In Heartfelt Address, Biden Passes the Torch—and Reminds Us What’s at Stake
President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.Mother Jones illustration; Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “I revere this office, but I love my country more.” The line was perhaps the defining takeaway of President…
Donald Trump Ridicules Kamala Harris’ Chuckle, Maybe Because He Almost Never Laughs
Erin Schaff/The New York Times/AP; Anthony Behar/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “You can tell a lot by a laugh,” Donald Trump told supporters the other day, reviving a weird and arguably very sexist right-wing criticism of his new White House rival, Kamala…
Kamala Harris Is Running as the Prosecutor Taking on Trump
In the first official speech of her campaign for the presidency, Vice President Harris cut a stark contrast to former President Trump.Dominic Gwinn/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Vice President Kamala Harris’ days as a courtroom prosecutor are long behind her. But in…
For Kamala Harris, Black Women Are Already a Crucial Fundraising Force
Black women are already proving to be a strong and enthusiastic fundraising base for Vice President Kamala Harris. Mother Jones; Greg Hauenstein / SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday night, more than 40,000 Black women reportedly gathered on…
Trump’s Sons Keep Falsely Blaming Democrats for the Assassination Attempt
At the 2024 GOP convention in MilwaukeeTom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Since a 20-year-old gunman opened fire more than a week ago at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the FBI has conducted hundreds of interviews and scrutinized…
Kamala Harris Is Raking In Campaign Cash
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Democratic donors unleashed a pent-up flood of cash into the barely established campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris with more than $100 million gushing into Democratic campaign coffers from small grassroots donors since the…