One of Congress’ Most Unpopular Republicans Might Not Even Have a Democratic Opponent in November
Rep. Dana RohrabacherMother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Early last month, at a debate between the Democratic candidates running to unseat Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, the 15-term Orange County, California, Republican, local business owner Laura Oatman addressed a longstanding fear among the district’s Democratic voters. “I want to address the elephant…
Here’s How Trump Is Rigging Democracy at the Voting Booth
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today we’re launching a new Mother Jones video series explaining everything you need to know about efforts to undermine voting in America. We’ve covered this territory for years. In 2012, Kevin Drum detailed the GOP’s 10-year campaign to gin up voter fraud hysteria…
We Obtained Cambridge Analytica’s Post-Election Pitch to Potential Corporate Clients
Alex Milan Tracy/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the wake of Donald Trump’s shock victory in 2016, Cambridge Analytica, the secretive data analytics firm that worked for the Trump campaign and is now ensnared in an international controversy, set out to capitalize on its connection to the new…
Cloak and Data: The Real Story Behind Cambridge Analytica’s Rise and Fall
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the late summer of 2015, Chris Wilson, the director of research, analytics, and digital strategy for Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, had a conversation with a contractor that left him furious. A widely respected pollster who had taken leave from his firm to work…
Undocumented Immigrants Can Vote in Some Elections. But ICE Could Keep Them Away.
hermosawave/iStock/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California has a track record of giving undocumented immigrants certain rights they wouldn’t have in most parts of the country: driver’s licenses, in-state college tuition, and, at least in San Francisco, a chance to vote. But now, that same right to vote, celebrated when…
Coal Country Rebelled Against Trump’s Candidate Last Night. Here’s Why.
Brian Cahn/ Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few days before Democratic candidate Conor Lamb eked out a narrow lead over Republican opponent Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania’s special election for the House, President Trump was on the campaign trail repeating a familiar tune to crowds of his supporters. “By the…