The Democrats Have a Discipline Dilemma
Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For 45 seconds, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) bit her lip, leveled her gaze, and held her cellphone steady before a pair of microphones as a hateful voicemail unfurled from its speaker. “We…
The House Just Passed Biden’s Build Back Better Plan. Now It’s Up to Joe Manchin.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The House of Representatives passed a $2 trillion spending bill on Friday morning, taking a crucial step toward enacting President Joe Biden’s ambitious domestic agenda and delivering Democrats a fragile, fleeting, moment of party…
What if the Progressive Revolt…Isn’t a Revolt at All?
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 20: Rep. Pramila Jayapal speaks at Go Bigger on Climate, Care, and Justice! on July 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Progressive lawmakers first suspected they’d…
Here’s a Long List of Top Republicans the 1/6 Committee Should Question
John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday morning, the House select committee investigating the insurrectionist January 6 assault on the US Capitol launched its hearings. The panel—which the House Republican caucus boycotted—opened with law enforcement officers who were attacked by…
Nancy Pelosi Thanks George Floyd for “Sacrificing” Himself by Being Killed by the Police
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/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.Following the conviction of Derek Chauvin on three charges in the murder of George Floyd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bizarrely thanked Floyd for “sacrificing” himself by dying on…
How Would the Police Have Reacted if Black People Stormed the Capitol?
Michael Nigro/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.While a joint session of the US Congress was in the process of attempting to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election win, a violent white mob incited by outgoing President…