Clarence Thomas Faces Call for Recusal on January 6 Cases
Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas walk to the podium during a Tea Party event in Mesquite, Tx. on Sept. 2, 2010.Rex Curry/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Here are some sample texts that Ginni Thomas, the wife of…
That Time When a SCOTUS Nominee Actually Had a Record That Endangered Children
President George W. Bush introduces Alito as a Supreme Court nominee.Chuck Kennedy/TNS/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Republicans successfully transformed the confirmation hearing of the first black woman nominated to the Supreme Court into an abusive circus based on a malicious lie,…
The KBJ Hearings Were the Super Bowl of Republican Shitposting
Ted Cruz questions Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.If you wanted…
Republican Senator Lashes Out at Marriage Equality in Supreme Court Hearing
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in Washington, DC, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Rod Lamkey/CNP via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.During the second day of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation…
Why Josh Hawley Is Smearing Ketanji Brown Jackson as Soft on Pedophilia
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.There is a big red button with the word “pedophile” scrawled on it that certain kinds of reactionaries like to press when things aren’t going the direction they want. For example: In July 2017, I…
With Little to Attack SCOTUS Nominee, Republicans Are Going Full Hypocrisy
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell with Ketanji Brown Jackson at the US Capitol on March 2, 2022Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.While you wouldn’t know it from the attacks Republicans are lobbing at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s…