Report: Elon Musk Has Been Funding Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Mastermind
Elon Musk speaking at the symposium about antisemitism, organized by the European Jewish Association, in Krakow, Poland.STR/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now,…
Let’s Break Down All the Lies in Elon Musk’s False Tweet About Noncitizens Voting
Elon Musk presents Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award.PCM/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, Elon Musk posted a lengthy diatribe about Democrats being the real “threat to democracy.” In his tweet, Musk claimed that Democrats are flying “asylum…
After Bomb Threats, Springfield Mayor Gives Himself Emergency Powers
A church sign at House of Prayer near the First Haitian Church and community center in Springfield, Ohio, on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. Luis Andres Henao/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Public resources in Springfield, Ohio, were strained long before former President Donald…
How Disinformation Research Came Under Fire
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A few months ago, a man crawling along a rooftop in Pennsylvania tried to murder Donald Trump at a campaign rally. Hours later, press releases started to circulate, from analysts, think tanks, politicians, and pundits, all offering to…
MAGA Election Deniers Are Going All Out to Rig Georgia for Trump
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Aug. 3, 2024. John Bazemore/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On August 3, Donald Trump held a raucous rally in Georgia, where he attacked Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary…
Election Disinformation From Elon Musk Is Drawing Billions of Views on X
Mother Jones; Marc Piasecki/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Elon Musk is not just the Trump-supporting owner of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. It turns out he is also one of the platform’s biggest peddlers of election-related disinformation, according…