Republicans Will End the January 6 Committee. They May Also Investigate It.
Representative Bennie Thompson, Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. Jabin Botsford/Pool/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Republican have won control of the House of Representatives, and that means the January 6 committee will be…
Democracy Was on the Ballot. It Won the Chance To Stay There.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday evening, shortly before networks called the Arizona governor’s race for the Democrat Katie Hobbs, Charlie Kirk, the 29-year-old conservative activist, asked a guest on his YouTube livestream what Republicans had missed. Since moving to the state in…
Why Lauren Boebert Might Lose
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The only thing that’s certain in Colorado’s third congressional district is that it wasn’t supposed to be this close. Most analysts assumed that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) would cruise to victory in her solidly red district,…
Yes, Democrats Really Do “Need Georgia”
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)John Bazemore/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto finally won her reelection battle Saturday evening, it became clear that Democrats would retain control of the US Senate. Cortez Masto’s victory gave her party 50 seats in…
Election-Denying Secretary of State Candidates Got Crushed
Arizona Secretary of State Republican candidate Mark Finchem sits prior to a campaign debate in September. Finchem lost in the general election on Tuesday.AP Photo/Matt York Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Are you an election-denying secretary of state candidate? In a key battleground state?…
MAGA Election Denier Jim Marchant Just Lost His Bid for Nevada Secretary of State
Mother Jones illustration; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last month, I published an investigation showing that Nevada Republican secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant was deceiving voters by wildly misrepresenting his business history. After the story came out, Marchant told fellow election denier…