Obama Is the Latest Celebrity Disinformation Expert, But He’s Not the First
Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Are you at an interregnum point in your high-profile career? Did you recently come out of a very stressful situation? And are you trying to stay relevant but semi-retired and/or…
Kevin McCarthy Caught in Bald-Faced Lie
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.For roughly the last six years, Republican politicians have essentially been acting like the adults in that one Twilight Zone episode with the kid with…
These Eight States Have Passed Laws Making It Nearly Impossible to Get an Abortion
Gina M. Randazzo/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.With Roe v. Wade at risk of being overturned by the Supreme Court, 2022 is shaping up to be a historically bad year for reproductive rights. And while anti-choice lawmakers have been working…
The Disinformation Campaign Behind a Top Pregnancy Website
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.If you happen to be a pregnant person with questions—say, about the foods you should avoid, how big your developing fetus is, or when your morning sickness might finally abate—your online research may lead you to…
How an Army of Volunteers Has Welcomed Immigrants in Poland—After the Government Wouldn’t
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.She hadn’t even reached the border when she felt her teeth crack. Diana Kyrychyk had just finished getting a root canal in Ukraine the previous day, but she still had four temporary fillings that needed to…
The Big Joke Behind Sarah Palin’s Congressional Bid
Sarah Palin leaves the courthouse in New York, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.Seth Wenig/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Sarah Palin made me laugh this morning. I was looking at my inbox and spotted a fundraising email from her. The subject heading…