A Top Rand Paul Donor Is Dropping Big Bucks to Elect Andrew Yang
Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang holds press conference outside of Tweed Courthouse on May 11, 2021.Lev Radin/Pacific Press via 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 new ad supporting former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang in the…
Remember the Tea Party? It’s Still Raising Millions in Dark Money.
Tea Party Patriots National Coordinator Jenny Beth MartinChip Somodevilla/Getty 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.Under Jenny Beth Martin’s direction, Tea Party Patriots has sprawled into a dark-money network where millions of dollars in often anonymous donations…
Leaked Calls Reveal ALEC’s Secret Plan to Thwart Biden on Climate
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Republican efforts to stall President Joe Biden’s climate agenda are slowly beginning to take shape. In March, a coalition of 12 Republican state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging Biden’s executive order creating a working group to establish a metric for the “social…
An Ex-Google Lobbyist Who Backed Jim Jordan Is Leading Big Tech’s Bid to Court the Left
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech executives testified before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee on July 29, 2020. 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.How is Big Tech navigating the Biden era? Consider the newest industry…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Rakes In Cash After Twitter Briefly Suspends Her
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) sees fundraising windfall after her Twitter account is briefly suspended.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP 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.On Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) had a bad…
The Arrest of an Ex–Florida State Senator Hints at a Broader Dark-Money Scheme
Authorities take pictures of former Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles’ car as they raid his home in Palmetto Bay on March 17, 2021.TNS/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.Miami police arrested former Republican state Sen. Frank…