The Trump Files: Donald’s Near-Death Experience (That He Invented)
Mother Jones illustration; Shutterstock For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This post was originally published as part of “The Trump Files”—a collection of telling episodes, strange but true stories, and curious scenes from the life of our current President—on July 15, 2016. After a chartered helicopter crashed and…
Nazis Put This Symbol on Political Opponents’ Arms. Now Trump is Using It.
Facebook screenshot For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The first result for a Google search of “upside down red triangle” is a Wikipedia page detailing Nazi concentration camp badges. Google’s official “knowledge panel” reiterates this, linking the same Wikipedia page. The results on the rest of the first…
Trump’s Tulsa Rally Is Looking Increasingly Disastrous, Top Health Official Warns
President Trump at a rally in February.Brian Cahn/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the Trump campaign barrels through growing opposition to its plans to hold its first rally since the lockdown began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the city on Wednesday reached yet another grim milestone: 96 new…
The Trump Files: Donald Accuses “Miss Nude Southern USA” of Trademark Infringement
Mother Jones illustration; Shutterstock For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This post was originally published as part of “The Trump Files”—a collection of telling episodes, strange but true stories, and curious scenes from the life of our current President—on November 7, 2016. Donald Trump is a litigious man.…
GOP Activists Oust Virginia Congressman After He Officiated a Same-Sex Wedding
Caroline Brehman/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.An incumbent Republican member of Congress who officiated a same-sex wedding last year lost his party’s nomination on Saturday. Rep. Denver Riggleman was defeated by Bob Good, who has described himself as a “bright red Biblical and constitutional conservative,” in Virginia’s 5th district,…
New Polls Show the Enormous, Self-Destructive Toll of Trump’s Protest Response
President Donald Trump poses with a bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. Shawn Thew/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, Priorities USA Action released a TV ad in swing states attacking President Donald Trump’s handling of both the…