Former RNC Chair Just Admitted She Has Some Differences With Trump
Donald Trump listens as RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks during a campaign rally in Missouri in 2018. (AP/Jeff Roberson Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a Sunday appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel launched her campaign to rewrite her history of…
Candace Owens and the Far-Right Influencer Who Helped Make Antisemitism Mainstream
Brett Carlsen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After making a string of antisemitic statements, Candace Owens has left the far-right media company the Daily Wire. Headlines about the split have framed it as a disagreement between Owens and host Ben Shapiro over the Israel-Hamas…
“You’re Not Doing a Prank,” Tucker Carlson Tells Man Pranking Him
Janos Kummer/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Noted thumb resembler Tucker Carlson, erstwhile Fox host, defender of white boys’ honor in battle, television’s largest baby, the guy with a fixed look you can only call “constiperplexed”—they say he’s smart. I have things to do,…
What if Everything We Are Told to Think About Periods Is Wrong?
Mother Jones; Talia Herman Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Periods are an undeniable part of most women’s lives, but for the bulk of history, science has only really cared about women’s reproductive tracts for one reason: “improving pregnancy outcomes,” writes Jen Gunter in her…
With Its Top Investor in Jail, a Pro-Trump Social Media Site Suffers Mass Layoffs
Mother Jones illustration; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty; Rafael Henrique/SOPA/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A pro-Trump social media site that was launched with great fanfare less than three years ago has now laid off much of its staff and is close to shutting down, current and…
Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl Jet-Setting Highlights Carbon Removal Problems
This private jet is thought to have taken Taylor Swift from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to LAX on Saturday so she could make it to the Super Bowl.Eric Thayer/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. To get to the Super Bowl on time, Taylor Swift took a…