Donald Trump Wants You to Know That He Definitely Did Not Just Concede the Election
Donald Trump, totally not conceding.Evan Vucci/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.For a brief time Sunday morning, Donald Trump appeared to accept reality. Nearly eight days after every major media outlet had declared Joe Biden the…
Trump’s Latest False Fraud Claim Came From an Anonymous Internet Poster
Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images 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.On Thursday, Donald Trump posted a tweet falsely claiming a computerized voting system vendor had switched or deleted millions of his votes. The unfounded allegation appears…
Biden Now Leads the Popular Vote by More Than 5 Million
Cory Clark/NurPhoto/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.President-elect Joe Biden’s popular vote lead over President Trump has grown to 5.29 million, according to the Cook Political Report. Vote counting is still underway, but Biden thus far…
Meet the One-Woman Newsroom That Live-Tweeted Georgia’s Biggest Election Story
Jessica McGowan/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.Late last week, the unexpected happened. After days of ballot counting, Donald Trump’s lead in republican-dominated Georgia was dwindling. As Thursday night fell on the east coast, the eyes of…
Trump Became President Because of Racism. The Next Trump Could Too.
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Saturday, when the major media outlets called the presidential election for Joe Biden, millions of people around the country took to the streets to celebrate. But as people popped champagne bottles, danced alongside their neighbors,…
“It’s an Embarrassment”: Biden Says Trump’s Refusal to Concede Won’t Stand in His Way
Carolyn Kaster/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.President Trump has refused to concede the election, which, as things currently stand, he’s losing by nearly 4.7 million popular votes and 65 electoral votes. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t accept the election results…