Don’t Worry About Poll Bounces
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Just a quick reminder: presidential candidates often get poll bounces after their conventions. Sometimes it’s small, sometimes it’s a little better than that. But in virtually every case, the bounces go away a couple of weeks after both conventions have been held.…
New York’s AG Is Investigating One of the Biggest Mysteries on Trump’s Balance Sheet
AP Photo/Nell Redmond For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, revealed in a court filing on Monday that her office is probing the Trump Organization for fraud and tax evasion. And among the matters her office appears to be scrutinizing is a mysterious…
If the RNC’s Lies and Outright Lunacy Were Insufferable Last Night, Take Pharoahe Monch’s Timeless Advice
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Odds are good that the parade of absurdities, fantasies, and bizarreness at the RNC last night didn’t excite you about the Trump-Pence ticket, as surrogate after surrogate studiously tried to rewrite history with soaring racism and flag-draped propaganda. You might be looking…
America Is a Decent Country. That’s Why Donald Trump Will Lose in November.
Democratic National Convention V/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.With the Democratic virtual convention now finished, I feel like sharing a mini-essay on American politics in the Trump era. Don’t worry. I’ll keep it short and the navel gazing to a minimum. One of the…
How Badly Did They Want to Say the N-Word? RNC, Day 1
Your nightly guide to racism at the Republican National Convention. Tonight was the “I’m not racist, and my Black friend says so” portion of the RNC, featuring speeches from Tim Scott and Herschel Walker, among others, and a lot of predictable talk about “opportunity zones” and the Democratic “plantation.” For the hard stuff, we turn…
The McCloskeys Complained About “Ending Single-Family Home Zoning.” That’s a Racist Dog Whistle.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey point guns at protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house in the Central West End of St. Louis at the end of June. Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.You could maybe infer how Mark and Patricia McCloskey…