The Next Political Battleground: State Supreme Court Races
Rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2 in Kentucky.Stefani Reynolds / AFP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For decades as a Republican legislator in Kentucky, Joseph Fischer has pushed bills to restrict abortion. He sponsored the state’s 2019 “trigger law” making the procedure…
Top GOP Secretary of State Candidates Hobnob with Extreme Conspiracy Theorists
Kristina Karamo, candidate for Michigan Secretary of State, Mark Finchem, candidate for Arizona Secretary of State and Jim Marchant, candidate for Nevada Secretary of State, attend an earlier conference on conspiracy theories and discredited claims about the 2020 presidential election at a hotel in West Palm Beach, Fla., in September. Jim Rassol/AP Fight disinformation: Sign…
Watch Barack Obama Attack a GOP Senator for Eyeing Social Security Cuts
Former President Barack Obama campaigns for Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, in Milwaukee.Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Barack Obama is campaigning in key battleground states for Democrats ahead of the midterm election. And in…
US Culture Wars Have Stormed the Hyper-Polarized Brazilian Elections
A supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro confronts a supporter of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Eraldo Peres/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The first time many Brazilians heard of Nikolas Ferreira was the day the newly elected federal lawmaker received the highest…
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s District Is Bluer Than You’d Think
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene greets supporters at a Bikers for Trump rally in north Georgia, in the state’s 14th District. Robin Rayne/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Deep in northwest Georgia, in what was once a patchwork of forest and farms, sits Paulding…
The Path to Restoring Abortion Access in Wisconsin Hinges on the November Midterms
Demonstrators protest outside the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin in response to the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For three and a half years, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ veto pen was the only…