Add Rubio to the List of GOP Invertebrates Who Won’t Say if They’d Certify 2024 Election Results
Sen. Marco Rubio is the latest Republican potential vice presidential pick who refused to commit to certifying the election results. Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)—all of whom are among…
Donald Trump’s Historic Hush-Money Trial Finally Begins
The hush money trial of former President Trump begins Monday with jury selection.Jeenah Moon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.So, here we are. The first day of the first criminal trial of a former US president. Can it get more extraordinary than that? “He keeps…
The Conservative War on Democracy Was Over 200 Years in the Making
Mother Jones illustration; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Everyone seems to be talking about saving democracy this year. “American democracy, that’s what the 2024 election is all about,” Joe Biden has emphasized, painting the threat of Donald Trump’s return to power as the…
Will RFK Jr. and Other Third-Party Candidates Help Doom Democracy?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the summer of 2000, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of the Democratic Party dynasty, took time out of his schedule as an environmental attorney to write an op-ed for the New York Times. In the piece, Kennedy…
There’s a Communist Multimillionaire Fomenting Revolution in Atlanta
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2021, when Keisha Lance Bottoms, then Atlanta’s mayor, revealed plans for a new $90 million police training facility, she told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the project was essential “if we want the best, most well-trained officers protecting our…
Lara Trump Is All About Meritocracy
Lara Trump speaks at the NCGOP state convention in front of former US President Donald Trump on June 5, 2021 in Greenville, North Carolina.Melissa Sue Gerrits/Stringer/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before she married Eric and became a Trump, Lara Trump was a dabbler.…