Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Protect Voting Rights
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaking at a press conference about passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Budget Resolution, August 11, 2021.Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the wee hours on Wednesday morning, Republicans once…
A Scottish Judge Just Resurrected an Effort to Investigate Donald Trump for Money Laundering
Donald Trump at the Turnberry golf course in ScotlandScott Heppell/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A Scottish court on Wednesday gave activists the green light to continue their effort to use an anti–money laundering statute to investigate the financing of Donald Trump’s…
QAnon Hero Claims to Present Sensitive Election Files at MyPillow CEO Event
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.YouTube/ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s mission to prove that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump as part of a broad international conspiracy went into high gear Tuesday, when he…
The Moderates Are Blocking Biden’s Ambition. Why Is He Letting Them Get Away With It?
President Joe Biden speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill from the East Room of the White House in Washington on August 10, 2021.Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said last month that she couldn’t support a…
Andrew Cuomo Was a Petty, Corrupt Bully
Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It is natural, on a day like this, to think about the deer. In late autumn of 2016, a white-tailed buck took up residence at Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem. Locals dubbed him J.R., after…
Andrew Cuomo Resigns as Governor After Explosive Sexual Harassment Report
AP/Mary Altaffer Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday after a damning, wide-ranging report issued by the state’s attorney general last week found that he sexually harassed multiple women, violating state and federal law. Cuomo said…