The Missionary Positions of Nikki Haley’s Idol: Pastor John Hagee
Mother Jones illustration; John Hagee Ministries; KOINCH Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.John Hagee’s been around. And around. And around. The pastor has been a prominent figure in GOP presidential races for years, with his support sought after by candidates from the Bushes (H.…
Virginia Has Its Own Ron DeSantis, and He’s Taking Aim at African American Studies
Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In his seemingly never-ending quest to remove “divisive concepts” from Virginia’s schools, Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken a page right out of Ron DeSantis’ playbook and called for a review of Virginia’s AP African…
Biden: Those Three Aerial Objects We Shot Down Probably Aren’t Spy Balloons
AP Photo/Evan Vucci Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Biden on Thursday, in his most detailed remarks addressing the recent spate of aerial objects that were shot down over North American skies, said that there is no evidence tying the three unidentified objects to…
Ken Paxton Settled His Whistleblower Lawsuit. His Constituents Will Pick Up the Tab.
Nick Wagner/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the fall of 2020, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faced a mutiny. Seven high-ranking staffers suspected that the state’s chief law-enforcement officer was using the powers of his office to benefit an Austin real-estate developer named…
Report: DOJ Officially Decides Not to Prosecute Matt Gaetz
Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Department of Justice has elected not to press charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long sex-trafficking probe, according to a CNN source familiar with the subject. In late 2020, during the Trump administration,…
George Santos Relative Says They Never Gave $5,800 Reported by the Campaign: “I’m Dumbfounded”
Francis Chung/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Mother Jones reported that more than a dozen top donors to Rep. George Santos’ first congressional campaign did not appear to exist. The donations from people whose names or addresses could not be confirmed totaled more…