Democrats Just Announced They’re Off to a Record-Setting Fundraising Start to 2021
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The Democratic National Committee said Saturday that it’s off to a record-setting year for fundraising, marking a dramatic turnaround from where Democrats were four years ago. According to…
America’s Right-Wing “Patriots” Are Fawning Over the British Monarchy to Own the Libs
Patrick van Katwijk/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.I’m not American. I’m still learning things about this great country. That America fought a big war of independence, however, is not one of them. It’s in the…
You Won’t Be Able to Go Watch the Tokyo Olympics in Person
James Matsumoto/SOPA Images/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Today, Japanese officials confirmed that outside spectators won’t be able to turn up to watch the world’s biggest sporting event this year. Seiko Hashimoto, the president of the…
Federal Judge Smears the Press: “A Threat to a Viable Democracy”
President George W. Bush presents a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Laurence H. Silberman on June 19, 2008 at the White House.Alex Wong/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.For four years, former President Donald Trump…
Rand Paul Won’t Stop Resisting Anthony Fauci’s COVID Guidance
Susan Walsh/Pool/CNP/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.At a Thursday Senate hearing on the nation’s coronavirus response, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) once again suggested that he knew better than Dr. Anthony Fauci when it came to…
Heavily Armed Man Arrested Outside Residence of VP Kamala Harris
Lawrence Jackson/White House/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A man in possession of a rifle and ammunition was arrested outside the Naval Observatory, which contains Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence, Wednesday afternoon. Harris and her husband,…