Here’s the Latest Example of How Conservatives Have Gamed State Supreme Courts to Restrict Abortion
Abortion-rights protesters wave signs and cheer at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2022.Charlie Neibergall/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that abortion was a fundamental right to be protected under the most stringent level…
Megadonors Are Showering Donald Trump & Co With Cash
Mother Jones; Andrew Rice/Unsplash; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Campaign finance disclosures are made public too ridiculously slowly to be of much use for real-time political analysis, but they do reveal some general trends in terms of who supports whom, and how…
The Audacity of Elon Musk’s $180 Million Pledge to Elect Donald Trump
Mother Jones; Str/NurPhoto/ZUMA; Starmax/Newscom/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. Billionaire Elon Musk has pledged to give $45 million a month to a Super PAC that’s encouraging swing-state supporters…
Democrats Seem Set on Rushing Joe Biden’s Nomination. Republicans Are Thrilled.
Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House.Artem Priakhin/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As Republican delegates convene in a red, white, and blue balloon-filled Milwaukee arena to formally nominate Donald Trump as their presidential nominee, Democrats are at a…
Peter Navarro to RNC: “I Went to Prison So You Won’t Have To”
Peter Navarro on January 25, 2024, after he was sentenced to four months in prison for flouting a committee subpoena. Bryan Olin Dozier/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Straight from jail, Peter Navarro told the Republican National Convention Wednesday: “I went to prison…
RNC Delegates Sound Off on Whether America Should Be a Christian Nation
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, (R-Tenn.), bows his head in prayer on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday night, Harmeet Dhillon, National Committeewoman of the Republican National Committee for California, offered a…