Not Even Leonard Leo Could Turn Brent Orrin Hatch Into Utah’s Next Senator
Brent Orrin Hatch in Salt Lake City in 2008.Douglas C. Pizac/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It turns out that not even a famous last name, support from the conservative Federalist Society and its powerful leader, and a boatload of dark money can…
Trump Denies the Affairs at the Heart of the Hush-Money Case. Almost No One Believes Him.
Mother Jones illustration; Glenn Francis/Wikimedia; Elizabeth Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump is on trial in Manhattan facing 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of another crime: conspiring to influence the 2016 election. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argues that,…
The Supreme Court Has Already Given Trump What He Wants in the Immunity Case
Mother Jones illustration; Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire/Getty; Timothy A. Clary/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments over former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and novel theory that former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for anything that involved alleged…
Churches Don’t Have to Be Accessible. That’s Bad News For Voters.
Mother Jones; Unsplash; Wikimedia Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Eli. Underwood likes the experience of voting in person, but they now have to vote by mail. Underwood went to a Detroit church to cast a ballot in the 2022 general elections, but chronic health conditions…
Did Trump Push the NY Judge Too Far?
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Sen. Rick Scott Says He’s a China Hawk. But He’s Made Lots of Money With China-Related Investments
Mother Jones; Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In November, ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) issued a press release casting himself as a fierce opponent of China. It declared, “Since being…