Are Facebook and Twitter Monopolies?
Are Facebook and Twitter monopolies? Here’s a quick look: Facebook accounts for about 17 percent of all users, and the top four sites together account for about 50 percent. (Note that lots of people use multiple sites, so if you add up all the sites you’ll come up with far more than the 4 billion…
Kamala Harris Previewed Joe Biden’s Next Moves on Immigration—and Advocates Paid Close Attention
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 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 an interview with Univision on Tuesday night, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris teased a few details of the Biden administration’s immigration plans, which, with Democrats now in control…
National Guard Members Flood the Capitol as Congress Votes to Impeach
Gripas Yuri/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.As the House convened to vote to impeach President Trump for a second time, surreal photos emerged on Wednesday revealing a Capitol flooded with National Guard troops on high alert…
Trump Is About to Be the First President in US History to Be Impeached Twice
Trump salutes as he steps off Air Force One, Jan. 12, 2021.Miguel Roberts/AP 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.Good morning, and welcome to the second impeachment of President Donald Trump. More Republicans are coming out in…
Fight Trump Like a Terrorist Leader, National Security Experts Say
A man calls for Trump supporters to storm the US Capitol.Joseph Prezioso/AFP/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.In the aftermath of the violent insurrection against Congress on Jan. 6, many national security experts were stunned by…
New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price.
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 published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox…