Trump Continues to Escalate His Dangerous Incitement
Trump at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio on September 17, 2022.Jeff Swensen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For years, conventional wisdom has held that Donald Trump could wriggle his way out of any personal jeopardy, no matter how evident his alleged malfeasance. But now…
How Much Money Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Lost on Trump’s Social Media Company?
Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s big plan to take his struggling media start-up public is in serious jeopardy. And if TruthSocial’s luck doesn’t turn around quickly, it could take a big chunk out of the pocketbook of one of Trump’s closest…
Trump’s Truth Social Is in Trouble
The TRUTH Social website on a mobile device with an image of former US president Donald Trump in the background.Jaap Arriens /Sipa via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Lately, Donald Trump has been screaming into the void. He is taking to his own…
Abortion Opponents Don’t Want You to Read News About Abortion
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Now that Roe v. Wade has been repealed by the Supreme Court, abortion opponents are aiming at a new target: those who share information about abortion. This push might put us at Mother Jones, a 46-year-old reader-supported…
Requiem for a Dark Brandon
Mother Jones Illustration; Yuri Gripas AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Not since Hillary Clinton dabbing on ‘em has a meme been so brutally murdered in public the way “Dark Brandon” was on Monday when several administration officials, and high-profile Democrats, started tweeting photos of…
Climate Protesters Smash Windows at Rupert Murdoch’s UK Headquarters
An Extinction Rebellion protest in June 2022.Vuk Valcic/Sipa USA via AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s media company, in protest at his outlets’ coverage of the climate crisis. Activists targeted the News…