Elon Musk Responded to a Senator the Only Way He Knows How
Photo by STR/NurPhoto via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Elon Musk seems to have settled on a bold new strategy for responding to a letter from a US senator probing his handling of Twitter: shitposting. On Friday, Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) tweeted out…
MAGA Election Denier Jim Marchant Just Lost His Bid for Nevada Secretary of State
Mother Jones illustration; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last month, I published an investigation showing that Nevada Republican secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant was deceiving voters by wildly misrepresenting his business history. After the story came out, Marchant told fellow election denier…
Catherine Cortez Masto Wins in Nevada
John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For months leading up to Election Day, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada was widely perceived as one of the most—if not the most—vulnerable Democratic incumbents and her seat as one of the best pick-up opportunities for…
It’s Official: The Democrats Held the Senate
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Joe Kent Thought He Could See America’s Future. He Didn’t See Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Coming.
JT/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.FiveThirtyEight’s final election forecast projected that Washington Republican congressional candidate Joe Kent would win by more than 12 points. Instead, in the biggest upset of the midterms, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has carried the Republican-leaning district in…
Scenes of Joy Spread in Ukraine After Russia’s Withdrawal From Kherson
STR/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For nearly nine months, the people of Kherson, Ukraine, had been living under Russian occupation, with countless families forced to live without basic means including food, running water, and electricity. But after Russian troops suddenly announced a retreat from…