Republicans Have Manufactured a Controversy Over the Chinese Spy Balloon
Larry Mayer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A US military fighter jet shot down the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, but the Biden administration has a different kind of foe that has yet to be neutralized: attacks coming…
Federal Judge Orders Bannon Ally to End Harassment Campaign Against Creditors
Members of Guo Wengui’s and Steve Bannon’s New Federal State of China at a 2020 protestAnthony Behar/Sipa USA/via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal bankruptcy judge slapped exiled Chinese mogul Guo Wengui with new restrictions this week after finding that Guo had defied an earlier…
We Found the Guys Behind the Hunter Biden Porn That Elon Musk Won’t Shut Up About
Mother Jones; Tom Williams/CQ/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On the evening of October 24, 2020, a guy who goes by the name Wenyang tweeted a picture of Hunter Biden. Hunter was facing a mirror in what looked like a hotel room, with his penis…
Nancy Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan and China Is Not Happy About It
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Nancy Pelosi touched down in Taiwan on Tuesday, ignoring the critics at home and abroad who strongly encouraged her not to go. Only days before Pelosi left for Asia, President Joe Biden acknowledged that “the military…
More Leaked Audio: Bannon Bragged That He Used Porn to Help Smear Hunter Biden
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/ Getty; CBS Sunday Morning/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Steve Bannon’s machinations around the 2020 presidential race were, at least according to his own words, sleazier and more cynical than even some of his…
Antony Blinken Tried to Convince China to Reject Russia. It Went About as Well as You’d Expect.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Indonesia in July 2022.Stefani Reynolds/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.As Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart for a rare, bilateral chat on Saturday,…