What Project 2025 Would Mean for America’s Climate Policies
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) wore a customized outfit to President Joe Biden’s March 2022 State of the Union address.Saul Loeb/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As delegates arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee earlier this week to officially nominate former president Donald Trump as…
Wait, Why Did Trump Take a Jab at the “Dictator” Conservatives Love Last Night?
Mother Jones illustration; Salvador Melendez/AP; Aude Guerrucci/MAXPPP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In February, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, fresh out of a landslide reelection victory, was welcomed at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with a standing ovation. “You’re a true leader,”…
Biden Urges “Every American” to Read Project 2025’s “Blueprint for the Second Trump Term”
Kyle Mazza/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Speaking to a crowd in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday, President Joe Biden made an impassioned plea to voters with a message that largely centered on Donald Trump’s failings—and the threat of another term under his predecessor.…
Trump World Reportedly Flirts With a Return to Mandatory Military Service
Trump, alleged draft-dodger, arriving at a US base in Tokyo during his first trip to Japan in 2017.The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Despite Trump’s alleged draft-dodging in his youth, the former president’s acolytes are reportedly flirting with a return to…
A New Documentary Goes Behind the Scenes of Christian Nationalism
Win McNamee/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The new documentary Bad Faith, directed by Stephen Ujlaki and Christopher Jacob Jones, begins with footage familiar to many Americans: an army of insurrectionists adorned in stars, stripes, and military gear storming the Capitol to…
Trump’s Endorsement Helps Utah MAGA Candidate Notch a Win in the Battle for Senate
Trent Staggs, running for U.S. senate, speaks at the Utah Republican Party state nominating convention on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Megan Nielsen/The Deseret News via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, just as Utah Republicans were gathering for their annual nominating convention,…