Officials Would Like the Secret Service to Explain Itself
Secret service agents covered former president Donald Trump after a shooter opened fire, striking Trump, killing a spectator, and critically injuring two others.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Trump, there…
Attempted Trump Assassination Triggers a Flood of MAGA BS
Donald Trump is helped off the stage by Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, following an assassination attempt on the former president.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It is hardly surprising that a political movement that has as…
Condemnation Pours Out After Trump Rally Shooting. So Do Heated Allegations.
Trump is surround by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage after a shooting at his campaign rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday.Gene J. Puskar/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Officials on both sides of the aisle expressed shock,…
Biden Urges “Every American” to Read Project 2025’s “Blueprint for the Second Trump Term”
Kyle Mazza/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Speaking to a crowd in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday, President Joe Biden made an impassioned plea to voters with a message that largely centered on Donald Trump’s failings—and the threat of another term under his predecessor.…
Why Donald Trump’s Plan to Stop Taxing Tips Is a Lame Political Stunt
Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Getty (3) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. As president, Donald Trump’s tax policy heavily favored corporations and the wealthy. Trump’s signature tax legislation, the Tax…
Project 2025 Is Twisting Disability Rights Law to Attack Abortion
Gina M Randazzo/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s guidebook for Republican control of the presidency and Congress, is, unsurprisingly, coming for abortion rights. But in a new twist, they want to use a key disability rights law to…