How Badly Did They Want to Say the N-Word? RNC, Day 1
Your nightly guide to racism at the Republican National Convention. Tonight was the “I’m not racist, and my Black friend says so” portion of the RNC, featuring speeches from Tim Scott and Herschel Walker, among others, and a lot of predictable talk about “opportunity zones” and the Democratic “plantation.” For the hard stuff, we turn…
The McCloskeys Complained About “Ending Single-Family Home Zoning.” That’s a Racist Dog Whistle.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey point guns at protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house in the Central West End of St. Louis at the end of June. Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.You could maybe infer how Mark and Patricia McCloskey…
Watch Trump’s Bizarre, Maskless RNC Opener
NewsNOW from FOX/Youtube For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump doubled down on xenophobia and misinformation about the coronavirus during his first appearance during the Monday night broadcast of the Republican National Convention. During the short, stilted interaction filmed at the White House, Trump, surrounded by seven…
North Korean Propaganda Is More Subtle Than Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Dark, Dark Speech
Susan Walsh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host and current Trump campaign senior advisor, gave a bizarre, almost militaristically enthusiastic speech Monday night, the first night of the Republican National Convention. It was so deliriously pitched, intoned with such fervor, that…
Katie Porter Reveals Just How Little Louis DeJoy Knows About the Mail
Tom Williams/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.About five hours into Louis DeJoy’s congressional testimony Monday, Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) lobbed the postmaster general a softball. “What is the cost of a first-class postage stamp?” she asked. “Fifty-five cents,” DeJoy said. Then things got tricky. “What about…
Trump Campaign, Under a Court Order to Show Evidence of Voter Fraud, Produces Bupkis
U-T San Diego/ZUMAPRESS For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.With the frequency and fervency that President Donald Trump and his supporters talk about supposed rampant mail voting fraud, one would think it would be fairly easy for them to put forward some evidence. Well, maybe not so much.…