Five Things You Didn’t Know Were In “Build Back Better”
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As soon as Congress sent its $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill to President Joe Biden’s desk on Friday, the media focus quickly shifted to the other, major piece of Democratic legislation still awaiting approval: the sprawling…
Progressives Helped Biden Pass His Infrastructure Bill. But They Gave Up Their Leverage.
Mother Jones illustration; Drew Angerer/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.House progressives backed down on Friday, giving President Joe Biden a chance to claim a win—even as his party’s hopes of enacting a broader agenda wobbled. In remarks Saturday morning, Biden said that…
The GOP Pulled Out the Stops to Flip School Boards. It Didn’t Work.
Anti-vaccine-mandate protesters gather during a Portland Public Schools board meeting to discuss a proposed vaccine mandate for students.Nathan Howard/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Jonathan Kassa first ran for school board in the Philadelphia suburbs of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 2017,…
Republican Glenn Youngkin Wins Virginia Governor Race
Glenn YoungkinAnna Moneymaker/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday, Virginia voters cast their ballots to elect a new governor in the most closely watched election since President Joe Biden took office. After weeks of polls showing a deadlocked off-year race between…
Glenn Youngkin’s Campaign Is About One Racist Thing
Cliff Owen/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.At the end of October, I was lucky enough to be off from work and watched more television than usual. Living in Washington, DC, means that we may not have representation in Congress or a…
The Owners of the Democrats’ Big Data Firm Have a Side Gig: Working to Elect Far-Right Republicans
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In US politics, data has become king. Firms that collect, analyze, enhance, and sell voter data—the information candidates and campaigns crave so they can effectively target voters—have achieved top-dog status in the elections industry. And one of…