Conservative Groups Are Outraising Democrats on the State Level—By a Lot
Mother Jones; Glen Carrie/Unsplash; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.State legislative bodies have always played a leading role in determining outcomes for fundamental but humdrum issues like state budgets, insurance regulations, road safety laws, and civil services. But the last few years have…
Trump’s Trial Marks the Return of “Individual-1”
Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial.Michael Nagle/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The justice system finally caught up with Individual-1—a.k.a. Donald J. Trump. On the opening day of Trump’s…
Donald Trump’s Historic Hush-Money Trial Finally Begins
The hush money trial of former President Trump begins Monday with jury selection.Jeenah Moon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.So, here we are. The first day of the first criminal trial of a former US president. Can it get more extraordinary than that? “He keeps…
Your Turn: Mother Jones Readers Sound Off on Voting Third Party
Mother Jones; Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/Getty, Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Frustrated by the two-party system? Polling shows you’re not alone, with more Americans than ever supporting the idea of a third party. But the winner of November’s presidential election…
Ralph Nader Would Like to Stop Having to Explain Why the Spoiler Coverage Is Stupid
Frustrated by the two-party system? Polling shows you’re not alone, with more Americans than ever supporting the idea of a third party. But the winner of November’s presidential election will be either Biden or Trump, and voters weighing other candidates need to consider if a protest vote to end the duopoly might instead help end…
The Spectacular Implosion of the Libertarian Party
Frustrated by the two-party system? Polling shows you’re not alone, with more Americans than ever supporting the idea of a third party. But the winner of November’s presidential election will be either Biden or Trump, and voters weighing other candidates need to consider if a protest vote to end the duopoly might instead help end…