Twitter Just Suspended Donald Trump Permanently
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire 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.For years, Republican members of Congress have avoided having to weigh in on controversial statements from President Donald Trump by telling reporters they didn’t see…
House Democrats Take a Step Necessary for a Swift Impeachment
Gripas Yuri/Abaca/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 Friday afternoon, in the wake of the Donald Trump–incited terrorist attack on the US Capitol, House Democrats moved swiftly toward a possible second impeachment of the president. In…
Podcast Extra: I Was at the Capitol When the Siege Began. I Was Threatened for Being a Reporter.
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier outside the Capitol on Wednesday.John Minchillo/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.On Wednesday, a mob of Trump supporters surged toward the US Capitol as the Senate was…
DeVos Quit Over This Week’s Violence. Sexual Assault Survivor Activists Aren’t Having Any of It.
The Washington Post/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.Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned from her Cabinet position on Thursday night, writing in a letter to President Donald Trump that the actions of the mob that overran…
35 Times Capitol Police Arrested More Demonstrators Than the 14 Insurgents Arrested Wednesday
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier on Wednesday at the Capitol.John Minchillo/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.In June 2018, US Capitol Police arrested nearly 600 women peacefully protesting President Donald Trump’s family…
After Capitol Riot, Reddit Bans the Pro-Trump Community That’s Flouted Rules for Months
Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/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 Friday, Reddit banned r/donaldtrump, its major online hub for grassroots Trump fans, for inciting violence and glorifying the armed attack his supporters carried out on Capitol Hill. …