Trump’s Accuser Rebukes Lawyer: “I Don’t Need an Excuse for Not Screaming!”
Joe Tacopina with his client at Trump’s April 4 arraignment in an unrelated criminal case.Timothy A. Clary/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In his opening statement in the ongoing civil sexual assault and defamation trial against former president Donald Trump, his attorney Joe Tacopina…
DeSantis’ Cartoon Villainy Gives Disney’s Lawsuit a Clear Path to Victory
Mother Jones illustration; Adam Schultz/White House/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis decided to go after Disney last spring for opposing his “Don’t Say Gay” law, he was making it an example. He chose a powerful, high profile target that…
Tucker Carlson Finally Broke His Silence. And It’s the Same Old Bullshit.
Fox News/Mother Jones Illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday evening, Tucker Carlson broke his silence on his surprise firing from Fox News. After saying he’d taken a moment to step back, Carlson lamented that both political parties had cohered around a set…
The Supreme Court Finally Heard a Case Progressives and Conservatives Can Agree On
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2011, Robert Regan of Bourne, Massachusetts, stopped working as a forklift operator after being diagnosed with COPD. In 2015, he failed to pay about $900 in property taxes. The next year, the town took…
The Coming Tidal Wave of Right Wing Covid Lawsuits
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late March, I watched as some 300 lawyers, doctors, and activists assembled in the aggressively beige conference wing of the Midtown Atlanta Hilton for the inaugural Covid Litigation Conference. A promotional flier promised that the event would “provide…
House Republicans Are Playing Debt-Ceiling Russian Roulette
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters about the Republican debt-ceiling plan.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Are House Republicans, if you’ll pardon the expression, peeing in their own Jacuzzi? I raise this question because some of the spending cuts…