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…
What You Need To Know About Red Flag Gun Laws
InkkStudios/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Politicians across the country have debated new gun laws in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead, and many state legislators have begun pushing laws that would allow cops to remove guns from people…
A New Study Says Naloxone Might Cause More Opioid Deaths. I’m Skeptical.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Via Robert VerBruggen, I learn today of a new study about Naloxone, the anti-overdose drug being used to combat the opioid crisis. The authors look at overdose deaths in states before and after they adopted laws making Naloxone more easily available, and they conclude that…
The DCCC’s First Big Test of 2018 Blew Up in Its Face
Caleb Holder/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee waded into the seven-way primary for Texas’ seventh congressional district last month with a specific goal in mind: delivering a knockout blow to Laura Moser, a freelance writer and Resistance activist with a large national following, who it…
Gary Cohn Flees the Foundering SS Trump
Gary and Donald in happier times. Eight weeks ago.Chris Kleponis/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gary Cohn has resigned from the Trump administration, apparently because the idiocy of Trump’s steel tariffs was finally too much for him. Besides, he already got the big corporate tax cut he wanted,…
Here’s the Pennsylvania District Republicans Are Panicked About
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Perhaps you’ve heard that Republicans are in a panic over the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th district. In a nutshell, here’s why: The 18th is a strong Republican district, one that Donald Trump won by 19 points. Even a centrist Democrat shouldn’t have much of…