Sen. Rick Scott Says He’s a China Hawk. But He’s Made Lots of Money With China-Related Investments
Mother Jones; Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In November, ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) issued a press release casting himself as a fierce opponent of China. It declared, “Since being…
Ruben Gallego’s Battle Against Kari Lake Could Decide the Fate of the Senate—And Our Democracy
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. n the afternoon of January 6, 2021, as election deniers armed with Tasers and tomahawks overran the US Capitol, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) handed his colleague and close friend Eric Swalwell a pen. “Here,” he said to the…
Kyrsten Sinema Didn’t Fail, She Could Only Be Failed
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After switching her party affiliation from Democratic to independent in 2022, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema didn’t really act like someone who was planning on sticking around Washington for the long haul. Her fundraising stagnated and her…
Climate Change Caused the Storms. Our Failing Infrastructure Made Them Lethal.
A downed tree in Portland, OR on Jan. 13, 2024.Jenny Kane/AP When snow hit Nashville this January, residents were almost cheerful as they noted the rare occurrence. A local musician posted a video, singing in the snow, with the caption “I thought when we moved South we did not have to worry about snow…too hot…
Sen. Joe Manchin Won’t Seek Reelection in 2024
Stefani Reynolds/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia will not run for reelection next year. The conservative Democrat called the choice—which he shared the news of in a video he posted to X—”one of the toughest decisions of my…
US Trade Officials Commit to Stop Hawking Surveillance Tech to Repressive Regimes
Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Commerce Department is implementing new policies to prevent the work it does to boost exports by US companies from assisting in the sale of surveillance technologies to repressive governments. In a previously undisclosed October 19…