Trump Tells Christian Supporters: “You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore”
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Believers’ Summit, Friday, July 26, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.AP Photo/Alex Brandon Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In more dystopian news, Donald Trump just implied that if he’s elected in…
What’s Behind Trump’s Plan to “Restore American Beauty”?
Mother Jones; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Zuma; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When I first skimmed through the Republican Party’s 2024 policy platform, a 16-page document titled “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!,” much of it read as Trumpian but unsurprising. The platform, which is sprinkled with…
Trump Backers Are Talking Up Possible Civil War
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last week, at J.D. Vance’s first rally as the GOP’s vice-presidential nominee, Ohio state Sen. George Lang said that civil war would be necessary if former president Donald Trump does not win the 2024 presidential election. “I believe…
The Far Right Has Finally Figured Out How to Hone Its Racist Attack on Kamala Harris
Mother Jones illustration; Kenny Holston/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “You hear ‘DEI’ and you probably think of your job’s HR department,” explains Kat Abughazaleh. “But for your QAnon uncle, ‘DEI’ is an activation phrase to send the most unhinged memes in the…
Four Key Questions Still Loom Over the Trump Shooting
Trump speaks at the RNC in Milwaukee, July 18, 2024Mark Hertzberg/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One certainty about the assassination attempt two weeks ago on former President Donald Trump is that rampant conspiracy theories about it will endure—probably forever. The fascination with…
Trump Says He Has “Nothing to Do” With Project 2025. Here Are His Connections to It.
Mother Jones illustration; Xpb/Action Press/ZUMA; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump has spent much of this week freaking out about Project 2025, the initiative that produced the 900-page extremist right-wing guidebook for the next conservative administration. This weekend, at…