Report: Elon Musk Has Been Funding Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Mastermind
Elon Musk speaking at the symposium about antisemitism, organized by the European Jewish Association, in Krakow, Poland.STR/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now,…
Let’s Break Down All the Lies in Elon Musk’s False Tweet About Noncitizens Voting
Elon Musk presents Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award.PCM/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, Elon Musk posted a lengthy diatribe about Democrats being the real “threat to democracy.” In his tweet, Musk claimed that Democrats are flying “asylum…
Melania Pushes Conspiracy Theory About Trump Shooting to Promote Her Memoir
Former first lady Melania Trump is questioning how the attempted assassination of former President Trump came to pass…while also trying to hawk her forthcoming memoir.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Melania Trump broke her months-long silence on the assassination attempt against her…
How Democrats Are Staving Off the Big Lie 2.0
Mother Jones; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty; Brent Stirton/Getty (2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. At a Tuesday panel dedicated to “Protecting the Vote” at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, an expert speaker sounded as if he was holding back tears as he explained…
RFK Jr. Is Even Crazier Than You Might Think
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being normalized. He’s a conspiracy theorist who has made a lot of money pushing baseless or disproven notions about vaccines, Covid, and other hot-button subjects. At the start of his 2024 presidential bid, the…
“You’re Not Doing a Prank,” Tucker Carlson Tells Man Pranking Him
Janos Kummer/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Noted thumb resembler Tucker Carlson, erstwhile Fox host, defender of white boys’ honor in battle, television’s largest baby, the guy with a fixed look you can only call “constiperplexed”—they say he’s smart. I have things to do,…