Florida Man Facing 91 Criminal Counts Dominates Super Tuesday Primaries
Mother Jones illustration; Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump is coasting to victory in Super Tuesday primaries across the country—a decisive, if not unexpected, showing that follows his overwhelming wins in GOP nominating contests in states like Iowa, New…
Nikki Haley Just Won a Primary
Michael Dwyer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley just won the Washington, DC, primary, beating former president Donald Trump by almost 30 points, with nearly 63 percent of the vote. It’s her first success in a primary that has so…
Ohio GOP Candidate Who Used a Slur Drops Out (Again)
Tom E. Puskar/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Ohio Republican J.R. Majewski dropped out (again) on Saturday, after he used a slur for intellectually disabled people on a podcast last week. Majewiski was running for the GOP nomination to fight Democratic incumbent Rep. Marcy…
Thank You, SNL, for This Perfect Skit About Trump’s Grip on Senate Republicans
As I watched Donald Trump’s South Carolina victory speech this weekend, I was struck by how many back-handed compliments he doled out to his Republican allies. In introducing Sen. Lindsey Graham, for instance, who has represented South Carolina for more than 20 years, Trump referred to him as a man “not a lot of people”…
Being Denied a Press Pass at CPAC Was the Best Way to Cover the Conference
Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.I’ve attended the Conservative Political Action Conference almost yearly since 2009, always as a credentialed reporter. While there, I’ve seen the early attacks on President Barack Obama, the improbable popularity of libertarian Texas Rep. Ron Paul. I…
Obsessed: It’s 2024 and Conservatives Still Can’t Stop Worrying About Michelle Obama
Molly Riley/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Conservative Political Action Conference, the largest right-wing convention in the country, kicked off this morning’s show with an all-star lineup. There were members of Congress like Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), a…