Campaigns Are at Serious Risk of Being Hacked, and Congress Is Doing Nothing to Help Them
Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, pictured after Clinton conceded defeat to Republican Donald Trump, was the target of a high-profile hack.Matt Rourke/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On July 23, the entire staff of the Democratic National Committee received an email from the organization’s CEO, Seema Nanda. It was…
Trump Announces Rally for Lyin’ Ted
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump confirmed what Texas Republicans had been hinting for weeks—he’d be coming to the Lone Star State this fall to campaign for Sen. Ted Cruz: I will be doing a major rally for Senator…
Educators Are Mad as Hell And They’re Teaching Republicans a Lesson
Elementary school principal Sherrie Conley talks with a voter at a bagel shop in Norman, Okla. Conley ousted a three-term incumbent in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff election. Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The results of last night’s elections are proof that education is a powerful issue in states…
Last Night, Arizona Primary Voters Backed Two Competing Visions for the Democratic Party
Kyrsten Sinema and David Garcia, Arizona Democrats’ 2018 nominees for senator and governor.Ross D. Franklin/AP; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michelle Capriotti has been waiting for a political moment like this. One evening in early August, a few weeks before students returned to the nearby high…
There’s Never Been a Majority-Female Statehouse. Nevada May Change That.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Julie Pazina was glued to the TV screen the night of the 2016 presidential election. As the results started to roll in and the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency became a reality, Pazina was devastated, and by the next morning,…
The Republican Primary for Jeff Flake’s Senate Seat is a Hot Mess
From left: Martha McSally, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Kelli WardMother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On a Thursday evening in early August, Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff and current Republican candidate for US Senate from Arizona, dropped by a community center in Phoenix for his first…