The Texas Abortion Ban Was Just Reinstated. What Happens Next?
Crowds protesting Texas’s abortion ban walk towards Houston’s City Hall earlier this month during the nationwide Women’s March event.Melissa Phillip/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Earlier this week, when a federal district court judge paused enforcement of Texas’ new law banning nearly…
Here’s the Truth About Brett Kavanaugh’s Finances
It’s become a predictable pattern: The Supreme Court issues a controversial ruling on a hot-button social issue, and then Justice Brett Kavanaugh trends on Twitter. Earlier this month, it happened again after the court refused to block the recent Texas law that all but bans abortion. Almost immediately, hashtags like #WhoOwnsKavanaugh and #BrettsDebts blossomed across…
Amy Coney Barrett and Mitch McConnell Want You to Believe the Unbelievable
Timothy D. Easley/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Barrett on Sunday responded to critics blasting the high court as hyperpartisan in the wake of its refusal to stop Texas’ near-total abortion ban earlier this month. And…
Justice Breyer: “I Don’t Intend to Die on the Court”
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Steven Senne/AP Photo Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been on something of a media blitz this past week, giving a series of well-publicized interviews about his new book, The Authority of…
TikTokers and Coders Are Trying to Spam This Texas Anti-Abortion Site Into the Ground
Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Users are flooding a website designed for reporting people who violate Texas’ new anti-abortion laws with fake tips. The website was set up by Texas Right to Life to help enforce the…
Greg Abbott Is Championing the Abortion Ban as a Way to Bring in Business
Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stopped by CNBC Thursday morning to champion the state’s newest abortion ban—the strictest since Roe v. Wade was decided—as a policy that encourages companies to do business in the Lone Star…