Mueller Reportedly Has Evidence Blackwater Founder Tried to Set Up a Trump-Putin Back Channel
Blackwater founder Erik Prince arrives for a closed meeting with members of the House Intelligence Committee last November.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last April, the Washington Post reported that Blackwater founder Erik Prince had a secret meeting with a Russian close to Vladimir Putin to establish back channel communications between the Kremlin and…
Quote of the Day: Lies and the Lying Liars
Henning Kaiser/DPA via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From California governor Jerry Brown, commenting on the claim that California prevents sheriffs from cooperating with immigration authorities: Look, we know the Trump administration is full of liars. That’s pretty much all the answer anyone needs these days to anything the…
Florida Lawmakers Approve Gun Restrictions In Response to Parkland Shooting
20 protesters participate in a die-In rotunda of the Florida Capitol to call for gun restrictions.Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, Florida lawmakers approved a package of gun restrictions and school safety measures, defying the National Rifle Association and creating new regulations in response to the deadly Valentine’s…
A Federal Court Just Made a Big Decision About Transgender Rights
Vincent Yu/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a landmark decision on Wednesday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it is illegal for employers to discriminate against transgender workers under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Sharon McGowan, a lawyer for Lambda Legal, a LGBT-rights advocacy group, told Buzzfeed that the decision adds to…
New Study: Eat Your Strawberries Before Climate Change Wipes Them Out
danny4stockphoto/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With its year-round sunshine and vast tracts of fertile land, California is one of the jewels of US food production, providing a third of the nation’s vegetables and two-thirds of our fruits and nuts. As the climate warms, can we continue to take this…
The NRA Says It Has 5 Million Members. This Data Suggests That’s a Stretch.
Mother Jones illustrationcatchlights_sg/Getty Images; NRA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Rifle Association likes to boast that it represents 5 million gun owners. Or maybe it’s “nearly” 5 million—or perhaps “more than” 5 million. The NRA has never provided solid numbers on how many members it has, yet a…