Mueller’s Indictment of 13 Russians Strikes Fear Into the Trump White House
Andrew Harnik/AP; Dmitri Lovesky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, the ongoing investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller issued an astounding 37-page indictment charging 13 Russians in a broad conspiracy to sabotage America’s 2016 elections. By Saturday, President Donald Trump and White House officials responded by tripling down…
That “I Approve” Tagline on Political Ads May Have Precisely the Opposite Effect of What Congress Intended
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’m Rowan Walrath, and I’m an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. Did that make you more likely to trust this article? Try this: I’m Rowan Walrath, and I approve this message. New research shows that putting the latter type of tagline on a candidate’s advertisement—as…
11 Historical Moments That Gave Us President Trump
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by TomDispatch. The present arrives out of a past that we are too quick to forget, misremember, or enshroud in myth. Yet like it or not, the present is the product of past choices. Different decisions back then might have yielded…
There’s a Brutal New Campaign Ad Targeting Devin Nunes and His Memo
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) with Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on Capitol Hill in Washington in October 2017.Susan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update (1/2/2018): Citing a senior campaign aid, the Atlantic‘s Natasha Bertrand reported that Nunes’ Democratic opponent, Andrew Janz,…
One of the Most Influential Unions in Texas Just Came Out Against a Rising Democratic Contender
Mother Jones illustration; Lizzie Pannill Fletcher for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With support from progressive groups like EMILY’s List, Houston attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher has proven herself a top Democratic contender to flip Texas Republican John Culberson’s congressional seat this fall. But on Thursday, Fletcher faced stiff criticism…
The Women’s March Never Ended. These Stats Prove It.
John Middlebrook/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A year ago, on the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, millions of people flooded the streets in protest. The Women’s March, which took place in dozens of cities and towns across the country, is believed to have been the largest single-day demonstration in US…