Pelosi Wants the FBI to Investigate Pro-Palestinian Protesters
Andy Kropa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As protesters continue to disrupt Democratic campaign events with calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, Rep. Nancy Pelosi now says the Biden administration should use the FBI to investigate the activists’ “financing,” which she baselessly suggested might…
Haley Responds to $83 Million Trump Verdict: “I Absolutely Trust the Jury”
Matt Rourke/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After appearing to shrug off E. Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation lawsuits against Donald Trump, Nikki Haley is now suddenly paying attention. On Sunday, the former South Carolina governor said that she “absolutely” trusted the jury’s…
Why the United States Halted Funding to the UN’s Palestinian Refugee Agency
Gehad Hamdy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees is in tumult after Israel accused a dozen of its employees of participating in Hamas’ October 7 attack, a stunning claim that has since prompted eight of the agency’s biggest…
Vanishing Ants, Waning Forests, and Fading Hope for Brazil’s Amazon
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a ceremony marking one year since the attacks on the presidential palace, the National Congress, and the Supreme Court.Ton Molina/NurPhoto/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What a difference a year makes in the Brazilian Amazon. At the start of…
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…