Russia Revives Its Botnet to Hit Swing-State Democrats
Contributor/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Russian trolls and bots are coming back online ahead of the midterms—this time, amplifying right-wing vitriol on Gab, Parler, Gettr, and other minor social media platforms serving far-right audiences. Cybersecurity researchers have identified the reactivation of inflammatory accounts linked…
New York City Ballot Measures Promise to “Attack” Institutional Racism. What Does That Actually Mean?
The Racial Justice Commission gathered outside the Office of the City Clerk on December 28, 2021.Photo by Jermaine Clark Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the final days of former mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, he honored a pledge made in his 2021 State…
Arizona GOP Candidate Mark Finchem Nurtures Ties to Extremists Engaged in Voter Intimidation
Mark Finchem at former President Donald Trump’s Save America rally at the Canyon Moon Ranch in Florence, Arizona.Christopher Brown/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If Mark Finchem, the Republican candidate for secretary of state in Arizona and a QAnon-friendly election denialist who was recently…
Minority Rule Is Coming for Progressive Prosecutors
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm. If the Republican candidate wins the election for Attorney General, he’s threatened to take Chisholm’s prosecutorial power away. Ivan Moreno/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On a cloudy day in September, Eric Toney, the Republican candidate for Wisconsin…
Evan McMullin Put Democracy On the Ballot. Utah Voters Probably Won’t Care.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In mid-October, the actor Mark Hamill, a.k.a. Luke Skywalker, turned his star power on Evan McMullin, who is running a surprisingly competitive race for Senate in Utah. First came the tweet: “I like @EvanMcMullin SO much, it makes me…
GOP Candidate Mark Finchem’s Lawyer Proposed Fake Elector Votes That “Aren’t Legal”
Mark Finchem, Republican candidate for the Secretary of State of Arizona, attends a conference promoting conspiracy theories about voting machines and discredited claims about the 2020 presidential election at a hotel in West Palm Beach, Fla.Jim Rassol / AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that…