Trad Wives Are Thriving in the Post-Dobbs Era
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last year, despite minding other people’s business online, I didn’t know what a “trad wife” was. Now it seems like every time I log in to Instagram or TikTok, there is another video of a beautiful woman cleaning…
I Read Everything Elon Musk Posted for a Week. Send Help.
Mother Jones illustration; Michel Euler/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last January, not long after agreeing with an actual Nazi that western Jews have brought antisemitism upon themselves by welcoming “hordes of minorities” to their countries, Elon Musk took a quick trip to Poland.…
How a Few Secret Donors Are Fueling the New Right-Wing Infrastructure
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early 2021, Stephen Miller—former White House senior adviser to Donald Trump and architect of the 45th president’s hopeful second-term mass deportation agenda—announced his next venture: America First Legal (AFL). Paraded as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU,” AFL fights…
Minority Rule Is Threatening American Democracy Like Never Before
This story is adapted from Ari Berman’s new book, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It, which will be published April 23. A day ahead of the third anniversary of January 6, President Joe Biden traveled to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania—where George Washington encamped during the Revolutionary War—before…
The Congressman Who Yelled “Lies” During the State of the Union Has a History of Crazy Outbursts
Rep. Derrick Van Orden at the Capitol last year.Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisc.) has an obvious problem with anger management. The latest example came on Thursday when the freshman Republican from Wisconsin shouted “lies” at President Joe…
Republican Senators Who Ditched Their Jobs to Make a Point Can’t Have Those Jobs Back, State Court Rules
An attendee holds up a sign during a rally calling for an end to the Senate Republican walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on May 11, 2023.Amanda Loman/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court of Oregon on Thursday ruled…