JD Vance Attacked AOC for Promoting a “Sociopathic Attitude” About Children
Screenshot/Napa Institute/YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When JD Vance appeared as a special guest at the 2021 summer conference of the Napa Institute, a Catholic organization that seeks to “advance the re-evangelization of the United States,” he was weathering a storm for…
Trump Allies Promote Conspiracy Theories About the Assassination Attempt
Mother Jones; ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the two-plus weeks since a gunman opened fire at Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, some details have emerged about the catastrophic security failure. The 20-year-old perpetrator, who wounded the former president and…
Trump’s Sons Keep Falsely Blaming Democrats for the Assassination Attempt
At the 2024 GOP convention in MilwaukeeTom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Since a 20-year-old gunman opened fire more than a week ago at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the FBI has conducted hundreds of interviews and scrutinized…
Far-Right Trolls Have Launched a Racist Crusade Against Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris on Capitol Hill, Jan. 10, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday morning, less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden announced his exit from the 2024 presidential race and anointed Vice…
I Found the “Secretary of Retribution” at the Republican Convention
Ivan Raiklin, a prominent election denier and Trump supporter, sits in the audience during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing.Graeme Sloan/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. I found the “Secretary of Retribution” on Tuesday, sitting on a…
Moms for Liberty Have Had a Rough Year. They’re Still RNC Darlings.
Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at Moms for Liberty’s town hall event at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (Photo by Kiera Butler) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the second day of the Republican National Convention, I made my way back to Milwaukee’s symphony…