A Historic Vote Just Reshaped the Democratic Primary. But There Are Battles Ahead.
President Biden himself championed the historic shake-up. Here he is speaking at the DNC’s winter conclave on Friday.Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Bucking decades of political tradition, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted for a new line-up of early primary dates in…
Shoot Down the Balloon, You Coward! (And Please Also Donate $35 to Republicans.)
Mother Jones; Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette/AP; Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Joe Biden seems to be pretty unhappy about the suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over Montana. His administration signaled this by postponing Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing—less…
It’s Official: Ruben Gallego Is Taking on Kyrsten Sinema
Gage Skidmore/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision last month to leave the Democratic Party was, in no small part, an attempt at political self-preservation. The Green Party-candidate-turned-independent-turned-Democrat-turned-independent, who has angered Democrats in her home state—and pretty much everywhere—by opposing…
Mike Pence Is Courting Controversial Anti-Gay Pastors
Mike Pence greets John Hagee in 2019.Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When he ran for president in 2008, the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) denounced the views of Texas evangelical minister John Hagee as “crazy and unacceptable” and rejected his endorsement for…
Sinema Faced an Uphill Battle. So She Decided to Skip It.
Mother Jones Illustration; Jabin Botsford/Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Kyrsten Sinema is back where she started. On Friday, the Arizona senator announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party, but would keep her committee appointments and not caucus with the Republicans. Twenty…
Potential Trump 2024 Challengers Weigh in on His Dinner Meeting With Avowed Anti-Semite
Former president Donald TrumpAndrew Harnik/Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, former president Donald Trump hosted the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and avowed anti-Semite Nick Fuentes for dinner. It’s unclear what the main course was, but…