If Biden Wins Wisconsin, These New Black Community Groups Will Be a Major Reason Why
Residents vote at a polling place in the Midtown neighborhood of Milwaukee on October 20.Scott Olson/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On March 23, the community organizer Melody McCurtis requested an absentee ballot for Wisconsin’s April 7 primary. COVID-19 was spiking in…
Pro-Trump Caravan Allegedly Tried to Run a Biden Campaign Bus “Off the Road”
The Biden campaign canceled a planned event in Central Texas after being harassed by Trump supporters on Friday, according to the Texas Democratic Party. Videos started going viral on Saturday of a group of trucks and SUVs flying Trump flags surrounding a Biden campaign bus on the highway. The Trump trucks had been camping out…
Facebook And Steve Bannon Hacked The Media. And They Won’t Stop.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Let’s talk about Steve Bannon—I’d like to say “one last time” but who are we kidding? Regardless of the election outcome, we know that America’s political and media ecosystem has been inexorably changed by a racist novel-loving, dual…
The Media Has Not Ignored the Hunter Biden Story
Consolidated News Photos/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Why has the mainstream media mostly ignored the Hunter Biden story? According to Trump supporters, it’s evidence of a silent conspiracy not to publish anything in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign…
Democrats Made Voting Easier. Texas Smashed Turnout Records. These Things Are Related.
Robin Jerstad/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.By Friday the question in Texas wasn’t whether the state would surpass its overall turnout in 2016—it already had—but by just how much. In the end, Texas blew past its previous record, in the words…
Businesses Around the Country Are Boarding Up Ahead of Election Season
A pedestrian passes a boarded up entrance at the Saks Fifth Avenue store, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020.AP Photo/Chris Pizzello For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Businesses in New York; Washington, DC; Los Angeles; San Francisco; and other cities across the country are boarding up…