The Obscene Hypocrisy of Republicans Blaming Everyone But Themselves: The COVID Edition
Richard Drew/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.After nearly a year and a half of telling their constituents that it’s their constitutional right to ignore coronavirus guidelines and public health restrictions, it seems to be dawning on leaders in the Republican Party…
Here’s a Long List of Top Republicans the 1/6 Committee Should Question
John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday morning, the House select committee investigating the insurrectionist January 6 assault on the US Capitol launched its hearings. The panel—which the House Republican caucus boycotted—opened with law enforcement officers who were attacked by…
“Not Necessary”: The Biden Administration Just Canceled More Border Wall Contracts
Border wall construction ongoing on farmland in Texas last year.Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Friday, the Biden administration canceled two border wall contracts along 31 miles of the Rio Grande in South Texas—continuing the process it began this spring…
Her DACA Application Was Pending. Then a Federal Judge in Texas Ruled Against the Program.
Karla Mercado Dorado (left) applied for DACA for the first time in December.Courtesy of Karla Mercado Dorado Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Karla Mercado Dorado left Bolivia when she was two years old, which means the United States is the only home…
How Trump and Conservative Media Are Cashing in on Disinformation
Brian Cahn/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.There is a transmission chain of disinformation on the right that is profitable both financially and politically. This week, Donald Trump supplied a text-book example. The former president sent out email soliciting donations for his…
Top Trump Adviser Arrested and Charged With Secretly Lobbying for the UAE
Tom Barrack speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Tom Barrack, a friend and longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday and charged with violating foreign lobbying laws…