“My Only Regret Is That They Should Have Brought Rifles”
Oath Keepers’s founder Stewart Rhodes at a 2017 event. Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department’s case against five members of the Oath Keepers militia group is so extensive that it is expected to take a month lay out. But it is…
Brazilians Go the Polls and Democracy Hangs in the Balance
Former president Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva during the closing rally of his presidential campaign in São Paulo. Allison Sales/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.During a vacation earlier this year, a stranger, who later said he was a real estate agent, approached me…
Trump Says McConnell Has “DEATH WISH” In Menacing Post
Evan Vucci/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This weekend, former president Donald Trump did his best to remind us why he is banned from major social media platforms. In a post on Truth Social targeting Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trump declared, “He has…
Brazil’s Upcoming Presidential Elections Are the Most Hate-Filled in Recent Memory
Vendor’s towels for sale featuring Brazilian presidential candidates.Eraldo Peres/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Every other day, my WhatsApp bursts with messages from friends in Brazil and abroad expressing equal parts of excitement and apprehension as Sunday’s Brazilian presidential elections approach. On Wednesday, my…
“Grossly Inflated, Objectively False, and Therefore Fraudulent and Illegal”
Chris Seward/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump has always blustered about his wealth. But the $250 million civil fraud lawsuit filed last week by New York’s attorney general paints a truly astonishing picture of the former president’s alleged financial exaggerations. At his…
J.D. Vance’s Flip-Flop on the Nazi March in Charlottesville
Joe Maiorana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, which was organized by white supremacists and neo-Nazis to celebrate white nationalism and that led to the tragic killing of counter-protester Heather Heyer, became an…