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…
A Top DC Think Tank Took Millions From Foreign Governments. Now Lawmakers Want Answers.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, questions witnesses at a Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Senators in both parties are taking aim at the Brookings Institution, demanding details on funding agreements that, according to the lawmakers, could have…
Report: US Intel Officials Believe Russia Secretly Backed Albanian Candidate
Lulzim Basha, the former leader of Leader of the Democratic Party of Albania, seen here in 2021, denies receiving secret funding from Russia.Visar Kryeziu/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Back in 2018, Mother Jones reported that payments made by a shell company to an…
Despite Pleas From 9/11 Families, Trump Urges Pros to Join Saudi-Backed Golf League
28 June 2019, Japan, Then President Donald Trump with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at the June 2019 G20 summit in Osaka Japan. Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A group of family members of 9/11 victims…
Elizabeth Warren Slams “Foreign Influence” at Liberal-Leaning Think Tank
Then-Brookings Institution President John Allen speaking at an event in October 2018. Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Sen. Elizabeth Warren is taking aim at the Brooking Institution, a bastion of Washington’s Democratic establishment. In a letter Friday, the Massachusetts firebrand…