The GOP’s Secret Weapon for 2024? Bogus Lawsuits.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On March 19, Staci Lindberg, the elected clerk of Nevada’s Lyon County, was hit with some unsettling news: She was being sued for the first time in her life. The plaintiff? Her own political party. The Republican National Committee had…
Joe Biden’s Enormous, Contradictory, and Fragile Climate Legacy
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on May 29, 2024.Photo Image Press via ZUMA Press This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The day after President Joe Biden said he would not seek reelection, his White House announced more than $4.3 billion in…
Donald Trump Ridicules Kamala Harris’ Chuckle, Maybe Because He Almost Never Laughs
Erin Schaff/The New York Times/AP; Anthony Behar/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “You can tell a lot by a laugh,” Donald Trump told supporters the other day, reviving a weird and arguably very sexist right-wing criticism of his new White House rival, Kamala…
Kamala Harris Is Running as the Prosecutor Taking on Trump
In the first official speech of her campaign for the presidency, Vice President Harris cut a stark contrast to former President Trump.Dominic Gwinn/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Vice President Kamala Harris’ days as a courtroom prosecutor are long behind her. But in…
Trump’s Sons Keep Falsely Blaming Democrats for the Assassination Attempt
At the 2024 GOP convention in MilwaukeeTom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Since a 20-year-old gunman opened fire more than a week ago at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the FBI has conducted hundreds of interviews and scrutinized…
GOP Lawmakers Now Blame Women for Trump’s Assassination Attempt
Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Even after the attempted assassination of their presidential candidate, the GOP remains focused on being shitty: During a House Oversight Committee hearing Monday, several GOP representatives blamed Donald Trump’s assassination attempt on the Secret Service…