The Supreme Court Just Threw Out Texas’ Absurd Election Lawsuit
Texas AG Ken Paxton shakes hands with President Trump in September. To the right is Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.TNS/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.The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a Texas lawsuit that…
A Pro-Trump Voting “Expert” Was Questioned About His Data. It Did Not Go Well for Him.
Matt Braynard, a onetime Trump campaign operative, has produced analyses of the 2020 vote in swing states that claim massive amounts of illegal votes were cast. He has testified alongside Rudy Giuliani, as the the personal lawyer for Donald Trump crusades to overturn the election. Braynard’s work has been cited in a number of GOP lawsuits seeking to…
What’s the Matter With Cultural Politics?
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.Even while the votes were still rolling in, it had become axiomatic among the green-room set that Democrats had hurt themselves by focusing too much on “cultural issues.” Surely you’ve heard…
How Kelly Loeffler’s Firm Facilitated an Enron-Like Scandal
Ben Gray/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.At a debate on Sunday night, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the Republican vying in one of the two critical January 5 Senate run-offs in Georgia, declared that she has been…
Georgia Didn’t Turn Blue Overnight. Just Ask the State’s Newest Member of Congress Nikema Williams.
If Nikema Williams knew November 13, 2018, would end the way it did, she says she would’ve worn a different outfit. That morning, donning a printed dress, red jacket, heeled boots, and a multistrand pearl set, the Georgia state senator said goodbye to her husband, made plans to pick up their 3-year-old later that afternoon,…
In Historic Vote, Colorado Has Officially Decided to Reintroduce Wolves to the State
Wolfgang Kaehler/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.While it may have sounded like good news, it was alarming for wolf advocates: In late October, the Trump administration announced the “successful recovery of the gray wolf,” and in doing…