Report: The GOP Frontrunner for Governor in North Carolina Posted a Lot of Antisemitic Stuff
Allison Joyce/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Republican frontrunner in North Carolina’s 2024 gubernatorial race made a slew of antisemitic comments over the past decade including sharing a quote that has been attributed to Adolf Hitler. The newly unearthed social media posts, first reported…
Trump Is Fined $10K for Violating Gag Order Again During Civil Fraud Trial
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. AP Photo/Seth Wenig Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump was forced to take the stand in a…
Who Is Mike Johnson? Here’s a Telling Glimpse of the New House Speaker.
Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“Boo!” “Shut up! Shut up!” That’s what a gaggle of House Republicans yelled at a reporter who dared to ask Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) about the 2020 election, just one day before Johnson was officially elected…
EPA Promised to Address Environmental Racism. Then Conservatives Struck Back.
ichigan’s permitting of an asphalt plant just outside Flint was the subject of a civil-rights complaint to the US Environmental Protection Agency.Jenifer Veloso/The Center for Public Integrity This story is published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. FLINT, Mich – Civil rights law offers a tool for communities…
Overturning Roe v. Wade Led to More Abortions Overall, According to New Research
Richard Vogel/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Abortion-rights opponents have long said their goal is to end abortion nationwide. So when they succeeded in overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022, it seemed to be the closest they’d ever come. Yet new data is…
Mike Johnson Helped Engineer Trump’s Coup. Then Democrats Helped Make Him Speaker.
Mother Jones; Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP, J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House. The conservative Louisiana lawmaker—a man described by the New York Times as the “most important architect” of congressional Republicans’ attempt to throw out…