Oath Keepers Founder Convicted of Sedition in Capitol Attack
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DeSantis’ Policies Are Terrible for Moms. He Convinced Them Otherwise.
Mother Jones illustration; Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/AP, Ricardo Gomez Angel/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Election Day, the much-hyped red wave didn’t crest quite as high as some polls predicted it would, with Democrats scoring key victories in several states. Yet it was…
To Understand Kari Lake, You Have to Understand Local TV News
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Kari Lake is good at TV, and she never lets you forget it. For decades, the election-denying, vaccine-rejecting Republican nominee for governor of Arizona was one of the state’s most popular local news anchors, a trusted face paid to…
Trump’s Big Liars Urge Brazil’s Bolsonaro to Refuse to Concede
Mother Jones illustration; David Dee Delgado/Getty, Mateus Bonomi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Top purveyors of former President Donald Trump’s election fraud lies are now calling for Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to follow Trump’s lead and refuse to admit defeat. “Bolsonaro can’t…
Glenn Youngkin Is Only as Moderate as the Election Denier He’s Campaigning For
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin speaks at a rally with Oregon gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan in Aurora, Oregon. Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Is Glenn Youngkin running for president? Paul Ryan thinks he should. A voter in Tucson told him to. The Republican…
How Dr. Oz Boosted an Osteopath Who Became a Top Spreader of Covid Misinformation
Dr. Mehmet Oz and osteopathic physician Joseph Mercola.Mother Jones illustration; Eren Abdullahoglu/Depo Photos/Zuma; FX Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In February 2021, as the new vaccines that would tame the Covid pandemic were being released to the general public, an article sourced to an…