Project 2025 Backers Push Propaganda About the Trump Shooting
Mother Jones; Heritage Foundation; Rebecca Droke/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Just hours after the assassination attempt against Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, high-profile allies of the ex-president began promoting unfounded conspiracy theories and blaming President Joe Biden and Democrats,…
Trump’s Baseless Claims About the Assassination Attempt Are Dangerous
Mark Peterson/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Ever since the July 13 assassination attempt against Donald Trump, the former president and his allies have promoted unfounded conspiracy theories and blamed Democrats directly for the violence. The effort appears highly coordinated: From JD Vance…
Far-Right Influencers Are Turning Against Trump’s Campaign
White nationalist Nick Fuentes is one of multiple far-right influencers who are disparaging the Trump campaign—but not the candidate.Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Far-right influencers are standing by their man—but not his campaign. The Washington Post on Sunday detailed how…
Trump’s Dangerous Campaign of Hatred Against Migrant “Invaders”
Mother Jones; Carol Guzy/ZUMA (2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the morning of August 3, 2019, a 21-year-old man walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle. He murdered 23 people and injured 22 others.…
In Republican Primary, Bigot Loses to Election Denier
Mother Jones; Getty; Valentina Gomez Campaign Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Valentina Gomez, the 25-year-old former Missouri Secretary of State candidate known for crass posts—like calling her opponents “weak and gay” while jogging in a tactical vest—lost her eight-way primary last night. Gomez…
JD Vance Reiterates False Claim That Democrats “Tried to Kill” Trump
Vance introducing Trump at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Aug. 3, 2024Ben Gray/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Campaigning in Atlanta on Saturday, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance blamed Democrats without any evidence for the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. In…