Republicans Prepare for Latest Round of Pretending To Be Deficit Hawks
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Here we go again: “Trump’s weakening hand.” In other words, they think Trump is going to lose and they’re making sure everyone knows they will refuse to spend a single penny when a Democrat is in office, pandemics and recessions be damned.…
Republicans Fiddle While the Poor Burn
“If you make $40,000 or less,” the chairman of the Federal Reserve said today, “you had a 40% chance of losing your job in April or May.” But that’s only half the story. A lot more people than that lost at least part of their income. Here’s the breakdown by income level: The poor suffered…
355 Days After He Was Detained, and Weeks After Recovering From COVID-19, a DACA Poster Child Is Released
Mother Jones illustration; courtesy of Sylvia Baldenegro For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday night, less than two weeks after I wrote about Carlos Martinez, a literal poster child for DACA who had spent the last 11 months at the Eloy Detention Center—where he lost DACA and fell…
Trump Says Nuclear Proliferation Is Scarier Than Climate Change. He’s Failing at Both.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump set off a furor when he told Axios reporter Jonathan Swan that during a recent call with Vladimir Putin, he hadn’t bothered to mention US intelligence suggesting…
Trump Threatens to Escalate Federal Invasion of Portland
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One outside the White House en route to Texas Wednesday.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump said Wednesday that federal agents will “go in and clean it out” Portland, Oregon, if state and…
Louie Gohmert Refused to Wear a Mask in Congress. Now He’s Tested Positive for Coronavirus.
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican who for months has steadfastly not worn a mask nor maintained social distancing in the halls of Congress, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple sources. Gohmert was scheduled to fly…