A GOP Senate Candidate Blames “Liberal” Judges for His Labor Violations. Just One Problem With That.
Mother Jones illustration; Joe Maiorana/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Bernie Moreno, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for US Senate in Ohio, focuses his campaign on a central theme. “All public policy priorities in America should revolve around a simple concept: what is good…
Is This the End of Biden’s “Moral Leadership” on Immigration?
Samuel Corum/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2020, Joe Biden campaigned on the idea that Trump-era immigration policies amounted to “a moral failure and a national shame.” Now, he is backing a border deal that is so aligned with conservative goals that it…
Utah Supports “Personhood” for Corporations, but Maybe Not Forests
Rock formations in Moab, UT.Walter G Arce Sr Grindstone Medi/ZUMA This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Lawmakers in Utah are advancing legislation aimed at stopping a growing “rights of nature” movement that has coalesced around efforts in the state to save the Great Salt…
Are We All Just Completely OK With a Nikki Haley Presidency Now?
Artie Walker Jr./AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, who in the latest polls trails Donald Trump by double digits, got a bizarre helping hand from SNL on Saturday night, when she appeared as a special surprise guest during the show’s cold…
Mike Johnson Is Still Against Single-Party Impeachments. Unless He’s Leading One.
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Speaker Mike Johnson believes in facts. “Facts are stubborn things, and they do not change,” he said this Sunday on Meet the Press. Neither does his stance on single-party impeachment, he would like us to believe. “The…
Is Biden Shifting His Stance on Israel? Is It Too Late?
President Joe Biden meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023. Miriam Alster/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 and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just…