CIA Report Shows Trump Abandoned His Duty as Commander in Chief
Donald Trump listens as incoming Central Intelligence Agency director Gina Haspel speaks during her May 2018 swearing-in ceremony at CIA headquarters.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The CIA is too polite to say this directly, but it has issued a report…
Trump’s Irish Golf Course Lost More Money Than Ever Before
Trump golfs on Nov. 28, 2020. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The global COVID-19 pandemic dealt former president Donald Trump’s golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland a heavy blow last year, with the resort, which has never been profitable, doubling…
Behind the Tweet That Became the Rallying Cry for the Insurrection
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This article is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, which is a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Sign up to get their investigations emailed to you directly. On the evening of Monday, November 2, 2020, the 35-year-old…
The Steele Dossier and Donald Trump’s Betrayal of America
Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Vladimir Putin must be delighted. With the recent indictment of Igor Danchenko, the primary source for former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele’s 2016 dossier that alleged ties between Donald Trump and Moscow, the Trump-Russia denialists…
Donald Trump Continues to Stoke a Domestic Terrorism Movement
Trump shown on video screens before his speech at the White House, January 6, 2021Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The attack on American democracy that took place on January 6, 2021, is not just harrowing history of almost a…
The “QAnon Shaman” Gets 41 Months in Prison
Jacob Chansley on January 6.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Jacob Chansley, the “QAnon Shaman” who became the image of the January 6 Capitol riot, got 41 months in prison on Wednesday, one of the longest sentences handed out to…