Lauren Boebert Says Equality Act Is “Supremacy of Gays”
Tom Williams/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Co.) appeared on Steve Bannon’s show to fear-monger about the Equality Act. Or, in her words: “The so-called Equality Act.” For Boebert the name…
Inspector General Report Says Elaine Chao May Have Violated Federal Ethics Laws
Elaine Chao speaks at CPAC 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Two months after Elaine Chao resigned as secretary of transportation, in the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, the Transportation…
House Cancels March 4 Votes Thanks to QAnon Conspiracy Threat
James D. DeCamp/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Donald Trump wasn’t inaugurated on January 20. Joe Biden was. While that should have quelled the belief of QAnon conspiracy theorists that Trump would rein supreme for another…
“Infodemiologists” Dive Into the Battle Against Vaccine Misinformation on Facebook
Anti-lockdown conspiracy theorists rally in London.Justin Ng/Avalon/ZUMA Press Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. …
“Eliminate the Barriers”: How the Vaccine Rollout Is Failing Communities of Color
A patient at the Lebanon VA Medical Center receives a COVID-19 vaccine.Doug Wagner/Veterans Administrat/Planet Pix/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This is a week of good news and not-so-good news as we approach the one year…
Can Joe Biden Fulfill His Promise to Diversify the State Department?
Saul Loeb/AFP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Days before Anthony Blinken was confirmed as Joe Biden’s secretary of State, his spokesperson told me that diversity, “at all levels, including senior leadership” would be a priority for the new…