Trump Approval After Insurrection Declined Modestly Among Republicans
Is this poll from Morning Consult heartening or depressing? On the one hand, Trump’s approval among Republicans took a sharp dive following the events of 1/6. On the other hand, the share of Republicans who disapprove of Trump went up by only 7 points, from 15 percent to 22 percent. To be sure, that’s more…
The Most Important Lesson From the “Bible” of Impeachment Remains Unheeded
Bettmann/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.Shortly after the maybe-coup there was a pause on the Hill, a question of whether lawmakers should really try and impeach President Donald Trump—even though his bellicose rally led to…
Texas’ Pandemic Abortion Ban Didn’t Stop Women From Ending Their Pregnancies. It Just Forced Them to Cross States Lines.
Ng Han Guan/AP 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.Last year, after the state of Texas temporarily banned abortions in a purported effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, nearly a thousand Texans crossed the border to…
Long Before the Capitol Riot, Anti-Abortion Extremists Showed Us the Dangers of Inflammatory Propaganda
A counter-protest by Students for Life, an anti-abortion group, in front of the Supreme Court. Stephen Zenner/AP 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.A week after the violent insurrection at the Capitol, we’re learning more and more…
Trump’s Second Impeachment Shows How the GOP Remains Stuck in Trumpism
Reps. Matt Gaetz and Jim JordanTom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/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, Donald Trump—an egotist who loves to boast he’s the best of this or has the most of that—set a new record…
Telegram Finally Takes Down Neo-Nazi Channels
Chesnot/Getty Images 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.As mainstream internet companies like Facebook and Google have gradually limited white nationalist and neo-Nazi access to their platforms, more and more have turned to Telegram, an encrypted messaging…