The Democrats Have a Discipline Dilemma
Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For 45 seconds, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) bit her lip, leveled her gaze, and held her cellphone steady before a pair of microphones as a hateful voicemail unfurled from its speaker. “We…
The Pope Welcomed Biden. So Why are US Catholic Bishops Waging a Holy War?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On November 17, 2020, the head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop José Gomez, announced that Joe Biden, who had just been elected president, presented “a difficult and complex situation…
Kyrsten Sinema Is Thankful for All Your Feedback
Rod Lamkey/CNP via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Perhaps the defining characteristic of Kyrsten Sinema’s first nine months in the Senate majority was a persistent, intractable silence. The Arizona Democrat, whose corporate-friendly centrism and dogmatic embrace of bipartisanship has…
The House Just Passed Biden’s Build Back Better Plan. Now It’s Up to Joe Manchin.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The House of Representatives passed a $2 trillion spending bill on Friday morning, taking a crucial step toward enacting President Joe Biden’s ambitious domestic agenda and delivering Democrats a fragile, fleeting, moment of party…
How One Mom Launched a Porn Panic That Helped the GOP Take Virginia
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Stacy Langton showed up at a September meeting of the Fairfax County, Virginia, school board to complain about two books in her children’s high school library, she came prepared. The Catholic mother of six had never…
In the Middle of Infrastructure Talks, Joe Manchin Has Pursued a Book Deal
Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Over the past few weeks, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has been involved in some of the most intense Capitol Hill negotiations of recent years. As one of two hold-out…