DOJ Filing: Steve Bannon Is a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 Billion Fraud Case
Mother Jones; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a little-noticed court filing earlier this month, federal prosecutors described Steve Bannon as a “co-conspirator” in a massive criminal fraud and racketeering case against a flamboyant, far-right Chinese fugitive, compounding the legal headaches of…
Communicating With Elon Musk’s X Is Like Traversing a Scorched Hellscape
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Donald Trump Stoops to Lowest Low Yet With Violent Post of Biden
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They Make Viral Gun Videos—With Hardline Christian Values
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.At the start of a slickly produced 19-minute YouTube video titled “How T.Rex Arms Got Started,” Lucas Botkin, the company’s 30-year-old founder, runs through an obstacle course. A guitar-heavy soundtrack plays as Botkin, decked out in tactical gear and…
Candace Owens and the Far-Right Influencer Who Helped Make Antisemitism Mainstream
Brett Carlsen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After making a string of antisemitic statements, Candace Owens has left the far-right media company the Daily Wire. Headlines about the split have framed it as a disagreement between Owens and host Ben Shapiro over the Israel-Hamas…
It’s Not Just Sandy Hook. Aaron Rodgers Has Some Very Strange Thoughts About…Buildings.
Perry Knotts/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, CNN’s Pamela Brown and Jake Tapper reported that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers—who is (or at least was) reportedly being considered as independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential running mate—had told at…