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Whistleblower: GOP Investigators Didn’t Want to Hear Allegations of Russian Influence Over Rudy

Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., and other Democrats pushed Republicans to subpoena Rudy Giuliani during a House impeachment inquiry hearing. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans really don’t want to hear from Rudy Giuliani. Though their impeachment crusade grew out of the former New…

Mike Huckabee Is Now Peddling Climate Misinformation to Children

Kiichiro Sato/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Beverly Grimmett thought the kids magazines she saw stacked on a coworker’s desk this spring were perfectly innocent, until she picked one up.  “My stomach turned,” Grimmett said.  The guides were decorated in bright colors and cheerful cartoons,…

Far-Right Influencers Don’t Know What to Do About Threads

Mother Jones illustration; Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The rapid ascent of Threads has forced a key question facing any potentially successful social platform: “What’s the far-right going to do with this one?”  And with 100 million users joining in just…