A Disturbing Number of Americans Endorse Violence to “Stop Voter Fraud” and Return Trump to Power
Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Minden, Nevada, on Oct. 8.Justin Sullivan/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the final weeks before the 2022 midterms, faced with multiple government investigations, Donald Trump has tripled down on a disturbing pattern of incitement. He continues…
Steve Bannon Was Just Sentenced to Four Months in Prison
Former President Donald Steve Bannon in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 4.Curtis Means/DailyMail/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, Steve Bannon, the former Trump advisor, was sentenced to four months in federal prison for two counts of contempt of Congress. The sentence,…
DeSantis Is Slamming Covid Vaccines. Here’s Why.
Mother Jones illustration; Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It wasn’t so long ago that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was publicly singing the praises of Covid vaccines. “If you are vaccinated—fully vaccinated—the chance of you getting seriously ill or dying…
Kanye West Agrees to Acquire Conservative Social Media App Parler
Laurent Vu/SIPA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Another day, another moment of Kanye West tossing his impressive musical legacy into the garbage and disappointing us all. On Monday, it was announced that rapper and producer Ye—as West is now known—agreed to acquire Parler, a…
Donald Trump Would Like Jewish People to Be More “Appreciative” of Him—Before It’s “Too Late”
Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump has had it with Jewish people. On Sunday, the former president said on Truth Social that people of the faith have not been “appreciative enough” of all he’s done for Israel and lamented his low approval…
Washington Post Report Alleges Further Mayhem at Trump Media
Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Washington Post reported Saturday that a former executive with Trump Media, which owns Donald Trump’s struggling social media platform, Truth Social, is alleging the company broke federal security laws, and that another executive…