Mike Johnson Helped Engineer Trump’s Coup. Then Democrats Helped Make Him Speaker.
Mother Jones; Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP, J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House. The conservative Louisiana lawmaker—a man described by the New York Times as the “most important architect” of congressional Republicans’ attempt to throw out…
George Santos Suggested the Chinese Communist Party Kidnapped His Niece. Huh?
George Santos on October 18.Allison Bailey/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Earlier this year George Santos, the fabulist congressman facing federal fraud charges, took up the cause of exiled Chinese mogul Guo Wengui, a fellow fabulist who is also facing federal fraud charges. Guo,…
House Republicans Descend Into a Flame War of Open Letters and Obscene Tweets
Matt Gaetz and Nancy Mace are running out of friends.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Things are getting wild on Nancy Mace’s Twitter account. The South Carolina congresswoman—an on-again-off-again Trump ally who once told the only funny joke about January 6—was one of the…
Tom Emmer Didn’t Help Trump Steal the 2020 Election. It’s Payback Time.
Matthew Putney/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After Republicans finally dethroned Jim Jordan as their speaker of the House nominee Friday, GOP eyes turned to Rep. Tom Emmer. The Minnesota congressman seemed like the natural choice: He engineered his party’s successful effort to retake…
Win or Lose, Jim Jordan Reveals What Republicans (Don’t) Care About
Mother Jones; Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid to become speaker hasn’t worked, at least not yet. But Jordan has already succeeded in revealing that House Republicans mostly don’t care about his leading role in Donald Trump’s effort to…
Sen. Bob Menendez Charged With Acting as a Foreign Agent for Egypt
Sen. Bob Menendez during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on January 26, 2023.Bill Clark/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department on Thursday issued a new indictment against Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife, this time accusing the couple of acting as…