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How Paul Wellstone Helped Give Us Tim Walz

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz applauds as President Joe Biden speaks at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minnesota. AP/Andrew Harnik Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It was damn cold in St. Paul—even cold for Minnesotans—on a weekend in late January 2005, when one or…

Can Ilhan Omar Fend Off AIPAC?

Mother Jones illustration; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA/AP; Mark Vancleave/Star Tribune/AP; Wikimedia; Henry A/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Next week, Rep. Ilhan Omar will take on a familiar opponent. On Tuesday, August 13, the progressive stalwart will face a second-consecutive primary challenge from Don…

How Trump’s “Mass Deportation” Plan Would Ruin America

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. For our September+October issue, we investigated the Border Patrol’s sharp growth, its troubling record on civil liberties, its culture of impunity, and its role in shaping the current political moment—one that echoes the anti-immigrant fever that led to the agency’s creation a…