At CPAC, Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Blames the Left for Insurrection
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has become a darling of the US far-right, attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington,…
Bolsonaro is Living the American Dream: Retired in Florida and Posting on TikTok
Jair Bolsonaro greets people during the Turning Point USA event. Joe Raedle/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Between 2019 and 2022, Jair Bolsonaro governed a country with a population of almost 215 million people, but since losing Brazil’s presidential election to the Worker’s Party’s…
It Came From the Basement
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Eight months before the white nationalist figure Nicholas J. Fuentes ignited a political firestorm by dining with Kanye West and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, he strode out onstage to a crowd of what he claimed were 1,000 followers, chanting…
Insurrection: January 6, Up Close and Firsthand
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The work of photographer Nate Gowdy should be familiar to regular Mother Jones readers, especially those who’ve followed our January 6 reporting. His black-and-white photos captured the chaos as protesters marched from the “Stop the Steal” rally to the…
American Myths Are Made of White Grievance—and the Jan. 6 Big Lie Is Just the Latest
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On January 11, 2021, five days after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, CNN published an article titled “Experts Warn That Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Will Outlast His Presidency.” It quoted Timothy Snyder, a historian who wrote the 2017 bestseller On…
George Santos Is Now Under Investigation as Even More Lies and Inconsistencies Surface
The Washington Post/ Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.George Santos, the Republican congressman-elect who has come under fire for a growing list of inconsistent and false claims about his financial, employment, and familial history, is facing multiple investigations, including an inquiry announced…