The Democrats Have a Discipline Dilemma
Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For 45 seconds, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) bit her lip, leveled her gaze, and held her cellphone steady before a pair of microphones as a hateful voicemail unfurled from its speaker. “We…
Lauren Boebert Is Only Going to Get Worse
Graeme Sloan/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A video of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) effectively describing her colleague Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as a terrorist went viral over Thanksgiving weekend. In the obviously false tale, she tells a story of being in…
January 6 Committee Subpoenas Roger Stone and Alex Jones
Roger Stone walks to his hotel with Oath Keepers after speaking at Freedom Plaza on January 5, 2021.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Monday, the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol…
The House Just Passed Biden’s Build Back Better Plan. Now It’s Up to Joe Manchin.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The House of Representatives passed a $2 trillion spending bill on Friday morning, taking a crucial step toward enacting President Joe Biden’s ambitious domestic agenda and delivering Democrats a fragile, fleeting, moment of party…
Why GOP Leaders Can’t Keep Paul Gosar in Line
Gosar in the Capitol on the day of his censure, November 17AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For decades, if members of Congress got carried away—if their rhetoric or votes started straying too far from the party line—they were…
Paul Gosar Is Why Censure Exists
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar and strip him of his committee assignments. First elected in 2012 after a long and not especially…