Raphael Warnock Told the DNC to “Keep the Faith.” He Restored Mine in the Process.
Senator Raphael Warnock speaking at the DNC.Nate Gowdy Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This week, at the Democratic National Convention, the speeches of Michelle Obama and the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff (and maybe Lil Jon’s, if you want to call that a speech)…
A Long Island County Banned Masks, and Disabled People Are Suing
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last week, Nassau County, on New York’s Long Island, became the first county in the US to ban the public wearing of masks—with very vague health exemptions—since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Nassau ban…
Joe Biden Promised to Be a Bridge. Democrats Finally Made It to the Other Side.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The operating word of the Democratic National Convention was “vibes.” They’re good, if you haven’t heard. They’ve shifted. For a group of people often dismissively referred to as “bedwetters,” Democrats are as excited as they’ve ever been at…
Prosecutor vs. Felon: The Narrative That Dominated the DNC Was Powerful…and Problematic
Mother Jones illustration; Eric Risberg/AP, Steven Hirsch/New York Post/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A familiar script echoed throughout the United Center arena on Monday night: “In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate but equally important groups. The…
Elon Musk’s Lawyers Quietly Subpoena Public Interest Groups
Mother Jones; Marc Piasecki/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Lawyers representing Elon Musk and X, previously known as Twitter, have quietly begun sending subpoenas to a host of public interest groups, Mother Jones has learned. Most of the targeted organizations have signed open…
A Happy Marriage at the DNC: Coastal Liberalism and Prairie Progressivism
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If you did a word cloud diagram of the Democratic convention in Chicago, the two big words that appear would be “freedom” and “joy.” Less prominent, if it showed up at all, would be “progressive.” Yet the Democrats…