Far-Right Trolls Have Launched a Racist Crusade Against Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris on Capitol Hill, Jan. 10, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday morning, less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden announced his exit from the 2024 presidential race and anointed Vice…
The Myth of Kamala Harris as “Border Czar”
Vice President Kamala Harris Harris talks to the media on arrival to El Paso, Texas.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Even before President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race on Sunday afternoon, Republicans already had a line of…
Nancy Pelosi Did What She’s Always Done
Mother Jones illustration; Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the month that followed President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with Donald Trump, it has sometimes been hard to escape the conclusion that, for all the warnings that the Republican candidate was an…
Abortion Rights Advocates See Harris as an Ideal Messenger
Vice President Harris has been a more direct and consistent messenger on abortion rights than President Biden.Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, abortion rights advocates got some rare good news. After President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection…
After Biden Drops Out, Trump Lashes Out
Former President Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris would be easier to beat than President Biden—but it’s not so simple.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Despite his calls for “unity” this week, former President Trump denigrated President Biden within minutes of the…
Joe Manchin Asks President Biden to Drop Out
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Sunday that President Biden should “pass the torch.”Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, another influential Democratic ally—Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.)—joined the growing calls for President Joe Biden to make way for a new…