DOJ: State of Alaska Discriminates Against Voters With Disabilities
Residents in Anchorage, Alaska wait to vote.Mark Thiessen/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday, the US Department of Justice sent a letter to Alaska’s director of elections, outlining the state’s litany of violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act that impacted disabled…
He’s a Car Dealer With a Surprising Business Record. He’s Also Running for Senate in Ohio.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The 2015 Aston Martin Vulcan can go from zero to 60 in 2.9 seconds and maxes out at 208 mph. Only 24 of the two-door, two-seater carbon-fiber British speedsters were ever made, each with a $2.3 million price…
If You Want to Understand Trump’s Appeal, Look at John Gotti
Mother Jones; Jim Bourg/Pool/AP, Daniel Sheehan/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When people talk about the most consequential elections of their lifetimes, you don’t hear many of them mention Bill Clinton’s race against Ross Perot and President George H.W. Bush in 1992. In…
Conservative Media Conglomerate Amplifies Misleading Attacks on Biden’s Fitness
Trump’s victory, former Sinclair CEO David Smith told an audience the day after the 2016 election, was “a really serious opportunity to seek complete deregulation” of broadcasting. Steve Ruark/AP 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…
A New Biden Ad Is Highlighting Trump’s Criminal Conviction
In a new ad, the Biden campaign is taking direct aim at Trump’s history-making status as a convicted criminal.Laura Brett/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a new advertisement, President Joe Biden is highlighting the fact that his GOP opponent for the presidency…
Let’s Check Back in on Those Trump Veepstakes
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), left, and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), right, are among the Trump VP contenders using television airtime to seemingly try to appeal to the former president.Phelan M. Ebenhack/Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Trump veepstakes has been in…