Trump Tries to Distance Himself From Project 2025—the Far Right’s Playbook for a Second Term
Robin Rayne/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. My colleague David Corn recently wrote about Project 2025, a public plan crafted by the Heritage Foundation with help from prominent Trump world officials that, if implemented, would essentially destroy the country’s system of checks and…
Plastics Makers Tout “a World Without Waste.” But what Does That Mean?
Plastic bottles packed together in a recycling plant.Imago via ZUMA Press This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the time it takes you to read this sentence—say, four seconds—the world produces nearly 60 metric tons of plastic, almost entirely out of fossil fuels. That’s about 53,000 metric tons…
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig Calls for Biden to Drop Out
Bonnie Cash/Pool/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. More than a week after a disastrous debate, President Joe Biden sat down with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News to answer some of the tough questions his performance raised about his ability to run for office.…
Local Radio Host Says Biden Team Sent Pre-Planned Questions
Biden speaks at the White House a month before his disastrous debate performance.Samuel Corum/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. President Joe Biden tried to recover from a disastrous first debate performance and reassure American voters that he’s not too old or cognitively impaired…
Biden in first TV interview since debate denies medical condition: ‘It was a bad episode’
President Joe Biden sat down for an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” co-anchor and “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos in Wisconsin on the campaign trail on July 5, 2024. (Photo used with permission of ABC News) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday in his first televised interview since the presidential debate defended his…
The Ghosts of 1968 Haunting Joe Biden
There are important historical differences between the two political eras. But eerie parallels are mounting.Samuel Corum/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. They say history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes—and 2024 is, no matter how inconvenient for an embattled Joe Biden, resonating…