Will RFK Jr. and Other Third-Party Candidates Help Doom Democracy?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the summer of 2000, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of the Democratic Party dynasty, took time out of his schedule as an environmental attorney to write an op-ed for the New York Times. In the piece, Kennedy…
Former RNC Chair Just Admitted She Has Some Differences With Trump
Donald Trump listens as RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks during a campaign rally in Missouri in 2018. (AP/Jeff Roberson Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a Sunday appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel launched her campaign to rewrite her history of…
Are You Better Off Than Four Years Ago? OMG You Have Got to Be Kidding Me.
Here’s Trump four years ago. At his daily briefing that day, April 5, he said the federal government had stockpiled 29 million doses of hydroxychloroquine. “What do you have to lose?” he said.Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN…
What a Coup! NBC News Just Hired Ronna McDaniel.
Mother Jones illustration; Ricky Fitchett/ZUMA Wire; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, NBC News announced the newest hire to its politics team—former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, who stepped down from her old post earlier this month so that former President…
Here Are the Only Swing Voters You Need to Care About in 2024
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s criminal cases. Joe Biden’s age. The wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Migrants at the border. Food prices. There are many factors that can decide the 2024 presidential election and set the future course…
Trump Considers Adding Paul Manafort—a “Grave Counterintelligence Threat”—to His Campaign
Paul Manafort, center, arrives in court in New York in July 2019.Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.From the Nothing Matters News Desk comes this report: Donald Trump is considering bringing back Paul Manafort as a top campaign adviser. In any time other…