Donald Trump Was Asked (Twice) If He’d Do Anything on Climate. He Dodged.
Mother Jones illustration; Gerald Herbert/AP(2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. During Thursday’s presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, moderator and CNN anchor Dana Bash asked Trump what, if anything, he’d do to address climate change. Last year, Bash…
Trump’s Lies About Abortion in America Were Particularly Appalling
President Trump spewed anti-abortion lies and talking points at Thursday night’s debate. Let’s review the facts.Mother Jones illustration; Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump did manage to say one accurate thing about abortion at Thursday night’s CNN presidential…
“Storm Clouds Loom Ahead”: Justice Jackson Has a Warning About the Big SCOTUS Abortion Punt
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is sounding alarm bells for pregnant patients.Rod Lamkey/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Just four months from a presidential election, the Supreme Court dismissed a major abortion case on Thursday, delaying a final decision on whether a federal law…
A Renowned Debate Expert on How Biden Can Beat Trump’s Lies in Real Time
Mother Jones; Julio Cortez/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Like many Americans, I am dreading the first presidential debate of the 2024 election, an event that’s all but certain to feature a litany of vile lies by one candidate and awkward, if…
The First National Data on Birth Control Post-Dobbs Is Here, and the News Is Not Good
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs decision, as dozens of abortion clinics shut down in states with total or near-total abortion bans, reproductive justice advocates warned that the closures wouldn’t…
Supreme Court Looks Set to Avoid Deciding Whether Women Can Get Emergency Abortions
Sarah A. Miller/TNS via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Supreme Court is poised to issue a decision punting on one of the term’s most closely watched abortion cases. The decision will leave for another day—one not just months before a presidential…