Putin Invaded Ukraine, and Steve Bannon Says That’s a Good Reason to Impeach Biden
Al Drago/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Thursday, Steve Bannon, the former Trump administration official and 2020 election results denier, turned his podcast into a litany of grievances against President Joe Biden, the Clintons, and the other usual targets. Then he called for impeachment…
Will Ukraine Ruin the New Xi-Putin Bromance?
Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Diplomatic readouts—the official statements issued by governments after heads of states chat—are not usually prone to verbosity. You can expect a few, simple paragraphs, at best, vaguely characterizing the issues discussed. In contrast, when Chinese…
“This Is a Moment of Peril”: Antony Blinken Warns of Imminent Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Michael Sohn/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a Thursday speech to the United Nations Security Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the bleakest warning yet of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine in the coming days. “As we meet today,…
Enes Freedom Really Needs Some Better Friends
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It appears that the 10-year NBA career of Enes Freedom came to an end last Thursday, when the Houston Rockets acquired him in a trade and immediately sent him packing. What the sports world…
Dozens of People Were Massacred in Myanmar on Christmas Eve. This Is What It Looked Like.
The aftermath of the Christmas Eve massacre committed near Hpruso TownshipKarenni National Defense Force/Karenni State Police/Karenni National Progressive Party Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Christmas Day, the charred remains of about 35 people, maybe more—men, women, and children—were discovered in several…
Chinese Police Manhandle a Reporter During a Live Olympics Broadcast
Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.One moment Dutch journalist Sjoerd den Daas was reporting live from outside the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing. The next he was being “forcibly pulled” by a plainclothes security officer while another one blocked the…