Greg Abbott Bused Thousands of Migrants from Texas to DC. What Happened Once They Arrived?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Early Saturday morning, the room on the fourth floor of the Washington, DC, church is full. It’s not yet 7 a.m. and already about sixty migrants, mostly men and a handful of families with children, some women breastfeeding, sit…
Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump’s Longtime CFO, Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
Allen Weisselberg, right, stands behind Donald Trump during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Jan. 11, 2017.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The longtime chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s company pleaded guilty to 15 felony charges…
The Psychiatrist Who Warned Us That Donald Trump Would Unleash Violence Was Absolutely Right
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On the afternoon of February 1, 2016, as Iowa voters prepared for that evening’s caucuses, Bandy Lee sat by the bedside of her mother, who was terminally ill with cancer. An assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Yale, Lee…
The IRA Gives USPS Billions to Buy Electric Vehicles
This Grumman ‘Long Life Vehicles’ is not long for this world.Mark Hertzberg/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden signed into law this week, includes a windfall for the United States Postal Service: $1.29 billion for the purchase of…
Fast-Food Workers Are Closing In on a Major Victory in California
McDonald’s employee Nidia Torres (right) speaks at a rally of fast-food workers and supporters for passage of AB 257, a fast-food worker health and safety bill, on April 16, 2021, in Los Angeles.Mario Tama/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Mysheka Ronquillo usually gets up…
There’s No Need to Feel Conflicted About Liz Cheney
Jae C. Hong/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.I’m hardly a sucker for Liz Cheney. She and father Dick led the United States into a strategically disastrous war in the Middle East on the basis of lies and misrepresentations. It was one of the…