Election Disinformation From Elon Musk Is Drawing Billions of Views on X
Mother Jones; Marc Piasecki/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Elon Musk is not just the Trump-supporting owner of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. It turns out he is also one of the platform’s biggest peddlers of election-related disinformation, according…
How Paul Wellstone Helped Give Us Tim Walz
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz applauds as President Joe Biden speaks at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minnesota. AP/Andrew Harnik Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It was damn cold in St. Paul—even cold for Minnesotans—on a weekend in late January 2005, when one or…
Tim Walz Is Leading the Way on Long Covid Funding
Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune-TNS/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. There are more than 400,000 people with Long Covid in Minnesota—the home state of Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz—according to the state’s health department. A post-viral illness with serious impacts to quality…
Elon Musk’s X Is Under Scrutiny for Disinformation Targeting Kamala Harris
Musk at a symposium on antisemitism in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024Beata Zawrzel/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Elon Musk has said he wants X, formerly known as Twitter, to be the “public square” of the internet, an essential place for discourse and…
On Repro Rights, Tim Walz Is the Polar Opposite of JD Vance
Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) has spoken about the importance of IVF for his family while Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) voted against a bill that would protect access.Mother Jones; Getty; Jim Watson/AFP/Getty; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One way to…
Tim Walz Has a Stellar Record on Voting Rights
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signs the “Democracy for the People Act” on May 5, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Steve Karnowski/AP. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris’ decision to pick Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday coincided…