Democrats Are Living in Different Realities When It Comes to Passing Biden’s Agenda
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in Washington on September 23, 2021.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Joe Biden has bet his legacy on a sweeping economic agenda that now awaits action in the House of Representatives. But on the…
Dems Can’t Agree on How to Keep Racism Out of the Biggest Climate Jobs Program in History
Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) speaking at a press conference on the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps on July 20, 2021.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.The Civilian Climate Corps had been a progressive pipe dream when delegates…
California’s Recall Election Rules Are Dumb. BoJack Horseman Offers a Better Option.
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When California announced in February that enough signatures were gathered to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, I decided to look up the rules and regulations for such an election. The convoluted nature of the…
In the End, Cuomo Goes Full Trump
Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP; Mary Altaffer/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a damning report detailing the results of a four-month investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against the state’s three-term governor, Andrew Cuomo.…
This Is What a Real Filibuster Looks Like
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Until this week, there were two parallel fights over voting rights unfolding in the United States. In Washington, Democrats have spent the last few months talking amongst themselves whether to pass…
Kyrsten Sinema Once Called Joe Lieberman “Pathetic.” Now He’s Coming to Her Defense.
Stefani Reynolds/CNP/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a Washington Post op-ed published late Monday night, Kyrsten Sinema offered her most detailed statement yet on why she does not support abolishing or reforming the filibuster—the Senate…