It’s Official: Ruben Gallego Is Taking on Kyrsten Sinema
Gage Skidmore/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision last month to leave the Democratic Party was, in no small part, an attempt at political self-preservation. The Green Party-candidate-turned-independent-turned-Democrat-turned-independent, who has angered Democrats in her home state—and pretty much everywhere—by opposing…
The Bipartisan Immigration Deal Is Dead on Arrival
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., left, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., leave the Senate chamber.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In what was likely her last official press conference on Thursday, outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put the final nail in the coffin…
Sinema Faced an Uphill Battle. So She Decided to Skip It.
Mother Jones Illustration; Jabin Botsford/Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Kyrsten Sinema is back where she started. On Friday, the Arizona senator announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party, but would keep her committee appointments and not caucus with the Republicans. Twenty…
Walker, Warnock, and the Epic Battle for Georgia’s Soul
Mother Jones illustration; Justin Sullivan/Getty; Brandon Bell/Getty; Mateus Campos Felipe Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.So. Much. Prayer. Kicking off debates, woven into speeches, and emanating from pulpits serving as campaign pit stops, God is everywhere in the Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent Sen.…
Herschel Walker Has a History of Standing Up For Violent Men
Republican senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks to a crowd outside a gun shop in Smyrna, Georgia on November 3, 2022.Robin Rayne/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Among the most-discussed aspects of Herschel Walker’s campaign for the US Senate seat in Georgia are the…
Georgia Is Limiting Early Voting—Partly Because of a Holiday Honoring Robert E. Lee
Mother Jones illustration; Bob Brown/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Update: On the afternoon of Nov. 18, the Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court ruled that Georgia counties may allow early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26, citing the “absence of settled law” on the issue.…