Trump Got Shot With an AR-15. Don’t Expect His Party to Support a Ban.
Matt Rourke/Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday morning, just a few days after a lone 20-year-old climbed a roof in Butler, Pennsylvania, shot former President Donald Trump in the ear, and killed one person using an AR-15 rifle, attendees of…
The Teamsters and the GOP Had a Moment Last Night
Nate Gowdy/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday night, after the triumphant entrance of former president and GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, Teamsters Union general president Sean O’Brien addressed the Republican National Convention. “I refuse to keep doing the same things…
A Day After Biden Said Israel Should Not Bomb “Civilian Areas,” Israel Bombed a Civilian Area
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the NATO 75th anniversary celebratory event.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On July 12th, President Joe Biden filmed what may be his most candid conversation on his support for Israel since the October 7th…
Rudy Giuliani, Who Called for “Trial by Combat” on January 6, Blames Democrats for Stoking Violence
Rudy Giuliani outside the site of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.Sam Van Pykeren/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Rudy Giuliani has a message for Democrats: Their rhetoric, especially President Joe Biden’s, has been “an invitation of violence.” Democrats “get away with…
Senator Bob Menendez Convicted on All Counts in Bribery Trial
Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A jury found New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez guilty on all counts on Tuesday afternoon, marking the end of the powerful lawmaker’s two-month corruption trial. Federal prosecutors had accused Menendez of accepting bribes in exchange for…
The DNC’s Plan to Force Biden’s Nomination Is Everything People Hate About the DNC
Bastiaan Slabbers/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Amid high anxiety and an internal rebellion over his ability to beat Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has remained defiant, even daring his skeptics to “challenge” him at the Democratic National Convention next month. “Run against…