Revenge-Obsessed Donald Trump Is Pushing the Right to New Levels of Retribution Rage
Mother Jones; Rebecca Blackwell/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump loves revenge. Who says so? He does. For years before he became president, he gave speeches touting the value of vengeance and its critical role in his own personal success. And now, as…
Crime Mattered in Chicago’s Mayoral Race—Just Not How Pundits Implied It Would
Mother Jones; Jim Vondruska/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the weeks leading up to Chicago’s mayoral election, polls showed that voters were especially concerned about crime. This led plenty of journalists and political pundits to suggest that the candidate with a tougher, police-centric…
Trump’s Tedious Banquet of Lies and Self-Pity
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.You used to be able to count on former President Donald Trump’s speeches being at least entertaining. But hours after his historic indictment in New York on charges related to hush money payments he allegedly made to an…
Trump’s Indictment Is Yet Another Stress Test for America
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GOP Operative Sentenced to 18 Months for Funneling Russian Money to Trump Campaign
Jesse Benton arrives for sentencing in 2016.David Pitt/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a federal judge in Washington, DC sentenced a veteran GOP operative to 18 months in prison for funneling $25,000 from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Jesse…
Report: DOJ Officially Decides Not to Prosecute Matt Gaetz
Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Department of Justice has elected not to press charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long sex-trafficking probe, according to a CNN source familiar with the subject. In late 2020, during the Trump administration,…