George Santos Pleads Not Guilty…Again
George Santos leaving federal court on Long Island on Friday with his lawyer Joe Murray.Stefan Jeremiah/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.George Santos has pleaded not guilty for the second time this year. Santos’ plea on Friday morning at the Eastern District of New…
Federal Judge Rules Georgia’s Congressional Maps Violate the Voting Rights Act
A young boy holds a sign during a rally advocating for early voting and voting rights on Sunday, October 30, 2022 in Decatur, GA.Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge on Thursday ruled that voting maps created by Georgia Republicans violated…
Is the Two-State Solution Dead?
A group of Palestinian refugees walking along a road from Jerusalem to Lebanon, carrying their children and belongings with them in 1948.Jim Pringle/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a 2019 article for Foreign Affairs, Yousef Munayyer declared the two-state solution dead. Munayyer, a…
If It Can Happen to Me, It Can Happen to You: The World According to “Police State”
Mother Jones illustration; John Marshall Mantel/Zuma/; D’Souza Media Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week’s release of Police State was especially well-timed. The new pseudo-documentary film by conspiracy theorist and far-right influencer Dinesh D’Souza opened in theaters this week just as Jenna Ellis, one…
The Most Powerful Man in the House Doesn’t Like Divorce
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Newly minted Speaker of the House Mike Johnson thinks it’s too easy to get divorced, and he’d like to change that. “In my generation, all we’ve ever known is the no-fault scheme, and any deviation from that…
Pregnant Gazans Are Miscarrying and Struggling to Access Care
Palestinian women at Al-Aqsa hospital mourn relatives killed in an Israeli strike. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thousands of pregnant people in Gaza are being forced to forgo necessary medical care, and some are miscarrying as a result of living in a…