Capitalism Is America’s Religion. The Virus Makes That Clear.
President Trump delivers remarks at the White House Easter Egg Roll in April 2019.Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Despite experts urging that quarantine measures may need to continue for months to quell the spread of coronavirus, President Trump has said he wants the United States to…
American Conservatives Have Fallen in Love with the Right-Wing Son of Brazil’s President
Eduardo Bolsonaro in São Paulo on October 14, 2019.Roberto Casimiro/Zuma In October, Eduardo Bolsonaro made a shocking statement. The son of Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right authoritarian president of Brazil, suggested in an interview that his country may need to return to the tactics employed by its former military dictatorship to help crush his father’s enemies…
The Trump Legal Team’s Entire Defense Is Just Recycled Fox News Talking Points
Watching the impeachment trial today, I was struck by how old the arguments Trump’s defense put forward were. It was the same nonsense we’ve been hearing for months. Literally. And there’s a very good reason for that: All of these arguments have indeed been on Fox for months. My colleague Dan Friedman catalogued and debunked…
Trump’s Legal Team Opened Their Impeachment Defense With a Blizzard of Lies
President Donald Trump speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s lawyers launched their defense Saturday morning with a blizzard of false claims. It started with the president’s critical July 25th call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. White…
Dan Crenshaw Called for Civility on SNL. Maybe That Was the Joke.
Illustration by Lincoln AgnewDan Crenshaw started off as a joke. On the last episode of Saturday Night Live before the 2018 election, Pete Davidson was rifling through headshots of candidates when he got to the 35-year-old retired Navy SEAL from the Houston area. “You may be surprised to hear he’s a congressional candidate from Texas…
Rep. Jeff Van Drew Just Switched to the Republican Party and Pledged His “Undying Support” for Trump
Evan Vucci/AP Following days of reports that Rep. Jeff Van Drew was considering switching his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, the New Jersey congressman officially announced that he was switching parties on Thursday at a press conference with President Donald Trump. Van Drew, one of just three Democrats who voted against one or both…