As Biden Dispatches Disaster Relief to East Palestine, Trump Takes Credit
Gene J. Puskar/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday evening, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted the “breaking” news that father would visit East Palestine, Ohio, next week, in the wake of the train derailment there whose aftermath has cloaked the region in a toxic…
It’s Official: US Determines Russia has Committed “Crimes Against Humanity” in Ukraine
Sven Hoppe/dpa/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris told an international security gathering that the United States has formally determined that Russian forces have committed “crimes against humanity” during their invasion of Ukraine. “Let us be clear: Russian forces…
GOP Operative Sentenced to 18 Months for Funneling Russian Money to Trump Campaign
Jesse Benton arrives for sentencing in 2016.David Pitt/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a federal judge in Washington, DC sentenced a veteran GOP operative to 18 months in prison for funneling $25,000 from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Jesse…
Meet the Religious Crusaders Fighting for Abortion Rights
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Torah tells its followers to “be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,” so that’s what Lisa Sobel, a devout Jewish woman from Louisville, Kentucky, set out to do. It wasn’t easy. First, she endured three years of…
Union-Busting Car Company’s Cars Unsafe
Yay!Britta Pedersen/DDP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Tesla just realized that testing “self-driving” vehicle technology on public roads isn’t such a good idea, after all. Today, the automaker recalled nearly 363,000 cars equipped with its “Full Self-Driving” technology after a report by the National…
IRS Confirmation Hearing Hints at Partisan Battles to Come
Daniel Werfel, nominee for IRS commissioner, testified Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for Daniel Werfel, President Biden’s nominee for IRS commissioner, though not nearly so contentious as it might have…