Disinformation Peddlers Use Venezuela Chaos to Stoke Fears of Anti-Trump Vote-Rigging
Jimmy Villalta/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The aftermath of Sunday’s elections in Venezuela has been sustained chaos, with both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and his opponent Edmundo González Urrutia declaring victory. Masses of protesters have poured into the streets, calling on Maduro…
What Would It Mean to Have a Prosecutor as President Right Now?
Vice President Kamala Harris Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As soon as President Biden handed the baton to Kamala Harris, who is now expected to clinch the Democratic nomination, her campaign team and many journalists started framing the presidential race…
Here’s How the GOP Platform Could Lead to a Nationwide Abortion Ban
Anti-abortion activist Kristan Hawkins is one of the latest people to clarify that the new GOP platform could, indeed, pave the way for a nationwide abortion ban.Julia Rendleman/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If you listen to leading anti-abortion activists, you…
This Arizona Race Is One of the Ugliest Republican Primaries I’ve Seen in Years
Mother Jones; Christopher Brown/Zuma (3) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In late June, I was at a candidate forum in Sun City West, a sprawling retirement community northwest of Phoenix, when an Arizona Republican sitting next to me leaned over and offered a…
More Than 260 Ohio Doctors Join the List of People Who Denounce JD Vance
Mother Jones; Stephen Maturen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Lots of people seem to dislike the views of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) these days: Jennifer Aniston, Congressional Republicans, and…maybe even Donald Trump? Now hundreds of medical professionals from Vance’s home state of Ohio…
Trump Allies Promote Conspiracy Theories About the Assassination Attempt
Mother Jones; ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the two-plus weeks since a gunman opened fire at Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, some details have emerged about the catastrophic security failure. The 20-year-old perpetrator, who wounded the former president and…