Why $750 Is a Satisfyingly Specific, Enraging Rallying Call
Sarah Silbiger/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.$750. As a blockbuster investigation from the New York Times revealed on Sunday, that’s how much President Trump paid in federal income taxes in 2016 and then again in 2017 during his first year in the White…
Sam Myers, the Late Blues God, Propels Us Into the Week With a Powerful New Album
The pioneering blues singer, harmonica player, and drummer Sam Myers For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.When he was 7, Sam Myers was left blind by cataracts, which shaped his childhood and adulthood but never affected his solo tours and ascension of the blues…
Fact of the Day: Crime Is Still Falling in the United States
The FBI has finally released crime figures for 2019, and both violent crime and property crime were down compared to 2018. Property crime is at its lowest level of the past several decades, while violent crime is at its second-lowest (only 2014 has been lower). As for 2020, we won’t know anything reliable until this…
CDC Director Says Trump Adviser Is Wrong About Everything
CDC Director Robert Redfield says that if everyone wore masks we’d defeat COVID-19 in a couple of months.Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A reporter for NBC News listened in on a telephone call a few days ago: The…
The Trump Files: When Donald Had to Prove He Was Not the Son of an Orangutan
Mother Jones Illustration/Shuttershock For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This post was originally published as part of “The Trump Files“—a collection of telling episodes, strange but true stories, and curious scenes from the life of our current president—on June 23, 2016. Donald Trump has…
Why Donald Trump’s Tax Returns Matter
Chris Kleponis/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Shortly after the 2016 election, I tweeted: “Today would be a good day for @realDonaldTrump to release his tax returns.” Then I repeated this tweet a few mornings in a row. Each day, it received a…