Melania Says She Supports Abortion. I Really Don’t Care, Do U?
Laurence Kesterson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Less than a week before Melania Trump is set to release her memoir, the former first lady appeared to break ranks. “Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir,” read the headline. The Guardian, which…
Christian Nationalists Dream of Taking Over America. This Movement Is Actually Doing It.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One August evening, I drove through the cornfields and dairy farms of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to attend a government-themed prayer night at Ephrata Community Church. The sprawling house of worship looks like an office park and houses a…
Vance Dodged a Simple Question About Trump Calling Climate Change a “Hoax”
Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a debate-night surprise, climate science got near-top billing during the vice presidential face-off between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance in New York on Tuesday, as the sprawling impacts of…
Trump Amplifies His Dangerous Hate Speech Against Migrants
Trump speaks at a campaign event on Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis.Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. For much of 2024, Donald Trump has used demagoguery against migrants to campaign for the White House. In numerous recent speeches and…
West Virginians Overwhelmingly Take Advantage of the Affordable Care Act. They Still Support Trump.
Left: West Virginia delegates wear hardhats in Fiserv Forum on the first day of the Republican National Convention. Right: Res-Con in Charleston, West Virginia.Mother Jones; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP; Helena Milburn Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story is a partnership with the…
Nebraska GOP State Senator Rejects Trump Scheme to Rig Electoral College
Former president Donald Trump campaigns in Greenwood, Neb., in 2022. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Trump campaign’s eleventh-hour push to rig the Electoral College by changing how Nebraska’s Second Congressional district awards its presidential vote hit…