So Apparently Steve Bannon Loved the Piece I Wrote About His Absolute Obsession With China
Carolyn Kaster/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A weird thing happened in the hours after I published a story about Steve Bannon’s podcast and its relentless anti-China crusade. He seemed to…really like it? On Gettr, the social media platform bankrolled by Bannon’s…
How Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nick Fuentes Are Easing White Power into the GOP Mainstream
White nationalist Nick Fuentes speaks in New York City in November 2021.Rainmaker photos/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Fuentes just called Jared Taylor, head of the “race-realist, white advocacy organization” American Renaissance, his “personal hero” and said he wants to honor…
The World Is Less Unified in its Support of Ukraine Than You Might Think
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has pointedly refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Mother Jones illustration; Mikhail Metzel/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.If you went looking for evidence of international unity in the…
How We Let Ukraine—and the World—Down
Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack on the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, on February, 25.Emilio Morenatti/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Editor’s note: This essay by David Corn first appeared in his newsletter, Our Land. But we wanted to…
New IPCC Report: Addressing Climate Change Is Now About Damage Control
Tierra Del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile.Kike Calvo/ZUMA This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientists have long warned that time is of the essence to stop emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking…
How Congress Made Sure the Rich Retire in Luxury—at Taxpayer Expense
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Diane Weiss and Kristen Svihlik live 1,700 miles and a generation apart. Weiss, 60, is twice divorced with a grown daughter, and resides by herself in a one-bedroom apartment in Mesa, Arizona. Svihlik is 38 and lives…