HHS Secretary Blasts Trump’s Role in Capitol Riots in Resignation Letter
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA/LightRocket/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.Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar condemned President Trump’s “actions and rhetoric following the election” in a resignation letter obtained by CNN, telling Trump that these actions “threaten…
Ahead of Biden’s Inauguration, Extremists Trade Bomb Making Instructions and Tactics Guides
Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images 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.Ahead of an Inauguration that experts and federal officials have warned could culminate in violence, extremists are trading tactics in fringe online…
It’s Always About Stopping the Steal
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.On August 3, 1980, around 10,000 people packed into the Neshoba County, Mississippi, fairgrounds. The site is where what’s known as “Mississippi’s Giant House Party” takes place, the state fair that was established…
Trump’s State Department Had a “Humiliating” Lack of Diversity. Can Joe Biden Fix It?
Mother Jones illustration; Wikimedia CommonsOn Friday October 23, the State Department quietly decided to halt all “training programs related to diversity and inclusion.” For department employees, it was a fitting bookend to a presidential administration that has been hostile to the idea of diversity and uninterested in challenging the stereotype of US diplomats as “pale, male, and…
“No One Took Us Seriously”: Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers for Years
January 6, 2021, Washington Dc, District of Columbia, United States: Police confront rioters around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. Police used buttons and tear gas grenades to eventually disperse the crowd.…
Lawmakers Who Attended the President’s Pre-Riot Rally Are Going to Feel Fundraising Pain
Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks to Trump supporters from the Ellipse at the White House in Washington.Bill Clark/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.Before a mob stormed the Capitol on January 6, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks stood…