Italy’s New Leader Is a Very Weird, Tolkien-Obsessed Right-Wing Extremist
Italy Photo Press/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Early polls out of Italy following its Sunday election suggest that Giorgia Meloni, an ultra-conservative leader known for her opposition to gay rights and immigration, will become its first female prime minister—and the most extreme right-winger…
CNN Pundit: Biden Should Invite Trump to Attend the Queen’s Funeral With Him
Spoiler: Trump will not be joining Biden on Air Force One. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When the Queen of England died on Sept. 8, CNN did what it usually does in response to such milestones: It hauled out pundits to…
Climate Delegates Flock to Cairo to Prep for Next UN Summit
Families displaced by recent flooding set up this makeshift camp in Charsadda, Pakistan.PPI via ZUMA Press Wir This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With only two months to go before the United Nations climate conference kicks off in Egypt, delegates are descending on Cairo this…
“There Wouldn’t Be a Bolsonaro in Brazil if There Hadn’t Been a Trump in the United States”
Demonstration in defense of democracy and against President Jair Bolsonaro in São Paulo.Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On August 11, thousands of Brazilians gathered inside and outside of the University of São Paulo’s law school to follow along with the reading of…
How the “Soft” Dictatorship of Lee Kuan Yew Became a Template for the American Right
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a 2021 interview with the Stanford Review, Blake Masters was asked for a historical figure he admired. He chose two. The first was George Washington, possibly the best-known military general, slave owner, and president in American history. “I…
Antony Blinken Tried to Convince China to Reject Russia. It Went About as Well as You’d Expect.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Indonesia in July 2022.Stefani Reynolds/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.As Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart for a rare, bilateral chat on Saturday,…