Elon Musk Made It His Job To Make Himself Look Dumb
AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1987, Oliver Stone released Wall Street. The film, in theory, was an indictment of the rapacious excess wrought by rising financialization. At the center was Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas. “The personification of…
Elon Musk, Free Speech Absolutist, Is Silent About His Saudi Partners
Davide Bonaldo/AP illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Elon Musk is a self-declared “free-speech absolutist” who might let Donald Trump and various Nazis return to action on Twitter. “The bird is freed,” he triumphantly tweeted to his approximately 112 million followers when he officially took…
JFK Jr.’s Iconic Magazine Is Back From the Dead. You Can Thank QAnon.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Virtually every one of the 70 or so speakers at Michael Flynn’s ReAwaken America tour last weekend in Manheim, Pennsylvania, had something to sell, and Gene Ho was no exception. There was his book, TRUMPography: How…
Liz Truss’ Reign Only Lasted 45 Days, But These Montages Will Last Forever
Arne Dedert/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Liz Truss announced that, after only serving 45 days, she will be stepping down as the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Truss made history as one of the shortest-serving world leaders. But during her time,…
Kanye West Agrees to Acquire Conservative Social Media App Parler
Laurent Vu/SIPA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Another day, another moment of Kanye West tossing his impressive musical legacy into the garbage and disappointing us all. On Monday, it was announced that rapper and producer Ye—as West is now known—agreed to acquire Parler, a…
Trump’s Big Social Media Deal Could Soon Collapse. So What Went Wrong?
Former President Donald Trump tosses caps to the crowd as he steps onstage during a rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Patrick Orlando…