With Over 27,000 Killed in Gaza, Netanyahu Calls Hamas Ceasefire Proposal “Delusional”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2011 at the UN building.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal presented by Hamas, calling the proposal “delusional.” Hamas’ plan, according to CNN, would have…
Tonight, Republicans Will Conduct Their Dream Election: One Where Hardly Anyone Can Vote
Trump in Nevada, July 2023.John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thanks to a new law, Nevada residents seeking to cast a ballot in the Democratic or Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday were able to vote early, vote by mail, show up and use…
The EPA Launches a Crackdown on Killer Soot
Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, in Orlando.Paul Hennessy / ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized long-awaited new limits on soot, the tiny air pollution particles emitted by sources as varied as power plants, factories, car exhaust,…
Chris LaCivita Ran One of American Politics’ Most Notorious Smear Campaigns. Now He’s Working For Trump.
Mother Jones; Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When he ran for president in 2004, Democrats were counting on Sen. John Kerry’s military service to define him as a strong leader after 2001’s terrorist attack and George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq. The…
Donald Trump’s Energy Plans “Potentially Disastrous” for the Climate
Andrew Harnik/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United States’s first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and gas drilling, the Paris climate deal not only dead but buried. A blueprint is emerging for a second Donald Trump term that is even…
School Shooter’s Mother Convicted in Historic Manslaughter Trial
Jennifer Crumbley testifies in an Oakland County, Mich., courtroom, Feb. 1, 2024Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a historic decision on Tuesday, a jury convicted the first parent ever to be tried on homicide charges for a mass shooting committed…