House Just Called for the Postmaster General to Testify at an “Urgent Hearing” Later This Month
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Sunday, the House Oversight Committee urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to move up his scheduled testimony before the committee to August 24, nearly a month before planned, citing the “starling new revelations” about the “scope and gravity of operational…
Trump, Down in Polls and Busy Sabotaging the Postal Service, Is Already Trying to Create Doubt About 2020 Election
Kevin Dietsch – Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As Donald Trump’s strategy of hobbling the US Postal Service to undermine mail voting comes into clearer focus, it might be easy to forget that the president is also going to great lengths…
Michigan’s Postal Workers Say the Fix Is In
John Nacion/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.While President Donald Trump forthrightly acknowledged only yesterday that weakening the Post Office will help him obstruct mail balloting this fall, postal workers in the key swing state of Michigan say his mission has been clear for…
Trump’s Campaign Can’t Figure Out How to Attack Kamala Harris
mpi04/MediaPunch/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced that California Sen. Kamala Harris would be his running mate. If you want the details on Harris’ rise in California politics, her record as a prosecutor, and her sometimes complicated relationship with…
Joe Biden Just Made History and Picked Kamala Harris as His VP Candidate
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Former Vice President Joe Biden has officially selected Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, and in doing so has made history, as Harris will be the first Black woman on a major party’s presidential ticket. Harris…
Neil Young’s Lawsuit Against Trump Is As Weird and Iconoclastic as He Is
Frazer Harrison/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Earlier this week, on August 4, the Hollywood Reporter was the first major media outlet to report the news that Neil Young is suing Donald Trump for playing his songs at campaign rallies. It has become a major news story since then.…