6 Years Ago, Democrats Failed on Guns. Have They Learned From Their Mistakes?
President Barack Obama speaks in 2013 after a bill to expand background checks for gun-buyers was defeated in the Senate.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Beto O’Rourke reshaped the national gun debate when, in response to a string of deadly mass shootings, he called for a mandatory buyback of the military-style assault weapons used in the massacres. “Hell yes,…
Intel Director’s Refusal to Reveal a Whistleblower Complaint Is “Deeply Troubling,” Schiff Says
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffJ. Scott Applewhite/AP Last week, the Intelligence Community Inspector General notified Congress about a whistleblower complaint that was “credible” and of “urgent concern.” Now, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire won’t turn over the complaint at the behest of a “higher authority,” House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff…
Intel Director’s Refusal to Reveal a Whistleblower Complaint is “Deeply Troubling,” Schiff Says
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffJ. Scott Applewhite/AP Last week, the Intelligence Community Inspector General notified Congress about a whistleblower complaint that was “credible” and of “urgent concern.” Now, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire won’t turn over the complaint at the behest of a “higher authority,” House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff…
Kremlin-Controlled Russian Bank Hires Trump Insider as a Lobbyist
Rep. John Sweeney at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on April 27, 2005Joe Raedle/Getty With Congress mulling legislation to slap new sanctions on Russia for its attack on the 2016 American election, an important Russian bank connected to Vladimir Putin’s government has turned for help to a well-positioned lobbyist in Washington: a Trump insider and…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Republicans: History Will Remember You Backed Trump
Tom Williams/Zuma Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump so that the Republican lawmakers who support him will be on the record opposing impeachment and suffer a “stain on their careers.” “I want to see every Republican go on the record and knowingly vote against impeachment of this…
A Lawyer for 8chan Says the Site Could Be Back Online as Soon as Next Week
8chan’s logo A lawyer representing Jim Watkins, the owner of the image posting forum website 8chan, tells Mother Jones that the site could be back online as soon as next week. 8chan went dark in the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso last month that left 22 dead and injured 24 more—its internet…