SCOOP: Manchin Tells Associates He’s Considering Leaving the Democratic Party and Has an Exit Plan
Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In recent days, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) has told associates that he is considering leaving the Democratic Party if President Joe Biden and Democrats on Capitol Hill do not agree to his demand to…
Kyrsten Sinema Might Be the Most Important Vote in the Senate. Good Luck Trying to Talk to Her.
Rod Lamkey/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Kyrsten Sinema idolizes John McCain. That’s her characterization, not mine. “John McCain was my hero,” she said in 2019 in response to Donald Trump’s criticism of the 2008 Republican presidential nominee. He was a “personal…
McKayla Maroney’s Powerful Testimony to Congress Shows the Uphill Battle Survivors Face
Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Six years have passed since the FBI was first presented with evidence of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of young gymnasts during a July 2015 meeting between leaders of USA Gymnastics and the FBI’s Indianapolis field…
While Kyrsten Sinema Defends the Filibuster, Arizona Republicans Strip Democrats of Power
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) speaks to the media before the Senate voted on a major voting rights bill.Graeme Sloan/Sipa via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Monday, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) published a Washington…
Kyrsten Sinema Once Called Joe Lieberman “Pathetic.” Now He’s Coming to Her Defense.
Stefani Reynolds/CNP/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a Washington Post op-ed published late Monday night, Kyrsten Sinema offered her most detailed statement yet on why she does not support abolishing or reforming the filibuster—the Senate…
Joe Manchin May Have Just Made Democrats’ Democracy Reform Efforts Impossible
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s unrelenting quest for bipartisanship has claimed its most recent victim: A sweeping voting rights and election reform bill that has…