How the ACLU Is Planning for the Return of Trump
ACLU President Deborah Archer speaks at the Aspen Ideas Festival.Daniel Bayer/Aspen Ideas Festival Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. During the four years of the Trump presidency, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed more than 430 legal actions against the Republican administration. In…
U.S. Supreme Court flips precedent that empowered federal agencies
The U.S. Supreme Court, pictured, issued a decision on a case dealing with a legal precedent that gave federal agencies broad discretion to use their judgment to resolve any ambiguity Congress left in a federal statute. Jane Norman/States Newsroom The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a precedent Friday that had for decades limited judicial power…
Georgia Dems gather day after Biden’s uneven debate performance to shift focus to Trump flaws
From left, Georgia Sen. Josh McLaurin, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and Stacey Abrams praise President Joe Biden the day after his debate against former president Donald Trump. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Most of the reaction to Thursday’s presidential debate has focused on President Joe Biden’s at times incoherent statements. Democratic leaders gathered in Atlanta Friday morning…
Georgians react to Biden-Trump debate
Sen. Raphael Warnock praises President Joe Biden’s debate performance in the spin room at the McCamish Pavilion. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder. Democrats at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion faced a crowd of dozens of reporters from around the world shouting questions about President Joe Biden’s debate performance and whether he should remain the party’s candidate. Speaking to…
Trump Turned “Palestinian” Into a Slur
Mother Jones illustration; Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Five months ago, during a GOP presidential debate, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis whether he’d endorse ethnic cleansing. “Do you support the mass removal of Palestinians from Gaza?” Tapper inquired. “As…
Trump Was the Trump We Know. Biden Was the Biden We Feared.
Mother Jones illustration; Ben Hendren/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Joe Biden had his shot—a chance to dispel concerns about his age and his abilities. But in his first debate with Donald Trump, he stumbled through 90 minutes, muffing answers, often looking uncertain,…