Florida Man Facing 91 Criminal Counts Wins Michigan Primary
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump keeps losing in the courtroom, but that isn’t stopping him from prevailing at the ballot box. The former president is facing four indictments covering a combined 91 criminal counts. He’s racking up hundreds…
Some Michigan Democrats Plan to Vote “Uncommitted” to Send Biden a Message on Palestine
Protesters in Hamtramck, a city just north of Detroit, rallied ahead of the Tuesday primary.Jim West/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the Michigan primary tomorrow, some Democrats plan to vote “uncommitted,” instead of casting a ballot for President Joe Biden, to protest his…
Trump Claims His Mug Shot Wins Him Black Voters
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump decisively won South Carolina’s GOP primary election against challenger Nikki Haley on Saturday, with the former president earning about 60 percent of Republican votes to Haley’s 40 percent. “This was a little sooner…
Being Denied a Press Pass at CPAC Was the Best Way to Cover the Conference
Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.I’ve attended the Conservative Political Action Conference almost yearly since 2009, always as a credentialed reporter. While there, I’ve seen the early attacks on President Barack Obama, the improbable popularity of libertarian Texas Rep. Ron Paul. I…
Obsessed: It’s 2024 and Conservatives Still Can’t Stop Worrying About Michelle Obama
Molly Riley/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Conservative Political Action Conference, the largest right-wing convention in the country, kicked off this morning’s show with an all-star lineup. There were members of Congress like Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), a…
Nikki Haley Refuses to Drop Out, Even as She Prepares to Lose South Carolina
She’s…still running.Jim Lo Scalzo/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Nikki Haley is…still running. Even if she’s almost certain to lose her home state. That’s essentially the summary of a speech the former South Carolina governor delivered Tuesday in Greenville, South Carolina, ahead of the…