Tim Walz Has a Stellar Record on Voting Rights
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signs the “Democracy for the People Act” on May 5, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Steve Karnowski/AP. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris’ decision to pick Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday coincided…
What Drug Policy Advocates Want to See From a Kamala Harris Administration
Mother Jones; Leigh Vogel/POOL/Zuma; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris has joked about experimenting with marijuana and—unlike another famous Democrat—admitted to a truly shocking act: inhaling. With Joe Biden out of the race, her track record on drug policy as a…
Elon Musk’s X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
Deepfakes of Vice President Kamala Harris are proliferating on X.Photo illustration; Rafael Henrique/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. For the second time in less than two weeks, a doctored video of Vice President Kamala Harris has spread widely on Elon Musk’s social media…
The Harris Campaign Is Now Actively Courting Republicans
The Harris campaign launched an effort on Sunday with the goal of attracting Republican voters.Brian Cahn/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Harris campaign, in its short existence, has already activated several key groups of voters—foremost women, who were among those who gathered…
Delegates for the Thousands Who Voted “Uncommitted” Want a DNC Speaker
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan speaks during a vigil organized by Health Workers Alliance for Palestine in Toronto on November 30, 2023.Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As the Democratic National Convention kicked off its virtual roll-call vote this morning, the Uncommitted movement—an…
JD Vance Called Democrats a “Childless Cabal,” But We Did the Math
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The internet has been burning up this past week with the many, many faux pas—faux paws?—of Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, what with his “childless cat ladies” thing, his endorsement of a reprehensible…