Trump Just Introduced a New, Dangerous Immigration Proposal
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to an unfinished section of border wall.Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Over the weekend, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to elaborate on how he would “end the migrant invasion of America.” The…
New Indictment Alleges Conservative Media Company Took Millions of Kremlin Cash
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday alleges that a Tennessee-based media company which played home to several prominent right-leaning online commentators was secretly a Russian government-backed influence operation. The company is accused of receiving nearly…
At the Center of the Right-Wing Revival? Hating Immigrants.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Five years ago, the first National Conservatism conference—a gathering on the right to propose a more populist version of conservatism—was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. The event, organized by the then-nascent Edmund Burke Foundation, drew rising…
J.D. Vance Says He Gets Bad Press Because Most Journalists Are “Childless Adults”
Intercollegiate Studies Institute/screenshot/YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. GOP vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance was slammed this week when a video of a 2021 Fox News appearance emerged in which he smeared Vice President Kamala Harris: He described her as being one of…
J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters
Julia Nikhinson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. During his acceptance speech at the Republican convention last week, Sen. J.D. Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate, praised Donald Trump’s call for “unity.” But this year, Vance endorsed a new book co-written by a far-right…
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…