It All Began With Russia: Donald Trump’s Four Great Betrayals of the Nation
Alexei Nikolsky/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Donald Trump has betrayed the United States at least four times. He downplayed and failed to adequately respond to a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans…
Deplatforming Trump Is Already Having a Huge Impact
Jeff Swensen/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.It’s been nine days of relative calm since Twitter cut off a major spigot of election misinformation from President Donald Trump’s account—setting off a chain of suspensions across Facebook,…
How State Capitals Are Bracing for Possible Violence Ahead of Biden’s Inauguration
A Minnesota State Trooper stands guard on the steps of the Capitol building in Saint Paul on January 16, 2021. Tim Evans/NurPhoto/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Pro-Trump supporters storming the US Capitol on January 6 was something…
Record Low Poll Numbers Keep Coming for Donald Trump
Jabin Botsford/Washington Post/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Donald Trump will leave office with the lowest favorability numbers of his presidency, according to a CNN poll released on Sunday. Only 34 percent of respondents approve of…
Trump Administration Executes Federal Inmate Days Before Biden Takes Office
Drew Angerer/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Dustin Higgs, who was sentenced to death for his role in a triple murder, was executed Saturday morning, becoming the final person executed by the Trump administration, just four…
A List of the Lawmakers Who Joined Pro-Trump Crowds on the Day of the Capitol Riot
Shay Horse/NurPhoto/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Among the pro-Trump crowd on January 6, when a mob stormed the Capitol and caused five deaths, were more than a dozen state lawmakers, many of whom now face calls…