In Brazilian Media, Even More Reports of George Santos’ Lies
Rep. George Santos speaks with reporters as he departs Capitol Hill.Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2008, Bruno Simões was working as a clerk at a store called The Salt in Niterói, a city that neighbors Rio de Janeiro. One day, a…
Hero of 2022: Those LA Police Funding Billboards
Mother Jones; Kenneth Mejia About a month after President Joe Biden declared in his State of the Union address that the answer to crime is to “fund the police, fund them, fund them,” a mint green billboard appeared above a gas station one block from a northern Los Angeles Police Department precinct. Passersby who happened…
George Santos Is Now Under Investigation as Even More Lies and Inconsistencies Surface
The Washington Post/ Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.George Santos, the Republican congressman-elect who has come under fire for a growing list of inconsistent and false claims about his financial, employment, and familial history, is facing multiple investigations, including an inquiry announced…
Hero of 2022: The Gen-Z Voters Who Saved Us From Ourselves This November
Mother Jones; Giorgio Viera/AFP/Getty Lauren Nicks, a college student in Georgia, voted for the second time this year. Her vote was her voice, she says, and she was motivated enough to figure out the logistics of sending in an absentee ballot to her home state of New York. She was part of the massive youth voter…
Scandal-Struck George Santos Just Revived the Firm That Netted Him Mystery Millions
John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday, the New York Times published an explosive story revealing that George Santos, a New York Republican elected last month to the House of Representatives, had made what appeared to be brazenly false statements about his…
Will Ranked-Choice Voting Kill MAGA? No. Are Republicans Banning It Anyway? Yup.
Alaskans learn about ranked choice voting in a mock election for drag queens. Mark Thiessen/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It’s the system to “save America,” to some experts. To Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, it’s a “scam.” The ever-so-eloquent wordsmith Donald Trump…