In Brazilian Media, Even More Reports of George Santos’ Lies
Rep. George Santos speaks with reporters as he departs Capitol Hill.Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2008, Bruno Simões was working as a clerk at a store called The Salt in Niterói, a city that neighbors Rio de Janeiro. One day, a…
House May Vote on Abolishing the IRS—and Income Taxes
Fair Tax Act sponsor Earl “Buddy” Carter at a June 2021 “Fire Fauci” press conference. Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.) introduced the Fair Tax Act, a House bill that proposes to abolish the IRS…
The House GOP Is All Revved Up to Investigate the Investigators
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., last week in the House chamber while McCarthy tried to convince Jordan and other hardliners to back him. Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Fueled by anger over the federal law enforcement investigation…
McCarthy’s Day One Plan: Gut the Office of Congressional Ethics
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., points to the newly installed nameplate at his office after he was sworn in as speaker of the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After…
Kevin McCarthy Is Cutting Deals With the Big Lie’s Worst Offenders
Kevin McCarthy won support Friday from Rep. Ralph Norman, who on Jan. 17, 2021, urged Trump to invoke “Marshall Law.”Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans are celebrating the anniversary of the January 6 attack by making it clear that they are…
Brazil’s Biggest Soap Opera Right Now? The George Santos Scandal.
Newly elected Republican Rep. George Santos Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The spiral of lies disseminated by newly elected Republican Rep. George Santos of New York has made him a political and social pariah and object of relentless scrutiny. Since the New York Times’…