House Speaker Fight Shows Election Deniers Who Tried to Overthrow Democracy Still Control GOP
Scott Perry (R-Pa.) confers with Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) during Donald Trump’s first impeachment.Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On the first day of the new Congress, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) delivered one of the nominating speeches for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who was…
The Rise and Fall of Stop the Steal’s Favorite Conference
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The video was exceptionally violent even for a pro-Trump meme. With his face superimposed over that of Colin Firth from the 2014 movie Kingsman: The Secret Service, Donald Trump strides through the “Church of Fake News” and plunges a spear…
Corporate America Condemned the January 6 Riot—Then Went Right Back to Funding Election Deniers
Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Getty; Wikimedia Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Two years after President Donald Trump incited a mob to storm the US Capitol and halt the certification of the Electoral College results, the January 6 insurrection is still a live wire in American…
Newly Revealed Texts Show Mark Meadows Is a Liar
Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Mark Meadows is a liar—at least by omission. And newly revealed text messages prove it. In 2021, the former White House chief of staff for Donald Trump released a book, The Chief’s Chief, which offered a sycophantic…
Brazil Moves One Step Closer to a Peaceful Transition of Power
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his election certification ceremony. Eraldo Peres/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday afternoon, Brazil’s Electoral Court officially certified the election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president, putting the country one step closer to burying any…
Florida Judge Finally Forced to Dismiss Trump’s Mar-a-Lago “Special Master” Lawsuit
Andrew Harnik/ Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One of Donald Trump’s main tactics to delay the Justice Department’s Mar-a-Lago investigation was officially killed off on Monday. Following orders from an appeals court, a Trump-appointed judge was forced to formally dismiss the ex-president’s lawsuit…