This GOP Candidate Is the Son of a Senator and a Lobbyist. He’s Running Against the “Elites.”
Brian Cahn/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a speech at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt offered an unusual theory about the biggest news story in the world. The Russian invasion of Ukraine,…
How Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nick Fuentes Are Easing White Power into the GOP Mainstream
White nationalist Nick Fuentes speaks in New York City in November 2021.Rainmaker photos/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Fuentes just called Jared Taylor, head of the “race-realist, white advocacy organization” American Renaissance, his “personal hero” and said he wants to honor…
A Fugitive Chinese Tycoon Met Steve Bannon. Misinformation Mayhem Ensued.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On June 3, a collection of some of the right’s most prominent purveyors of election-fraud lies and coronavirus misinformation congregated in the window-lined observatory atop One World Trade Center, with views of the Hudson River and Manhattan’s…
Can Someone Please Explain How Michael Flynn Got So Crazy?
Michael Flynn leaves court in Washington, DC, after a sentencing hearing in December 2018. Olivier Douliery/AP Editor’s note: This essay by David Corn first appeared in his newsletter, This Land. But we wanted to make sure as many readers as possible have a chance to see it. This Land is written by David twice a week and provides behind-the-scenes stories…
Ted Cruz Is Fundraising Off a Debunked 1/6 Conspiracy Theory
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the spring of 2016, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) exploded when Donald Trump cited a baseless conspiracy theory that claimed Cruz’s Cuban-born father was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. At a…
Ski in Jackson Hole? You Could Be Hurting Liz Cheney
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This past Saturday, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) was smacked down by the Republican Party of her own state. In a straw poll of the members of the Wyoming GOP central committee, Cheney drew only…