George Santos’ New Treasurer Wants You to Know He’s Not George Santos’ Treasurer
Rep. George Santos leaves a GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday afternoon, more than a half-dozen campaign committees affiliated with George Santos filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission stating that Thomas Datwyler, a campaign finance…
It Came From the Basement
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Eight months before the white nationalist figure Nicholas J. Fuentes ignited a political firestorm by dining with Kanye West and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, he strode out onstage to a crowd of what he claimed were 1,000 followers, chanting…
Why Those Documents at Mike Pence’s Place Should Be Bad for Trump
Documents with classified markings were discovered last week in the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence, seen here in November.John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Has the FBI checked Dick Cheney’s house? On Tuesday, a lawyer for former Vice President Mike…
Senators Can’t Stop Quoting Taylor Swift Lyrics During Ticketmaster Hearing
Penny Harrison and her son Parker Harrison rally against the live entertainment ticket industry outside the U.S. Capitol January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The pre-sale for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour imploded in November, when tens…
The Abortion Pill’s Secret Money Men
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1993, a group of activists rented a warehouse in suburban Westchester County, New York. It was smaller than they’d hoped and had limited ventilation, but the two other locations they’d tried to rent belonged to universities and required…
It’s Official: Ruben Gallego Is Taking on Kyrsten Sinema
Gage Skidmore/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision last month to leave the Democratic Party was, in no small part, an attempt at political self-preservation. The Green Party-candidate-turned-independent-turned-Democrat-turned-independent, who has angered Democrats in her home state—and pretty much everywhere—by opposing…