Kyrsten Sinema Says She Won’t Become a Republican
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-AZ, speaks during a hearing to examine nominations of Shalanda D. Young, from Louisiana, to be Director and Nani Coloretti, from California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI Fight disinformation: Sign…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Saga Is a Very Public Example of a National Crisis
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For more than a month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has been on medical leave, with no indication of when she might return to her powerful seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.…
John Fetterman On His Struggle With Depression: “I Was Indifferent” Towards Living
Sen. John Fetterman speaks to CBS Sunday Morning shortly before hospital discharge for clinical depression.CBS Sunday Morning Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) entered Walter Reed Hospital for clinical depression in mid-February. Six weeks later, he returned home on Friday. In…
Sen. John Fetterman Is Going Back to Work
Francis Chung/Politico via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On February 16, John Fetterman, the first-term Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to receive treatment for depression. Fetterman, who defeated Republican Mehmet Oz in one of last…
Howard Schultz Came Out of Retirement to Destroy Starbucks’ Union—and His Legacy
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In November 2021, Victoria Conklin, a 23-year-old shift supervisor at a Starbucks near Buffalo, was talking to Rossann Williams, then the company’s president of North American retail. Workers at three nearby stores had recently petitioned to become the chain’s…
Senators Can’t Stop Quoting Taylor Swift Lyrics During Ticketmaster Hearing
Penny Harrison and her son Parker Harrison rally against the live entertainment ticket industry outside the U.S. Capitol January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The pre-sale for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour imploded in November, when tens…