Raphael Warnock Wins Historic Georgia Senate Race
Ben Gray/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.The Reverend Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, won a historic victory on Tuesday against Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a tight runoff election to head to the US Senate, according…
It Looks Like Democrats May Win the Senate After All
Stacey Abrams said she’d turn Georgia blue, and by God she did it. Congratulations, Stacey.Kevin Lowery/Biden via 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.How about that? It looks like Democrats are going to win both the…
Where Are the Bitcoin Billionaires?
Bitcoin continues its spectacular 3-month surge: I don’t get it, but then, there are lots of things I don’t get. I suppose that old stamps and impressionist paintings don’t have any intrinsic value either, aside from the fact that lots of people want them, so why not bitcoin? But what I still want to know…
Gun Sales Surged in 2020. So Did Gun Violence.
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre.Michael Conroy/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.To say that 2020 was a year of unprecedented turmoil would be an understatement. More than 350,000 people have died in the United States…
Wednesday’s Protests Are Primed to Turn More Trump Supporters Into Dangerous Extremists
Carol Guzy/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.The protests planned for Wednesday in support of President Trump are proving, like many far-right mobilizations, to be especially difficult for researchers, activists, and reporters to track. Charlottesville’s Unite the…
Quote of the Day: “Coming to play golf is not what I would consider an essential purpose”
Andrew Milligan/PA Wire via 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.The latest hot rumor is that Donald Trump is going to skip the inauguration and instead jet off to his golf club in Turnberry. But it…