Biden’s Beijing Olympics Boycott Is a Good Start. What Happens Next Is Even More Important.
Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Biden administration’s decision Monday to skip the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as part of a so-called “diplomatic boycott,” was historic—if a bit anti-climactic. The move had been telegraphed since November, when Biden publicly said…
CIA Report Shows Trump Abandoned His Duty as Commander in Chief
Donald Trump listens as incoming Central Intelligence Agency director Gina Haspel speaks during her May 2018 swearing-in ceremony at CIA headquarters.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The CIA is too polite to say this directly, but it has issued a report…
Biden Is Taking Forever to Get His Ambassadors Confirmed. You Can Thank Ted Cruz for That.
Graeme Jennings/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday, the Senate approved four new US ambassadors, something that typically would not pass for breaking news in Washington, DC. But before this week, only 2 of Joe Biden’s 69 ambassador picks had been…
Gen. Milley Defends China Calls, Says He Was “Not Qualified” to Determine Trump’s Mental Health
Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Gen. Mark Milley, speaking before Congress in a Tuesday hearing about Afghanistan, shed light on his much-reported calls with his Chinese counterpart before and after the 2020 election. Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs…
The Afghanistan War Is Over. But the Defense Budget Is Still About to Go Up.
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.After the United States military stopped fighting wars in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, Congress went on to appropriate less funding for defense in subsequent years. But now that the US has pulled out of Afghanistan, ending…
As the US Fled Kabul, Its Final Airstrike May Have Targeted an Innocent Man
The car targeted by the US’s August 29 strike.Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A blockbuster New York Times investigation released late on Friday used security camera footage and witness testimony to poke holes in the official US military account of a retaliatory…