Lawmakers Spoke Up For an Indicted Chinese Mogul. Campaign Cash Followed.
Mother Jones illustration; NFSC; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty; Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The New Federal State of China, a conspiracy theory-promoting group launched in 2020 by Steve Bannon and exiled Chinese mogul Guo Wengui, who the Justice Department has indicted for…
Voting Rights Are Still Under Assault. Sen. Raphael Warnock Has a New Plan to Protect Them.
Mother Jones illustration; Anna Moneymaker/Getty; Paul Hennessy/SOPA/LightRocket/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Since the 2020 election, GOP-controlled state legislatures have enshrined Donald Trump’s Big Lie by giving partisan actors unprecedented control over how elections are run and how votes are counted. According to the…
The Latest Congressional Hearing on UFOs Was Full of Wild Claims
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves, former intelligence official David Grusch, and retired Navy Commander David Fravor, testify before a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on UFOs.Nathan Howard/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, a House Oversight subcommittee held a highly anticipated hearing on “unidentified…
The Hunter Biden Plea Deal That Republicans Hate Hit a Hurdle
Hunter Biden arrives for a court appearance on Wednesday.Julio Cortez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A plea deal between President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and the Justice Department after a years-long investigation—and that Republicans have attacked as too lenient—hit an unexpected bump on Wednesday…
Sen. Patty Murray on the End of Roe and Her Long Fight for Women’s Health Care
Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), calling attention to women’s health isn’t new. While campaigning for Senate in 1992, Murray said she would ask all Supreme Court nominees their positions on “personal and civil liberties”—and vote against…
John Durham Just Made False Statements to Congress
Special counsel John Durham is sworn in during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation.Graeme Sloan/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.John Durham—the special counsel who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the FBI’s investigation of the Trump-Russia…