How the Travel Ban Shattered Hope for My Family
Rashad Moareff, his partner Faroosh, and his parents. Mother Jones illustration/Rashad Moarref Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Editor’s Note: On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, Mother Jones asked readers to share their stories about how the ban has affected them. We’re following up with readers and publishing their stories…
DC Councilman Believes Rich People Control the Weather
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is an actual headline from earlier today: D.C. Councilman Apologizes for Claiming That Jews Control the Weather This is being played as a guy who’s such a moron he didn’t realize that “Rothschilds control _____” is code for “Jews control _____ .” After reading…
This Death Row Inmate’s Blood-Filled Tumors Could Make His Execution Especially Cruel and Unusual
Missouri’s death chamberJames A. Finley/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew is scheduled to die on Tuesday. But Bucklew suffers from a rare medical condition, and his lawyers say that the execution drug that will be used could come with gruesome consequences and constitute cruel and unusual punishment. For…
FBI Wants To Talk to Russian Sex Guru/AI Researcher in Thai Jail
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Elizabeth Nolan Brown regales us with news of the weird today: I’ve been saving the best part for last, of course Jailed Russian sex guru Alex Leslie’s (now deleted) @fondskolkovo bio said his center was “supported by” @DARPA + @NASA grants and he worked w/Boeing…
The Pennsylvania Gerrymandering Case Is Over. The Good Guys Won.
The new congressional map enacted by the Pennsylvania state supreme court.Pennsylvania Supreme Court/www.pacourts.us Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Pennsylvania redistricting case is over. Thanks to the way election law works, the Republican appeal went straight to a 3-judge district court, which unanimously denied their arguments to overturn the new…
Cambridge Analytica Was a Perfect Fit for Donald Trump
Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix.Christian Charisius/DPA via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s the latest on Cambridge Analytica, the data company funded by right-wing billionaires and chosen by Donald Trump to help with his 2016 campaign. It comes from Britain’s Channel 4 News: Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica — the…