“Clown Show”: The GOP Describes Its Own Impeachment Process
Mandel Ngan/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“New Low.” “Pathetic.” “Clown show.” On Thursday, during the impeachment inquiry hearing for President Joe Biden concocted by the GOP amid a potential government shutdown, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) used Republican’s own words against them. The nation…
Rich Americans Are Stiffing the Taxman to the Tune of $66 Billion
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.America’s rich deadbeats just won’t stop deadbeating. On Thursday, Senate Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) revealed that his committee had IRS data for tax years 2017-2020 showing that more than…
As a Presidential Candidate, Cornel West Aligns Himself With Far-Left Radicals
Cornel West will appear at a forum on the war in Ukraine with Lee Camp and Claudia De La Cruz.Mother Jones illustration; Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma; Wikimedia (2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Cornel West, the celebrity academic (formerly of Harvard and Princeton), fiery antiracism campaigner,…
No, Tim Scott: Cutting Taxes Won’t Fix America’s Child Care Crisis
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Saturday isn’t just the deadline for Congress to fund the government. It’s also the day that the $24 billion pandemic-era program to prop up the nation’s struggling child care network comes to an end. The elimination of…
Republicans’ Immigration Proposals Are Shockingly Cruel
Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy during Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debateMark J. Terrill/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.During the second Republican presidential primary debate, Republicans wasted no time latching onto the issue of immigration—even when the moderators’ questions had little to do with…
There’s Nothing Pro-Labor About Trump’s Visit to Michigan
Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early 2017, the Chamber of Commerce published the top 10 policies it wanted to see change under Donald Trump at the National Labor Relations Board. Trump’s appointees, along with the Supreme Court majority he…