The Billionaire Koch Network Wants to Defeat Trump in 2024
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee’s Annual Meeting on January 28, 2023 in Salem, New Hampshire. Scott Eisen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Koch world is over Donald Trump. Americans for Prosperity Action, the group that spends millions…
The Abortion Pill’s Secret Money Men
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1993, a group of activists rented a warehouse in suburban Westchester County, New York. It was smaller than they’d hoped and had limited ventilation, but the two other locations they’d tried to rent belonged to universities and required…
George Santos Keeps Giving Inconsistent Stories About His Mystery Millions
The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.George Santos, the New York Republican who was elected to the House in November, has drawn much attention for his audacious lying. As a candidate, he said he had attended Baruch College. He said he worked for Goldman…
“It Appears All Hope Is Lost,” House Republicans Warn
Kevin McCarthy is disappointed.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last month, I got an angry email from the Republican Party. I’d just written a snarky blog post about some dubious fundraising solicitations from the House GOP campaign arm—”13X MATCH…
This MAGA PAC Raised Nearly $2 Million Off the Trucker Protests. Where Did All the Money Go?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Alex Phillips was standing one block from the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, when he warned an interviewer that members of Congress who went along with certifying the results of the presidential election would suffer the consequences in…
How One Man Helped Make America a Global Tax Haven
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.During the mid-1990s, trust and estate lawyer Jonathan Blattmachr had an innovative idea that would come to revolutionize the American trust industry. Blattmachr is a veteran of the wealth management field, cutting his teeth at…