Russian Spacecraft Crashes Into the Moon, “Ceases to Exist”
VOYAGE TO THE MOON, 1902 (LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE), directed by GEORGES MELIES. Copyright MELIES. Credit: MELIES/Album/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Russia’s space program, commonly known as Roscosmos, is employing some impressive verbal gymnastics to explain the failure of its pilotless spacecraft…
Project Veritas Founder Is Under Investigation, and the Organization Is In Shambles
Paul Hennessy/SOPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Right-wing trickster James O’Keefe, who has spent more than a decade creating deceptive videos aimed at embarrassing liberals, is under investigation in New York following accusations that he misspent funds of the organization he founded, Project Veritas.…
Chris Christie Wants a Federal Probe of Cop City Protesters
John Arthur Brown/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former New Jersey governor and current Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie wants the federal government to come down hard on protesters who are trying to stop the construction of a police training facility in Atlanta, commonly…
A Growing Chorus of Conservative Legal Scholars Say Trump Should Be Barred from Presidency
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump now faces two indictments and 17 charges related to his role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and in both cases, prosecutors are aiming to try the former president before the 2024…
Wait, Tampons Weren’t Being Tested With Human Blood?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Until last week, no study had ever been published that tested period products—tampons, pads, discs, cups, and underwear—using human blood. A team of four women just changed that. On August 7, Dr. Bethany Samuelson Bannow…
Donald Trump, Mob Boss—Then and Now
Donald Trump campaigning in Iowa on August 12, 2023, two days before he was indicted in Atlanta for allegedly heading a “criminal enterprise” that tried to overturn the 2020 election. Charlie Neibergall/AP Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories…