The GOP Is Seriously Ridiculous. And Ridiculously Dangerous.
Gaetz gazes at McCarthy on the House floorJim Lo Scalzo/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.Now that former president Donald Trump has lost his gigantic megaphone, some members of the Republican Party have stepped in to…
Trump Resigns From Screen Actors Guild Rather Than Face Disciplinary Meaures
Trump in 1989Renée C. Byer/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.Forget the United States Constitution. Former President Trump blatantly violated the constitution of the Screen Actors Guild, and the union’s disciplinary committee won’t have that. The…
Lead Impeachment Manager Asks Trump to Testify at His Own Trial
Al Drago/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.Lead Impeachment Manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) sent a letter to former President Trump Thursday asking that he testify under oath at his Senate impeachment trial next week. “Presidents…
Anesthesiologist Joe Park From “The Bachelorette” Is Doing COVID PSAs
Good morning, I have the pleasure of informing you that Dr. Joe Park—a frontline worker, former Bachelorette contestant, and “the purest soul ever“—is now delivering public service announcements about the COVID vaccine. The 36-year-old anesthesiologist, who is also a COVID survivor, has busted myths, explained scientific concepts, and even shared footage of himself getting both doses…
The MyPillow Guy Went on Newsmax and Even They Can’t Stand His Bullshit
Chris Kleponis/Pool/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.Check out this Newsmax appearance with Mike Lindell, the appendage to insurrection-era Donald Trump and CEO of MyPillow, posted by Media Matters’ Lis Power: In a Newsmax segment about…
Elizabeth Warren Plans to Introduce Wealth Tax in the Senate
Rudy Torres/Avalon/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.The wealth tax lives. On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D- Mass.) said her “first order of business” in the Senate would be to introduce legislation to follow through on…