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Biden Drops Judicial Nomination of Anti-Abortion Lawyer. The Reason Why Will Make Dems’ Blood Boil.

Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., make their way to the House floor for President Obama’s State of the Union address on January 12, 2016. Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/NC via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.President…

January 6 Panel Subpoenas the Secret Service for Text Messages

Secret service agents stand beside the ‘Beast’ as President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport on September 8, 2020. Allen Eyestone/The Palm Beach Post via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The select committee investigating the January 6 attack…

Jim Bopp Wants to Force Pregnant 10-Year-Olds to Give Birth. He’s Also Marjory Taylor Greene’s Lawyer.

Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Far-right provocateur Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) managed to survive a legal challenge to her re-election bid earlier this year, but the cost was high—literally. According to the Greene campaign’s…

The House Just Passed Two Bills to Protect Access to Abortion

Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the Washington Monument during a nationwide rally in support of abortion rights in Washington, D.C., on May 14, 2022. Yasin Ozturk/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Exactly three weeks after the Supreme Court voted to overturn…