There Are Many Words for Vladimir Putin. Is “Strongman” One?
Cemal Yurttas/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Calling Vladimir Putin a “strongman” has a long history and fresh meaning as blood is spilled in his name across Ukraine. In recent days, he has been called a “strongman” by the New York Times,…
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…
Glenn Youngkin Set Up a Tip Line to Snitch on Teachers. It’s Only Gotten Weirder Since.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during a news conference about an executive order establishing K through 12 lab schools at the Capitol Thursday Jan. 27, 2022, in Richmond, Va.Steve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It’s only been a week since Gov.…
DirecTV Just Announced It Will Drop Trump’s Favorite Far-Right News Network
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images) Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The far right-wing One America News Network will lose the vast majority of its distribution in April, thanks to a decision by DirecTV to drop the conspiracy-spouting pro-Trump channel. On…
The January 6 Committee Just Revealed Alarming Text Messages From Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity on August 25, 2020Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Before the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Sean Hannity texted that he was “very worried about the next 48 hours,” the House committee investigating the insurrection…
Who Poured $1 Billion Into Trump’s Media Empire? We Might Never Know.
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Former President Donald Trump’s media company scored a coup over the weekend, announcing it had landed $1 billion in investment. But the public might never know who has funded Trump’s media dreams,…