Leaked Messages Show Gettr in Crisis Mode Over Joe Rogan Criticism
Getty Images/Michael S. Schwartz, AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Getty Images/Don Emmert Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last week, Gettr, the social media site that sells itself as a MAGA alternative to Twitter, entered damage control mode. The hugely popular podcaster Joe Rogan, who…
“Seditious Conspiracy” Charges Against Oath Keepers Mark a Major Advance in January 6 Investigation
Stewart Rhodes on February 28, 2021.Aaron Davis/The Washington Post via Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.FBI agents on Thursday arrested Stewart Rhodes, the founder of far-right Oath Keepers, and charged him with seditious conspiracy, the Justice Department announced. The sedition charge…
The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Begging for Pardons Sound an Awful Lot Like Confederate Soldiers
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Receiving a presidential pardon for subverting the government is not a novelty in the United States, though the Trump era made it almost a stamp of approval for criminal behavior. In an interview with Rolling Stone, an…
Trump Continues to Incite the Violent Extremist Movement of January 6
Trump supporters who breeched security and entered the US Capitol on January 6, 2021Brent Stirton/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.One year after the harrowing assault on the US Capitol by thousands of Donald Trump supporters, the former president canceled a press…
The January 6 Committee Just Revealed Alarming Text Messages From Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity on August 25, 2020Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Before the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Sean Hannity texted that he was “very worried about the next 48 hours,” the House committee investigating the insurrection…
A Key Reason Jan. 6 Rioters Aren’t Facing Sedition Charges: They’re White
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As of this writing, 695 people have been charged for federal crimes related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach—crimes motivated by the lie that Joe Biden won because of nationwide election fraud. Of those 695 people,…