Election Deniers Just Scored a Major Win in Arizona’s Biggest County
Mother Jones; Michael Brochstein/Zuma; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Earlier this month, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a Republican who oversees mail-in voting, voter registration, and property records in America’s fourth-largest county, reached out to Elon Musk with an invitation. “Can I…
What Makes People Willing to “Fight or Die” in an Election?
Mother Jones; John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.What makes people want to participate in coup attempts like January 6—and fight or die for a politician, even after they lose? With November’s impending election, it’s a timely question for a divided country. California…
The New Trump Indictment Will Supercharge His War on American Democracy
Mother Jones; Win McNamee/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Even after all these years of Donald Trump’s extremist attacks on American democracy and decency itself, the four-count criminal indictment handed down by a federal grand jury on Tuesday that accused the former president of…
Nevada Election Conspiracist Jim Marchant Is Running for Senate
Evangelical pastor Jimmy Morales, left, prays over Jim Marchant at the Las Vegas launch event for Marchant’s Senate campaign.John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Republican Jim Marchant moved to Las Vegas in 2003 after his business career ended in financial ruin, but he…
The Accountant Who Wants to Take On the Police
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One night in late January, Los Angeles’ brand new controller, Kenneth Mejia, zipped up an official windbreaker with a city seal on the left breast, and walked out of City Hall to police headquarters. Mejia, an athletic 32-year-old with…
John Fetterman On His Struggle With Depression: “I Was Indifferent” Towards Living
Sen. John Fetterman speaks to CBS Sunday Morning shortly before hospital discharge for clinical depression.CBS Sunday Morning Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) entered Walter Reed Hospital for clinical depression in mid-February. Six weeks later, he returned home on Friday. In…