Add Nikki Haley to the List of Public Figures Who Have Been “Swatted”
AP Photo/Charles Krupa Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Nikki Haley is the latest politician to have been “swatted”—a term used to describe a form of harassment in which a hoax call is made to emergency services to try to spur a SWAT team to show…
A “Trumpier Than Trump” Disgraced West Virginia Coal Baron Is Running for Senate as a Democrat
Former Massey Energy CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate, Don Blankenship during a town hall on Jan. 18, 2018. AP Photo/Steve Helbe Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Disgraced and once-imprisoned former West Virginia coal magnate Don Blankenship is hoping to occupy Senator Joe…
Arab and Muslim American Leaders in Michigan Just Canceled a Meeting With the Biden Campaign
A protester waving a Palestinian Flag stands atop a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. during Detroit demonstration in support of a ceasefire in Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. Matthew Hatcher/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A group of Muslim and Arab-American voters…
Trump Must Pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 Million for Defamation in Rape Case
Michael M. Santiago/Getty; Brynn Anderson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jurors in the defamation case against Donald Trump took less than three hours to decide that Trump should pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she claimed Trump raped…
Trump Urges States to Send Troops to Texas Border
Trump pledged to work “hand in hand” with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on deportations if he’s re-elected.Michael Gonzalez via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last night, former president Donald Trump inserted himself into the showdown between the federal government and Texas Gov. Greg…
Biden Pumps Brakes on “Carbon Bomb” Natural Gas Projects
Bonnie Cash/Pool/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden’s administration has hit the brakes on the US’s surging exports of gas, effectively pausing a string of planned projects that have been decried by environmentalists as carbon “mega bombs” that risk pushing the world further towards climate breakdown.…