Not Even Leonard Leo Could Turn Brent Orrin Hatch Into Utah’s Next Senator
Brent Orrin Hatch in Salt Lake City in 2008.Douglas C. Pizac/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It turns out that not even a famous last name, support from the conservative Federalist Society and its powerful leader, and a boatload of dark money can…
Congress Ponders Competing Bills to Aid Tribes and Wildlife
Jack Bonner and Dakotah Pinkus, technicians for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, transfer trout fry that will be placed in a lake in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Luna Anna Archey/High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nine years ago, Glenn Olson joined a…
Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Own Puppy
Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Here at Mother Jones, we respect a wide spectrum of views when it comes to dogs. But a line must be drawn somewhere, and that somewhere is revealing that you killed your 14-month-old wirehair…
The Spy Inside Your Smartphone
Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Known for its investigative reporting, El Faro has been referred to as “a breakthrough digital newspaper blazing an independent and ethical trail in Central America.” So when reporters at the Salvadoran news outlet…
Bill Barr Is Happy to Debase Himself for Donald Trump Again
Abaca Press/Sipa USA via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Once again, there’s not much love lost between Bill Barr and the man he accused of betraying the Oval Office, Donald Trump. When the former attorney general confirmed this week that he would support the…
Trump Would Gut and Privatize US Climate and Weather Agency, Experts Fear
Then-President Donald Trump shows reporters a Sharpie-altered NOAA hurricane forecast on September 4, 2019.Evan Vucci/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies to gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), disbanding its work…