An Election Conspiracy Theorist Responsible for Circulating Batshit Coup PowerPoint Spoke Several Times with Meadows and the Trump White House: Report
Mark MeadowsTom Williams/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Perhaps it should surprise no one that former President Donald Trump’s scrambling henchmen reviewed a literal, honest-to-god PowerPoint presentation with plans for a coup attempt in early January, as the president’s efforts to retain…
Jack Dorsey Tried to Be Cool, But the Company He Built Is Deeply Conventional
Victor Boyko/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. A conversation with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey can be incredibly disorienting. Not because he’s particularly clever or thought-provoking, but because he sounds like he should be. He takes long pauses before he speaks. He furrows…
How One Mom Launched a Porn Panic That Helped the GOP Take Virginia
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Stacy Langton showed up at a September meeting of the Fairfax County, Virginia, school board to complain about two books in her children’s high school library, she came prepared. The Catholic mother of six had never…
Disinformation Isn’t Just a Tech Problem. It’s a Social One, Too.
Universal Images Group via Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Mis- and disinformation are often viewed as a cause of society’s ills. But a new report from the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder, which studied the global “crisis of trust…
One Year Ago, Biden Won. Republicans Still Won’t Accept It.
Fireworks explode above Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House as celebrants wait to hear Joe Biden’s victory speech on Nov. 7, 2020.Samuel Corum/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It may not feel like it, but Sunday marks one year…
Were the Ultra-Conservative “Mama Bears” Youngkin’s Secret Weapon?
Supporters of Glenn Youngkin at an election night party in VirginiaAndrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In his victory speech on Tuesday night, Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin expressed gratitude to all the usual suspects—campaign volunteers, colleagues, and voters. But afterward, as…