Armed Protesters Stormed the Michigan Statehouse This Afternoon
A group of protesters on the steps of the Michigan state Capital on April 15, 2020.Daniel Mears/TNS via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As local lawmakers in Michigan gathered at the state Capitol building in Lansing on Thursday, they were met by hundreds of demonstrators—many carrying…
Donald Trump Just Went on TV and Compared COVID-19 to a Campfire, We Think
Jabin Botsford/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At an industry roundtable on Wednesday, Trump set out to assure Americans that soon the country will reopen, the coronavirus will disappear, and things will be just as they were three months ago. And then he took questions. “Without a vaccine,…
They’re Spraying Bleach Water Over a Mexican Border City to Stop the Spread of Coronavirus
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Local government officials in the border city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, are dropping bleach water from helicopters in an attempt to eliminate coronavirus—despite health officials advising against it. Univision reported Sunday that the city’s mayor, Armando Cavada, is having sodium hypochlorite sprayed…
Trump Seems to Think Talking About Testing Is Just a Favorite Media Pastime
Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At an industry roundtable on Wednesday, President Donald Trump once again doubled down on the claim that the state of coronavirus testing in the United States is all well and good—and that complaining about it is just a favorite media…
As Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds Vietnam War, Kushner Calls Response a “Great Success Story”
Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The United States reached two grim milestones this week: more Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus than in the near two decades of US involvement in the Vietnam War. The number of infections blew through the one million…
This May Be the Real Reason Trump Is Throwing a Bone to Meatpackers
NurPhoto/ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On April 11, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem formally requested that pork giant Smithfield Foods suspend operations at its massive pork-processing plant in Sioux Falls after more than 200 workers came down with COVID-19. Smithfield ultimately complied with the plea.…