This Audio Clip of John Boehner Telling Ted Cruz to “Go Fuck” Himself Is Really Delightful
Xinhua/Bao Dandan/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.It was reported earlier this year that, while recording his audiobook, former Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) occasionally randomly veered from the script to tell off Sen.…
When the GOP Left Texans to Freeze, Locals Stepped Up With Mutual Aid
Mutual aid networks in Laredo have provided food to Texans during the winter storm.Red Wing United Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As sweeping power outages and sub-freezing temperatures stripped millions of Texans of fresh food or…
The New Republican Talking Point on Replacing RBG Before the Election is Nonsense
© Eli Imadali/TNS via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Within a few hours of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, an argument was beginning to crystallize on the right: the Senate needed to fill her vacancy on the Supreme Court, so as…
Dan Crenshaw Called for Civility on SNL. Maybe That Was the Joke.
Illustration by Lincoln AgnewDan Crenshaw started off as a joke. On the last episode of Saturday Night Live before the 2018 election, Pete Davidson was rifling through headshots of candidates when he got to the 35-year-old retired Navy SEAL from the Houston area. “You may be surprised to hear he’s a congressional candidate from Texas…
Thousands are “Dying” Across the Country to Mark the Two Year Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
Protesters participate in a die-in Tuesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, across the water from the Mar-a-Lago resort, to mark the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting.Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At noon Tuesday, Capitol Hill was littered with the bodies of high school students from…
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