What Project 2025 Would Mean for America’s Climate Policies
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) wore a customized outfit to President Joe Biden’s March 2022 State of the Union address.Saul Loeb/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As delegates arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee earlier this week to officially nominate former president Donald Trump as…
After Biden Drops Out, Trump Lashes Out
Former President Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris would be easier to beat than President Biden—but it’s not so simple.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Despite his calls for “unity” this week, former President Trump denigrated President Biden within minutes of the…
The List of Democrats Calling on Biden to Drop Out Is Growing
Kyle Mazza/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Joe Biden continues to insist he’s continuing with his presidential campaign, but the list of Democrats pleading with him to drop out of the race keeps growing. A dozen Congressional Democrats called on him to step…
Wait, Why Did Trump Take a Jab at the “Dictator” Conservatives Love Last Night?
Mother Jones illustration; Salvador Melendez/AP; Aude Guerrucci/MAXPPP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In February, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, fresh out of a landslide reelection victory, was welcomed at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with a standing ovation. “You’re a true leader,”…
It’s a Workers’ Party Now?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the first night of the Republican National Convention, I settled into a seat in the upper levels of Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum to watch the most incongruous political address of my life. The speaker was Sean O’Brien, the…
I Found the “Secretary of Retribution” at the Republican Convention
Ivan Raiklin, a prominent election denier and Trump supporter, sits in the audience during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing.Graeme Sloan/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. I found the “Secretary of Retribution” on Tuesday, sitting on a…