For Kamala Harris, Black Women Are Already a Crucial Fundraising Force
Black women are already proving to be a strong and enthusiastic fundraising base for Vice President Kamala Harris. Mother Jones; Greg Hauenstein / SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday night, more than 40,000 Black women reportedly gathered on…
Kamala Harris Is Raking In Campaign Cash
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Democratic donors unleashed a pent-up flood of cash into the barely established campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris with more than $100 million gushing into Democratic campaign coffers from small grassroots donors since the…
The Myth of Kamala Harris as “Border Czar”
Vice President Kamala Harris Harris talks to the media on arrival to El Paso, Texas.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Even before President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race on Sunday afternoon, Republicans already had a line of…
Nancy Pelosi Did What She’s Always Done
Mother Jones illustration; Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the month that followed President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with Donald Trump, it has sometimes been hard to escape the conclusion that, for all the warnings that the Republican candidate was an…
After Biden Drops Out, Trump Lashes Out
Former President Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris would be easier to beat than President Biden—but it’s not so simple.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Despite his calls for “unity” this week, former President Trump denigrated President Biden within minutes of the…
Joe Manchin Asks President Biden to Drop Out
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Sunday that President Biden should “pass the torch.”Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, another influential Democratic ally—Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.)—joined the growing calls for President Joe Biden to make way for a new…