Let’s Check Back in on Those Trump Veepstakes
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), left, and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), right, are among the Trump VP contenders using television airtime to seemingly try to appeal to the former president.Phelan M. Ebenhack/Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Trump veepstakes has been in…
Biden’s $30m Weekend Fundraising Blitz Breaks Democratic Party Records
Cash splash: Biden’s campaign team raked in $30 million with the help of some Hollywood megastars.Sue Ogrocki/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Biden’s weekend donor cash splash hit like a tidal wave, according to the president’s campaign on Sunday morning. Attracted by celebrities…
Trump World Reportedly Flirts With a Return to Mandatory Military Service
Trump, alleged draft-dodger, arriving at a US base in Tokyo during his first trip to Japan in 2017.The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Despite Trump’s alleged draft-dodging in his youth, the former president’s acolytes are reportedly flirting with a return to…
Kyle Rittenhouse, Killer of Two, Cheers as Supreme Court Ends Bump Stock Ban
Kyle RittenhouseSipa USA via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Gun rights activist Kyle Rittenhouse wants you to know that he’s very pleased with the Supreme Court, after the justices on Friday overturned a federal ban on bump stocks—devices that are attached to…
MAGA Youth Activist Charlie Kirk’s Big Conservative Shindig Is Full of Old Folks
Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, and Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, speak at Turning Point Action’s “People’s Convention” on June 14, 2024.Adam Dewey/NurPhoto via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Turning Point USA, which casts…
Catholic Bishops Finally Apologize for Church’s Role in Harming Kids at Indigenous Boarding Schools
Students at Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, take part in a Christmas Nativity play.From “Shadows of Sherman Institute,” by Cliff Trafzer, Jeffrey Smith, Lorene Sisquoc. Photo courtesy of Sherman Indian Museum Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, which…