White Fear Is Always the Best Defense
Stephen B. Morton/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man, was out for a jog in Satilla Shores, Georgia, when he was chased by three armed white men in vehicles. They confronted him,…
This Texas County Shows Exactly How Republicans Are Rolling Back the Clock on Voting Rights
A man reads a plaque describing the 1965 Voting Rights Act at the base of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It was a scene that brought to mind the disenfranchisement of…
Donald Trump Continues to Stoke a Domestic Terrorism Movement
Trump shown on video screens before his speech at the White House, January 6, 2021Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The attack on American democracy that took place on January 6, 2021, is not just harrowing history of almost a…
Why GOP Leaders Can’t Keep Paul Gosar in Line
Gosar in the Capitol on the day of his censure, November 17AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For decades, if members of Congress got carried away—if their rhetoric or votes started straying too far from the party line—they were…
Paul Gosar Is Why Censure Exists
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar and strip him of his committee assignments. First elected in 2012 after a long and not especially…
The “QAnon Shaman” Gets 41 Months in Prison
Jacob Chansley on January 6.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Jacob Chansley, the “QAnon Shaman” who became the image of the January 6 Capitol riot, got 41 months in prison on Wednesday, one of the longest sentences handed out to…