“You Have to Cooperate”: GOP Operative Says He Was Threatened by Steve Bannon
Mother Jones illustration; Lev Radin/Zuma; J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In December 2018, Sam Nunberg met with Steve Bannon at the Loews Regency hotel in Manhattan. Nunberg, a former Donald Trump campaign aide, expected to discuss work he was doing…
Your Phones and Computers Rely on This Remote North Carolina Mine. Helene Just Walloped It.
Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. You wouldn’t expect to find the linchpin of the global microchip industry tucked away in a Blue Ridge Mountains town, but it’s there. Scattered across the outskirts of Spruce Pine, a series of mines has been extracting some of…
Christian Nationalists Dream of Taking Over America. This Movement Is Actually Doing It.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One August evening, I drove through the cornfields and dairy farms of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to attend a government-themed prayer night at Ephrata Community Church. The sprawling house of worship looks like an office park and houses a…
Jack Smith Makes Damning New Allegations About January 6
Donald Trump incites rioters on January 6.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Special Counsel Jack Smith, in a court filing made public on Wednesday, revealed a litany of damning new allegations about former President Donald Trump’s attempts to steal the 2020 election—details…
Have Government Employees Mentioned Climate Change, Voting, or Gender Identity? The Heritage Foundation Wants to Know.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally inside the Mosack Group manufacturing warehouse in Mint Hill, North Carolina on September 25, 2024.Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was published first by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates…
Don’t Let Vance Fool You—Trump Would Separate Millions of Families
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta on September 16. Mike Stewart/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. At the first (and likely only) vice presidential debate, JD Vance was asked if Trump’s…