How Trump’s 2024 Campaign Became a Bloody Cage Fight
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late February, after Donald Trump had nearly vanquished the entirety of the Republican primary field, his spokesman, Steven Cheung, took aim at the one opponent still standing. “Birdbrain, are you a liar or just plain stupid?” he tweeted.…
This Is How GOP Signature Matching Laws Harm Disabled Voters
Candace Wicks speaking at a rally, surrounded by other Delta Sigma Theta members, about her experience voting under SB 1. Robin Jerstad/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Candace Wicks believes in the importance of educating people. For three decades, Wicks was an elementary school…
Florida’s Ballot Measure on Abortion Could Give Democrats a Lifeline
Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Susan MacManus, a political science professor emerita at the University of South Florida, spoke to a Democratic club in Sarasota about the upcoming election. Despite polling consistently showing that Donald Trump is expected to…
Ruben Gallego’s Battle Against Kari Lake Could Decide the Fate of the Senate—And Our Democracy
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. n the afternoon of January 6, 2021, as election deniers armed with Tasers and tomahawks overran the US Capitol, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) handed his colleague and close friend Eric Swalwell a pen. “Here,” he said to the…
In Alabama, Abortion and IVF Helped Flip a Red Seat in a Special Election
Marilyn Lands flipped a seat in the Alabama legislature by campaigning on abortion rights.Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Alabama provided even more evidence of what we already know to be true: Abortion rights win elections. Democrat Marilyn…
Will RFK Jr. and Other Third-Party Candidates Help Doom Democracy?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the summer of 2000, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of the Democratic Party dynasty, took time out of his schedule as an environmental attorney to write an op-ed for the New York Times. In the piece, Kennedy…