Armed Standoffs With the Government, “Uber Militias,” and Ammon Bundy’s Run to Be Idaho’s Next Governor
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For six years now, Josh Thayer has been at war with his next-door neighbor over the location of their property lines in Salem, a small town in Utah. Thayer has been prosecuted for trespassing and cited for…
Republicans Can’t Hide From a Bipartisan January 6 Investigation
Trump supporters storm the US Capitol on January 6.Samuel Corum/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania offered a now-familiar complaint about efforts to investigate the January 6 attack…
Two Men Were Just Charged With Planning to Bomb a Democratic Party Building to Avenge Trump
Two men were charged with plotting to bomb this Democratic Party building in California.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This winter, two men who wrongly believed that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election allegedly concocted an elaborate plan to bomb…
We Need to Understand How We Got to January 6 Before We Can Move Forward
Julio Cortez/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The deadly insurrection at the US Capitol wasn’t the start of something, nor was it the end. What happened on January 6 had been planned for weeks, and the ideology…
January 6 Conspiracy Case Deepens Against Oath Keepers
Storming the Capitol on January 6: Oath Keepers Kenneth Harrelson (selfie) and Graydon Young (tactical gear) are among the group’s members facing conspiracy charges.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Federal prosecutors have broadened their January…
QAnon Conference Organizer Won’t Answer Questions About Whether Michael Flynn Was Paid
/Sipa USA via AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Michael Flynn made some news this Memorial Day weekend. Not in a good way for a retired lieutenant general. Appearing at a “For God & Country” conference…