People Are Still Dying. Trump Is Still Lying.
Morry Gash/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.President Donald Trump may not have relentlessly interrupted Joe Biden during a discussion of the coronavirus pandemic at Thursday night’s debate, but he continued spewing lies just the same. Coronavirus case counts in the United States…
Liveblogging the Final Presidential Debate
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This struck me as a very “by the numbers” debate. Both Trump and Biden mostly just rehashed things they had said before, using much the same words as before. There was nothing even mildly unexpected. If there’s an…
The Facebook News Is Even Worse Than We Thought
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A couple of days ago I mentioned that Facebook “tweaked” its news feed algorithm to help conservative sites and hurt liberal sites like Mother Jones. That was bad enough. But yesterday we learned it was far more malicious…
Trump Wants the Supreme Court to “End” Obamacare. Here’s How They’d Do It.
Yuri Gripas/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.“I hope that they end it.” That’s what President Donald Trump told CBS this week, referring to an upcoming Supreme Court case that will decide the fate of Obamacare. On November 10, the court—which will almost…
Trump’s VA Is Trying to Scare Off Whistleblowers During the Pandemic
Rogelio Solis/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.When Donald Trump took office, one of his first moves was to address the rampant mismanagement and corruption that had long plagued the Department of Veterans Affairs. In April 2017, he signed an executive order to…
Robert Lighthizer Blew Up 60 Years of Trade Policy. Nobody Knows What Happens Next.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in March 2018. Lighthizer is leading the strategy behind President Donald Trump’s trade war. Jabin Botsford/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This story was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign…