An Old Ally of Marco Rubio Was Just Arrested on Charges of Lobbying for Venezuela
Tom Williams/ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Once again, there are a series of tricky questions headed for Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) about his relationship with former Republican congressman David Rivera. On Monday, Rivera, a “longtime pal” of Rubio, was arrested on charges…
Trump’s Dinner Fiasco Was a Win for Fascists Playing the Long Game
Mother Jones; Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The 24-year-old white nationalist Nick Fuentes dined with Donald Trump and Kanye West (who now goes by Ye) at Mar-A-Lago last week. For the last six years, Fuentes has built up a following on…
Oath Keepers Founder Convicted of Sedition in Capitol Attack
Grace Molteni/Mother Jones; Collin County Sheriff’s Office/AP, Mihoko Owada/STAR MAX/IPx/AP; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A jury has convicted Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, of seditious conspiracy and other crimes, a milestone in the Justice Department’s sprawling…
Is Elon Musk a Ron DeSantis Supporter Now?
Elon Musk addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may have a rich and powerful supporter in his expected presidential campaign:…
Donald Trump Dined With White Supremacist Nick Fuentes
Nick Fuentes answers question during an interview with Agence France-Presse as a college student in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2016. WILLIAM EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Donald Trump, now a candidate for president, had dinner with the white…
Hundreds of New York Women Are About to Sue Alleged Rapists (and Enablers) Under a Revolutionary New Law
Kena Betancur/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For years, former president Donald Trump has been able to push off a lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll, a writer and advice columnist who says he raped her in a department store dressing room…