Here’s Some Friendly Advice If You’re Attending the Minnesota State Fair This Weekend
Sen. Amy Klobuchar Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.August is state- and county-fair season—a time to pay $15 to park on someone’s lawn, inspect displays of unreasonably large produce, and ingest something you really shouldn’t. In northern California, Guy Fieri bought a boy’s 266-lb…
Meet the Rich Guys Who Want RFK Jr. to Be President
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his bid for the presidency at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on April 19, 2023, he pledged to a cheering crowd to “end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is…
Sen. Patty Murray on the End of Roe and Her Long Fight for Women’s Health Care
Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), calling attention to women’s health isn’t new. While campaigning for Senate in 1992, Murray said she would ask all Supreme Court nominees their positions on “personal and civil liberties”—and vote against…
Hunter Biden Will Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor Tax Charges
Patrick Semansky/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Hunter Biden has agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors, finally ending a five-year investigation into the 53-year-old’s failure to pay $1 million in federal taxes and his illegal purchase of a firearm, according to…
It’s Official. Biden Is Running Again.
Mother Jones illustration; Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It’s official. President Joe Biden is running for reelection. In a video released on Tuesday morning, Biden announced he was running to “stand up for democracy,” echoing a similar theme to his first campaign.…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Saga Is a Very Public Example of a National Crisis
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For more than a month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has been on medical leave, with no indication of when she might return to her powerful seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.…