Why Were Democrats Afraid to Hear a Palestinian?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Near midnight last week, Democratic delegates with the Uncommitted movement sat in protest outside Chicago’s United Center. Elected by hundreds of thousands of primary voters who oppose President Joe Biden’s response to the war in Gaza, the delegates…
The Two States Where the GOP Is Taking on Ableist Language
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Nevada State Sen. Robin Titus—at the time a member of its state House—received an email from a speech pathologist in rural Nevada. The pathologist and his students had noticed that the state constitution used…
Federal Court: TikTok May Be Liable for a 10-Year-Old’s Death
Mother Jones; Yui Mok/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Taiwanna Anderson’s life changed forever in December 2021, when she found her 10-year-old daughter Nylah unconscious, hanging from a purse strap in a bedroom closet. Barely an adolescent, Nylah wasn’t suicidal. She had merely…
JD Vance Responds to Trump Team’s Arlington Altercation With Lies and Telling Harris to “Go to Hell”
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) omitted some inconvenient facts when he tried to defend Trump’s photo op at Arlington National Cemetery.Gene J. Puskar/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Wednesday, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) weighed in on the Trump team’s tussle with an employee…
Trump’s Baseless Claims About the Assassination Attempt Are Dangerous
Mark Peterson/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Ever since the July 13 assassination attempt against Donald Trump, the former president and his allies have promoted unfounded conspiracy theories and blamed Democrats directly for the violence. The effort appears highly coordinated: From JD Vance…
Theo Von Asked All the Right Questions. Trump Gave the Wrong Answers.
Mother Jones; Jeff Moore/ZUMA; John Lamparski/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last week, Donald Trump sat down with former-MTV-reality-star-turned-comedian-turned-podcaster Theo Von. The interview was surreal. Von repeatedly called Trump “homie” and explained how much he had previously enjoyed/hated cocaine—“You think it’s going to…