense Budget
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg/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.Late Thursday night, several news outlets reported that the Biden administration plans to request $715 billion in Pentagon spending for the next fiscal year. Presidential budgets are a legally…
An Ex-Google Lobbyist Who Backed Jim Jordan Is Leading Big Tech’s Bid to Court the Left
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech executives testified before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee on July 29, 2020. 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.How is Big Tech navigating the Biden era? Consider the newest industry…
After Mass Shootings, NRA Leader Regularly Hid Out on Yachts Out of Fear for His Safety
Curtis Compton/ZUMA 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.For years, Wayne LaPierre, the embattled leader of the National Rifle Association, has been plagued by accusations of lavish spending and directing large sums of cash to the organization’s…
Facebook Let Trump Lie America Into an Insurrection. Will It Stop Other Leaders from Doing Worse?
Mother Jones illustration 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.In the fall of 2019, Facebook made a fateful decision, announcing that posts and ads from politicians would henceforth be considered “newsworthy,” and would be allowed to be…
So Far Biden Is Taking Right-Wing Extremism Seriously. But Actually Fixing the Problem Will Be a Lot Harder.
Pro-Trump protesters inside the US Capitol on January 6Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/Zuma 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.Since before he was even sworn into office, Joe Biden has made it clear that fighting the spate of right-wing…
The Most Important Pandemic Industry You’ve Never Thought Of
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.In December 2019, the cover story of InTents magazine was fascinating—and unfortunately timed. It focused on domes and inflatable structures—“shapes that stand out,” the headline read—that had grown in popularity in recent…