Stimulus Vote Stalls as Senate Weighs Appeasing Manchin on Unemployment
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.In their effort to pass a $1.9 trillion stimulus, senators are getting hung up on unemployment benefits. The stimulus bill passed in the House would increase weekly unemployment payments from $300…
Trump Incited Domestic Terror. Now What?
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.What a wild 24 hours. After a Trump-incited mob stormed the Capitol yesterday, a growing number of Democrats—including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi*—are calling for…
I Just Wish Coronavirus Had Never Happened
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.I wish coronavirus hadn’t happened. I know that’s not an interesting or a unique thought but I just wish it hadn’t happened. I often just find myself saying that out loud…
Mitch McConnell Stalls Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks While Trump Tweets Furiously
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.Finally, something Trump and Democrats agree on: Americans deserve more than $600 in individual stimulus payments. Yesterday, the House passed a bill with bipartisan support to increase individual stimulus checks to…
I Am Sorry If This Post Is Filled WIth Typos
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.In the spring of 2013, a friend of mine fell off a balcony. She lived in San Francisco and at that moment I was sitting in my father’s basement in San…
If 2021 Is Not Way Better Than 2020, We Should Fire Santa
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.Ho ho ho and merry Christmas (Eve)! Have you put out the milk and cookies for jolly ol’ Saint Nick? No, of course not. I’m glad you didn’t. You shouldn’t have.…