Group of Republicans to Launch First GOP Effort to Expel George Santos
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., departs a House Republican closed-door caucus to decide who to nominate for speaker of the House, on Capitol HillAlex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, a group of New York House Republicans announced that they will introduce a resolution…
Dianne Feinstein and the Knife Fight in the Phone Booth
Kim Komenich/Getty; Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/via Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“As president of the Board of Supervisors, it’s my duty to make this announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. The suspect is…Supervisor Dan White.” —Dianne Feinstein,…
Voting Rights Groups Condemn Atlanta’s Verification Process for Cop City Referendum
A canvasser with the Stop Cop City Vote Coalition speaks with an Atlanta resident. Brynn Anderson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday, more than 25 of the leading voting rights groups in Georgia—including Fair Fight Action and New Georgia Project, both founded by…
Trump and 18 Allies Slammed With 41 Charges in Sprawling Georgia Election Case
Megan Jelinger/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former President Donald Trump was indicted in Georgia late on Monday on charges related to his desperate attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The charges, brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, follow an investigation that…
The New Trump Indictment Will Supercharge His War on American Democracy
Mother Jones; Win McNamee/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Even after all these years of Donald Trump’s extremist attacks on American democracy and decency itself, the four-count criminal indictment handed down by a federal grand jury on Tuesday that accused the former president of…
A Federal Gun Law Has Protected Domestic Violence Survivors for 30 Years. Now SCOTUS Will Decide Its Fate.
Silas Stein/dpa via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For nearly 30 years, federal law has banned people who have domestic-violence restraining orders from possessing guns. It’s a sensible policy reflecting a set of stark statistics: Women whose abusers have access to guns are…