Trump’s West Point Speech Was Another Risky Stunt Involving the Troops
Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A West Point graduation ceremony that would not have happened the way it did without the unbidden intervention of Donald Trump finally took place Saturday morning. It was the second time in a month that’s not even halfway over that…
COVID Spikes Aren’t About Demonstrations or Pool Parties, They’re About Trump’s Incompetence
Patrick Semansky/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Two distinct videos went viral over the Memorial Day weekend. One was of crowds of people partying and drinking at an Ozarks’ pool resort in Missouri. The other was of a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing a Black man…
Trump Just Showed Us His Core Campaign Message: Chaos in the Streets
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Chaos in the streets. Looters running free. Rioters threatening you and your family. Anarchists destroying…everything. And there’s only one way to stop the end of civilization: reelect Donald J. Trump as president. That’s what Trump’s core campaign message is becoming.…
New Polls Show the Enormous, Self-Destructive Toll of Trump’s Protest Response
President Donald Trump poses with a bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. Shawn Thew/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, Priorities USA Action released a TV ad in swing states attacking President Donald Trump’s handling of both the…
Bill Barr’s Effort to Protect Michael Flynn Is “Corrupt,” An Explosive New Legal Filing Says
Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 28, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department’s effort to dismiss charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is “corrupt” and “politically motivated,” an attorney…
The White House Says Trump Was Offended by Romney’s 47-Percent Remark. That’s a Lie.
Donald Trump endorsing Mitt Romney in 2012.Julie Jacobson/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Mitt Romney appears to have gotten under Donald Trump’s skin—and, as so often happens, the Trump White House is reacting by lying, this time about Romney’s most infamous quote. On Sunday, Romney, the GOP’s…