Kavanaugh Implied the Supreme Court Can Be “Neutral” on Abortion. That’s Ridiculous.
Erin Schaff/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Justice Brett Kavanaugh used some startlingly disingenuous language today while the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a Mississippi case that threatens to do away with the legal right to an abortion. His arguments hinged…
Trump’s Irish Golf Course Lost More Money Than Ever Before
Trump golfs on Nov. 28, 2020. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The global COVID-19 pandemic dealt former president Donald Trump’s golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland a heavy blow last year, with the resort, which has never been profitable, doubling…
Jack Dorsey Tried to Be Cool, But the Company He Built Is Deeply Conventional
Victor Boyko/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. A conversation with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey can be incredibly disorienting. Not because he’s particularly clever or thought-provoking, but because he sounds like he should be. He takes long pauses before he speaks. He furrows…
Lauren Boebert Apologizes for “Unnecessary Distraction” of Her Bigoted Comments About Ilhan Omar
Tom Williams/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Footage of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) making a racist comment about her colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) surfaced this week. And Boebert is very sorry. Sort of. In a video shared on social media by…
Here’s What We Know About the COVID-19 Omicron Strain So Far
Michael Ciaglo/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Yes, a new variant has emerged. On Friday, the WHO designated a fourth, possibly more transmissible “variant of concern”—B.1.1.529 or Omicron—after a steep increase in COVID-19 infections in South Africa. Health officials have detected the…
The QAnon Cult Leader in Dallas Has an Allegedly Violent Past
Ty O’Neil/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When pictures started circulating in early November of QAnon supporters crowding Dallas’s Dealy Plaza, where John F. Kennedy was assassinated, in anticipation of the second coming of the slain president and the arrival of John…