Trump’s DC Hotel Just Banished a Reporter—Forever
zz/KGC-375/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.No one knows DC’s Trump International Hotel quite like Mother Jones contributor Zach Everson. Now a reporter for Forbes covering money and politics, he used to run an indispensable newsletter called 1600 Pennsylvania during the…
Donald Trump Says Osama Bin Laden Had Just “One Hit.” What?!?!
Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx 2017 Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As we near the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks—which spurred two wars, including the one in Afghanistan that is currently causing so much pain and trauma for Americans and their…
America’s Anti-Vaxxers Are Getting More Dangerous
An anti-vaccine protestor in Los Angeles raises an American flag.David McNew/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For a few brief weeks in the spring, it seemed as if the United States was poised to announce a small victory in the fight against the…
Trump’s “Deal” With the Taliban Set the Stage for Afghanistan’s Collapse
Taliban fighters take control of the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul on August 15, 2021.Zabi Karimi/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The weeks ahead will bring exhaustive debate about the grim developments in Afghanistan and how the Biden administration handled the final…
The Afghanistan Debacle: How Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden Bamboozled the American Public
Taliban fighters are seen on the back of a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan after seizing control of the city.AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Editor’s note: This must-read essay from David Corn appears in his new newsletter, This Land. We’re still piloting the project,…
A Scottish Judge Just Resurrected an Effort to Investigate Donald Trump for Money Laundering
Donald Trump at the Turnberry golf course in ScotlandScott Heppell/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A Scottish court on Wednesday gave activists the green light to continue their effort to use an anti–money laundering statute to investigate the financing of Donald Trump’s…