Doctor, Lawyer, Insurrectionist: The Radicalization of Simone Gold
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.When rioters broke into the US Capitol on January 6, chants of “Fuck the police!” “USA!” or “Treason!” echoed in the marble halls. When Dr. Simone Gold got inside the rotunda,…
Conservatives Are Upset About Dr. Seuss and It’s All WAP’s Fault
Atlantic Records/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Last summer, when Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B released “WAP”—which stands for wet-ass pussy—conservatives had a collective conniption fit. Prepare my fainting couch, the pearl clutchers wailed. At the…
Fox News Canceled Lou Dobbs Just One Day After a Voting Machine Company Sued for $2.7 Billion
Lou Dobbs, with Fox News, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Fox News Media abruptly canceled Lou Dobbs’…
Biden Pledged to Fight White Supremacy. Prominent Conservatives Felt Personally Attacked.
Greg Nash/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden’s inaugural address was a call for unity, healing, and reconciliation. In his first speech delivered to the nation as president, Biden name-checked some…
Mayor Pete Went on Fox News and Eviscerated Donald Trump. It Was Great.
Martha Asencio Rhine/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has been taking Fox News down a notch—through his appearances on Fox News. The onetime Democratic presidential candidate has been a frequent guest on Fox News…
CNN’s Brian Stelter: The Trump-Fox Codependency Is More Dangerous Than You Think
Jeff Roberson/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.It is impossible to tell the story of President Trump’s rise to power without understanding his relationship with Fox News. Together they form one of modern America’s most defining duos, argues CNN’s chief media correspondent, Brian…