Blaming Larry Krasner for Gun Violence Does Not Make Statistical Sense
District Attorney Larry Krasner at a news conference in January Matt Rourke, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are trying to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a reformist prosecutor who built a national reputation for attempting to curb mass…
Pay Attention to These Insanely Important District Attorney Races
Mother Jones illustration; John Minchillo/AP; Mario Tama/Getty; Haven Daley/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If you care about police accountability, abortion rights, or racial justice, you should be paying attention to district attorney races this election season. As chief prosecutors in their counties, DAs…
A GoFundMe Raises Half a Million Dollars for a Teen Girl Who Was Ordered to Pay $150,000 to Her Rapist’s Family
JohanJK/iStock/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Earlier this week, an Iowa judge ordered a teenage girl who survived human trafficking by killing her rapist to pay the man’s family $150,000. Outraged, people around the country began sending her donations—and they’ve already raised more than…
Trump Stole Secret Government Documents. The Big Question Is Why.
Erin Schaff/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.We know what Donald Trump did: He absconded from the White House with classified and top secret documents that belonged to the US government; he mishandled these highly sensitive records in his Mar-a-Largo lair (see this photo);…
Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump’s Longtime CFO, Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
Allen Weisselberg, right, stands behind Donald Trump during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Jan. 11, 2017.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The longtime chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s company pleaded guilty to 15 felony charges…
Trump’s Excuses for Hoarding Classified Documents Are Getting More Absurd
Adrien Fillon/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As more details continue to come out about the Justice Department’s investigation into whether Donald Trump may have violated the Espionage Act and other laws, the former president’s defenses have only grown more chaotic. Trump debuted his…