Ugly Feuds, “Drunken Stupidity,” Paul McCartney, and a Race That Could Flip Congress
Hans Keirstead (left) and Harley Rouda (right), Democratic candidates in California’s 48th district. Mother Jones illustration. Damian Dovarganes/AP; Getty; Chris Pizzello/AP; Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The race for veteran Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s Southern California seat is getting nastier as the June 5…
The Republican Primary in Georgia Is Taking Racism to a Whole New Level
“Criminal illegal aliens are spreading across the country,” warns Georgia Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle (R) in a recent ad.Casey Cagle/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Republican gubernatorial primary in Georgia has devolved in recent weeks into a chest-thumping argument over which candidate hates undocumented immigrants the most. In their…
Feds Charge PAC Operators With Conspiring to Defraud Conservative Donors
Jane_Kelly/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Federal agents arrested two Arizona brothers on Thursday and charged them with operating deceptive political action committees that raised more than $50 million over the last decade. The suspects allegedly preyed mostly on small donors, pledging to use the money for such purposes as protecting conservative values, supporting…
Congressional Candidate Swears at the NRA in New Ad
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democratic congressional candidate Pat Davis of New Mexico doesn’t mince words in his new television ad. Looking straight at the camera, Davis opens with a succinct message: “Fuck the NRA.” Davis, an Albuquerque city councilman and former police officer, continues: “Their pro-gun policies have resulted…
West Virginia’s Surging Democrat Richard Ojeda Slams Trump
Mark Helenowski/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, West Virginia state Sen. Richard Ojeda easily won the Democratic nomination in the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Ojeda, as I reported in a profile for Mother Jones, is pushing a kind of populism that is upending the political landscape in…
Trump Promised His Appointees Wouldn’t Become Lobbyists. Guess How That Turned Out.
Getty This story was originally published by ProPublica. Lobbyists who joined the Trump administration and now want to return to their old trade have a problem: President Trump said they can’t. Days after taking office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring every political appointee to sign a pledge as a condition of taking office.…