Vance Says He’s Pro-Family. Just Not Keeping Families Together.
Mother Jones; Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. I’m rubber, you’re glue. That’s the Trump campaign’s strategy when it comes to the cruelest part of former President Donald Trump’s record—and the serious concern that he intends to repeat it. During the vice…
The Science of Why Tim Walz Swears So Much
Mother Jones; Ron Adar/TheNEWS2/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the campaign trail, Gov. Tim Walz is having a hell of a good time—at least rhetorically speaking. In his Democratic National Convention acceptance speech in August, the vice presidential candidate said “hell” three…
This Is Why You Don’t Mess With the Election Calendar
Ricky Fitchett/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. By the time he endorsed former President Donald Trump in late August, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid had long ceased to be a functioning campaign. He had collapsed in the polls, failed to qualify…
JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages. His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care.
JD Vance speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds.Scott Olson/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One in every 10 pregnancies in the US ends in a miscarriage, a common medical event for which there are safe and…
Right-Wing Think Tank Targets Efforts to Educate Federal Judges on Climate Science
Leonard Leo has been at the center of conservative efforts to influence the federal courts.Carolyn Kaster/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A right-wing organization is attacking efforts to educate judges about the climate crisis. The group appears to be connected to Leonard Leo, the architect of the…
A Court Just Threw Out Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban
Nearly 75 percent of Georgians—including 62 percent of Republicans—don’t want to see abortion criminalized before viability.Krisztian Elek/SOPA/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Two weeks after the deaths of two Georgia women highlighted the very real risks to maternal health posed by the state’s…