This Little-Noticed Project 2025 Provision Could Supercharge Wealth Inequality
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second Donald Trump presidency—you know, that document he knows nothing about even though 140 people from his first administration, including six former Cabinet members, helped create…
More Than 100 GOP National Security Officials Endorse Harris
Josh Brown/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Another open letter from Republicans endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid just dropped. This one, first reported by the New York Times, is signed by 111 former national security and foreign policy officials who worked…
The Bureaucrat Who Could Make Trump’s Authoritarian Dreams Real
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the waning days of the Trump presidency, Russell Vought, the outgoing director of the Office of Management and Budget, had a request. After years in Washington, DC, soaking in the minutiae of policy, Vought had come to…
Trump Just Introduced a New, Dangerous Immigration Proposal
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to an unfinished section of border wall.Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Over the weekend, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to elaborate on how he would “end the migrant invasion of America.” The…
How Disinformation Research Came Under Fire
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A few months ago, a man crawling along a rooftop in Pennsylvania tried to murder Donald Trump at a campaign rally. Hours later, press releases started to circulate, from analysts, think tanks, politicians, and pundits, all offering to…
Millions Have Amnesia About the Worst of Trump’s Presidency. Memory Experts Explain Why.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One of the most oft-quoted sentences ever penned by a philosopher is George Santayana’s observation that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In 2024, this aphorism is practically a campaign slogan. Donald Trump,…