Why Facebook Won’t Stop Pushing Propaganda
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Joyce Jones’ Facebook page is almost an archetype of what the social network is supposed to look like: Pictures of her kids, her kids’ friends, her sports teams, her kids’ friends’ sports teams. Videos of her husband’s…
Trump to DOJ: “Just Say That the Election Was Corrupt” and “Leave the Rest to Me”
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Donald Trump pressured top Justice Department officials to say that the election was corrupt so that he and Congressional Republicans could use the finding to help overturn President Joe Biden’s victory, according to…
New Details Suggest Senior Trump Aides Knew January 6 Rally Could Get Chaotic
Men belonging to the Oath Keepers wearing military tactical gear attend the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by…
Michigan Republicans Confirm the Obvious: Trump Lost Fair and Square
An armed Trump-supporter outside the Michigan state capitol on January 6.Adam J. Dewey/NurPhoto via Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Following a months-long investigation into a litany of dubious election fraud claims made by former President…
How Trump Cronies Turned New Hampshire Into a Big Lie Battleground
President Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski speaks outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center in 2020.Matt Slocum/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Windham, New Hampshire, has become the latest hotspot in Donald Trump’s ongoing crusade to prove…
Newsmax Issues Retraction and Apology for 2020 Election Coverage
Sean Rayford/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Newsmax, the far-right news outlet that boosted the Trump campaign’s false claims of 2020 election rigging, admitted on Friday that there was “no evidence” that an executive at Dominion…