Requiem for a Dark Brandon
Mother Jones Illustration; Yuri Gripas AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Not since Hillary Clinton dabbing on ‘em has a meme been so brutally murdered in public the way “Dark Brandon” was on Monday when several administration officials, and high-profile Democrats, started tweeting photos of…
We Still Don’t Know Much About the FBI’s Search at Mar-a-Lago. But Here’s What We Do Know.
Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last night, the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s residence in Palm Beach, Florida. According to multiple reports, the search was for files the twice-impeached, former president took from the White House. Trump,…
House Committee Can Access Trump’s Tax Returns, an Appeals Court Just Ruled
Brian Cahn/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It’s only Tuesday, but it’s already shaping up to be a monumentally rough week for former President Trump. As if the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago estate weren’t enough, the beleaguered former president now has to deal…
With FBI Raid, Merrick Garland Has No Choice But to Go Big on the Trump Probe
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice on August 4, 2022.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Merrick Garland has forced his own hand. With the surprise FBI raid on Donald Trump’s much-cherished Mar-a-Lago residence and club, the attorney general…
From Dumb to Terrifying, Here Are Some Unhinged Responses to the FBI Raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Trump hanging out in Palm Beach in December 2020. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The dust had hardly settled from the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago on Monday when a thunderous chorus of Republican lawmakers, rabid Trump zealots, two prominent Andrews, and pundits of all…
The Carried Interest Loophole Is Going to Outlast Us All
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Bain Capital co-founder Mitt RomneyTom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Sunday, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act on a party-line vote, sending the domestic policy package to the House for final passage. Barring…