How the Story of Soccer Became the Story of Everything
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One afternoon last October, thousands of fans began gathering outside St. James’ Park, the 130-year-old home of the English soccer club Newcastle United, to celebrate a new beginning. Some sported the club’s traditional black-and-white striped jerseys. Others toted cases…
Jury Acquits Trump Adviser Tom Barrack in Lobbying Trial
Tom Barrack outside the Brooklyn Federal Court on Wednesday November 2.John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Tom Barrack, a fund manager and adviser to former President Donald Trump, was acquitted Friday of charges that he acted as an unregistered agent of the United…
Trump’s Big Liars Urge Brazil’s Bolsonaro to Refuse to Concede
Mother Jones illustration; David Dee Delgado/Getty, Mateus Bonomi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Top purveyors of former President Donald Trump’s election fraud lies are now calling for Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to follow Trump’s lead and refuse to admit defeat. “Bolsonaro can’t…
Russians Used a US Firm to Funnel Funds to GOP in 2018. Dems Say the FEC Let Them Get Away With It.
The FEC found that a US gas company used funds from Russian oligarchs including Roman Abramovich, seen here in 2021, to donate to GOP candidates in 2018.Martin MeissnerAP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Federal Election Commission recently let a US company that was…
Elon Musk, Free Speech Absolutist, Is Silent About His Saudi Partners
Davide Bonaldo/AP illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Elon Musk is a self-declared “free-speech absolutist” who might let Donald Trump and various Nazis return to action on Twitter. “The bird is freed,” he triumphantly tweeted to his approximately 112 million followers when he officially took…
The Blob Delivers a Message: Shut Up About Ukraine
Congressional Progressive Caucus Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Chair, with Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) Mark Takano (D-Calif) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) in August. All four signed and later renounced the progressive letter on Ukraine.Graeme Sloan/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Amid the lingering freakout over the…