Capitol Riot Charges Against an Infowars Host Could Spell Trouble for Alex Jones
Alex Jones is pictured in court documents charging Infowars host Owen Shroyer with entering a restricted area of the Capitol grounds.Jon Elswick/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Watch out, Alex Jones. The Justice Department on Friday evening charged Owen Shroyer, who hosts…
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Went on Fox News to Blame the COVID Surge on Black People
Fox News Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Thursday night, as the Texas Supreme Court rebuked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates and Texas’ education agency temporarily backed off enforcing it, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick fled to the safe…
Biden to Americans in Afghanistan: “We Will Get You Home”
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Amid images of a chaotic exit from Afghanistan—including one of an infant being passed to armed soldiers over barbed wire—President Joe Biden addressed the nation Friday about the inglorious end to America’s longest war.…
I’ll Take “Quit in Disgrace” for $800
Mother Jones illustration; Willy Sanjuan/Invision; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.What’s…an iconic TV game show that has been plunged into chaos by corporate personnel decisions? If that’s the correct question, the clue must have been Jeopardy! Back in August, the long-running…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Banned Mask Mandates. Schools Pushed Back—and Won, for Now.
Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rides out a case of COVID-19 in quarantine, one of his prized policies crumbled under the pressure of various legal challenges: his push to prevent schools from imposing mask mandates.…
America’s Anti-Vaxxers Are Getting More Dangerous
An anti-vaccine protestor in Los Angeles raises an American flag.David McNew/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For a few brief weeks in the spring, it seemed as if the United States was poised to announce a small victory in the fight against the…