Mike Flynn and MAGA Activists Wage War Against a Florida Hospital
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before last year, the public monthly meetings of the board of Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, were sleepy affairs, typically drawing just a handful of attendees. The hospital, a 98-year-old public healthcare system that serves more than a…
The Far-Right Bounty Hunter Behind the Explosive Popularity of “Died Suddenly”
On January 5, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tweeted about the unexpected passing of Quentin Williams, a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. “Terrible news today of Q Williams sudden death,” he wrote. “I’m sending every good thought I have to his family and friends today.” Most of the replies to Murphy’s tweet echoed…
Jeff Zients to Replace Ron Klain as Biden’s Chief of Staff
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Biden has chosen Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as his chief of staff when Klain steps down sometime in the coming weeks, people familiar with the decision told the Washington Post and Politico. Zients will help…
Meet Ron DeSantis’ New “Public Health Integrity Committee”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Earlier this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called for a grand jury to investigate “wrongdoing” on the part of pharmaceutical companies and government officials who promoted Covid-19 vaccines. DeSantis detailed his grand jury plans during a highly-publicized press conference—the…
As RSV Cases Surge, Experts Warn of America’s Worsening ‘Tripledemic’
(CrRingo Chiu/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Respiratory illnesses are sweeping the nation, overwhelming hospitals, causing kids to miss school, and keeping adults home from work. The culprit? Covid. And respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). And the flu. “We’re facing an onslaught of…
Polio? Measles? Florida Is Flirting With an Anti-Vaccine Apocalypse
Mother Jones illustration; Rebecca Blackwell/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Dr. Mobeen Rathore has spent the better part of his career trying to protect the children in his practice from contracting deadly diseases like measles, whooping cough, and polio. As chief of the…