Bad News for Trump: Court Hearing Suggests the NY Probe of His Business Is Expanding
Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in Manhattan on August 22, 2021.James Devaney/GC Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s investigation of former President Donald Trump’s namesake business appears to be picking up—and one or more additional Trump…
The Man Behind Saturday’s Pro-Trump Rally Once Praised a Far-Right Assassin
Matt Braynard, center, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in FebruaryJohn Raoux/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Editor’s note: This article first appeared in David Corn’s new newsletter, This Land. You can sign up for a free 30-day trial of This Land here.…
It’s Not Too Late to Learn the Lessons We Didn’t Learn From 9/11
A man watches smoke emit from the former site of the World Trade Center on September 12, 2001, from Hoboken, New Jersey.Chris Hondros/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This changes everything. Well…kind of. After the devastating strikes of September 11, 2001, much…
The Fight Over the “Ground Zero Mosque” Was a Grim Preview of the Trump Era
Protesters demonstrate against the planned Park51 Islamic Center on September 11, 2010.David Goldman/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.There’s no one moment that gave us Donald Trump, because his rise was the sum of many afflictions: a susceptibility to fraudsters, a broken…
The QAnon Shaman Just Pleaded Guilty
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The closest thing QAnon has had to a mascot has pleaded guilty Friday to obstructing Electoral College certification of the 2020 presidential election on January 6. The image of Jacob Chansley wearing…
Why Facebook Won’t Stop Pushing Propaganda
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Joyce Jones’ Facebook page is almost an archetype of what the social network is supposed to look like: Pictures of her kids, her kids’ friends, her sports teams, her kids’ friends’ sports teams. Videos of her husband’s…