Nearly Three-Quarters of Americans Don’t Want President Biden to Run for Reelection
President Joe Biden speaks to the members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., US, on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.Yuri Gripas/CNP via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In response to…
Ron DeSantis’ Cruel Vineyard Stunt Was Years in the Making
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a press conference in Miami on September 22. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had a problem. For weeks the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona have been bussing and flying asylum-seekers to Democratic-run…
Donald Trump and the Birth of QMaga: The Storm Is Coming
Jeff Swensen/Getty Editor’s note: This column by David Corn first appeared in his newsletter, Our Land. But we wanted to make sure as many readers as possible have a chance to see it. Our Land is written by David twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories about politics and media; his unvarnished take on…
Trump Continues to Escalate His Dangerous Incitement
Trump at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio on September 17, 2022.Jeff Swensen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For years, conventional wisdom has held that Donald Trump could wriggle his way out of any personal jeopardy, no matter how evident his alleged malfeasance. But now…
The Super-Rich Are Already Plotting Their Escape From Trumpism
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This is not a time of optimism in America. People are reeling from inflation, gun violence, partisan rancor, race-baiting, a ruthlessly divisive Supreme Court decision, the long tail of a pandemic, and the very real prospect…
Judge Rejects Trump’s Classification Tomfoolery: “You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It”
Could the phrase “TOP SECRET” in big red letters mean a document is classified? Hmm.Department of Justice/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s lawyers would like you to believe that the boxes the FBI seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month…