The Secret Plan to Strike Down US Gun Laws
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. For decades, McLean Bible Church has served as the place of worship for many of DC’s Republican elite. The sprawling evangelical megachurch…
At the RNC Prayer Breakfast, Speakers Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Jentezen Franklin (right) at the 2024 Republican National ConventionMother Jones illustration; Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty; Kiera Butler/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, I arrived at the Pfister Hotel ballroom 10 minutes before…
Tucker Carlson Warned an RNC Crowd of a “Spiritual Battle”
Nate Gowdy/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Toward the end of the sweltering first day of the Republican National Convention yesterday, I hiked a few blocks away from the red-clad crowds and MAGA merch to Milwaukee’s ornate symphony hall. There, former Fox…
For Christian Nationalists, the Trump Shooting Proves He Was Anointed by God
The Yomiuri Shimbun; John Bazemore/AP (2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the hours after the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump Saturday evening at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, X became an even more chaotic space than usual, incandescent with posts…
Trad Wives Are Thriving in the Post-Dobbs Era
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last year, despite minding other people’s business online, I didn’t know what a “trad wife” was. Now it seems like every time I log in to Instagram or TikTok, there is another video of a beautiful woman cleaning…
Why Bias Against Pro-Palestinian Protesters Matters for Everyone
Mother Jones; Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Thursday, committees at Stanford University published two reports on the campus climate following October 7. The publication comes just days after hundreds of pro-Palestinian students walked out in protest of the…