The Party of January 6 Appears to Have Taken the House. Prepare for the Crazy.
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll/ZUMA; CallJoseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A political force propelled by irrationality and a dangerous lie, led by a man who tried to overturn a national election, who incited violence to block the peaceful transfer of power, and…
Biden Threatens Windfall Tax on Excessive Oil Profits
President Biden talks about oil profits and gas prices on Monday, October 31.Alex Brandon/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Joe Biden on Monday threatened to pursue new legislation that would tax the windfall profits made by fossil fuel companies this year if…
One Scientist’s Quest for an Accessible, Unhackable Voting Machine
Juan Gilbert/YouTube This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In late 2020, a large box arrived at Juan Gilbert’s office at the University of Florida. The computer science professor had been looking for this kind of product for months. Previous orders had yielded poor results. This time,…
The Blob Delivers a Message: Shut Up About Ukraine
Congressional Progressive Caucus Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Chair, with Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) Mark Takano (D-Calif) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) in August. All four signed and later renounced the progressive letter on Ukraine.Graeme Sloan/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Amid the lingering freakout over the…
Big Plastic Wants You to Think You Can Recycle Your Yogurt Container
Grist / Amelia Bates This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number—1 through 7—that identifies the…
Prosecutors Seek 6-Month Sentence For Bannon
Steve Bannon outside of Manhattan State Supreme Court in New York, US, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. John Nacion/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department wants Steve Bannon imprisoned for six months and fined $200,000 for contempt of Congress, a charge resulting…