The Forgotten Origins of a Migration Crisis
Mother Jones illustration; Random House; Thea Traff Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer first heard of Juan Romagoza when the doctor was the main plaintiff and lead witness in a human rights case in Florida in the early…
Is This the End of Biden’s “Moral Leadership” on Immigration?
Samuel Corum/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2020, Joe Biden campaigned on the idea that Trump-era immigration policies amounted to “a moral failure and a national shame.” Now, he is backing a border deal that is so aligned with conservative goals that it…
Mike Johnson Is Still Against Single-Party Impeachments. Unless He’s Leading One.
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Speaker Mike Johnson believes in facts. “Facts are stubborn things, and they do not change,” he said this Sunday on Meet the Press. Neither does his stance on single-party impeachment, he would like us to believe. “The…
A Far-Right Convoy Is Holding Anti-Immigrant Rallies at the Border
A person holds up a sign prior to the ‘Take Our Border Back’ convoy.Adam Davis/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, a far-right convoy calling itself “God’s army” is set to host rallies at different border towns along the US-Mexico border to decry what…
Right-Wing Moms Are Headed to the Border
Moms for America president Kimberly FletcherMoms for America Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Yesterday, I wrote about the “Take Our Border Back” convoy headed to three southwestern cities and the grab bag of conspiracies its participants embrace. But, wait, there’s more! Moms for America—not…
Texas’ Standoff With the Border Patrol Is a Constitutional Powder Keg
Texas Army National Guard soldiers attached razor wire to a temporary fence closing off access to the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass.Suzanne Ringle/Texas National Guard via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“The Federal Government has broad constitutional powers in determining what…