Report: Elon Musk Has Been Funding Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Mastermind
Elon Musk speaking at the symposium about antisemitism, organized by the European Jewish Association, in Krakow, Poland.STR/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now,…
Let’s Break Down All the Lies in Elon Musk’s False Tweet About Noncitizens Voting
Elon Musk presents Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award.PCM/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, Elon Musk posted a lengthy diatribe about Democrats being the real “threat to democracy.” In his tweet, Musk claimed that Democrats are flying “asylum…
Guess Who’s Being Weird to Tim Walz’s Son
Gus Walz, son of vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, with his mother, Gwen, during the Democratic National ConventionMother Jones; Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Wednesday night, Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, addressed the Democratic National…
J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters
Julia Nikhinson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. During his acceptance speech at the Republican convention last week, Sen. J.D. Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate, praised Donald Trump’s call for “unity.” But this year, Vance endorsed a new book co-written by a far-right…
RNC Official: Nothing In Our Platform Says We Won’t Ban Abortion Nationwide
Ed Martin, president of the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, a conservative political organization, is one of three people the RNC and the Trump campaign appointed to run the committee tasked with shaping the GOP platform.Al Drago/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last week, after…
Attempted Trump Assassination Triggers a Flood of MAGA BS
Donald Trump is helped off the stage by Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, following an assassination attempt on the former president.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It is hardly surprising that a political movement that has as…