Deep Inside a Pro-Putin Network That’s Helping Trump Divide America
Putin and Trump at a summit in Helsinki, July 2018Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Every day, the roughly 600 Kremlin-linked accounts tracked in real time on the Hamilton 68 dashboard dive into the hot Twitter topics of the moment. They have fanned rancor over the NFL’s #TakeAKnee…
Trump Is Still Blaming the ‘Far-Left’ Media for America’s Divisiveness
President Donald Trump talks to reporters before he travels to Fort Myers, Fla., for a campaign rally on Oct. 31, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At a campaign rally for Florida Republican candidates on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump redoubled his attacks on the media, again claiming the…
Days After Bomb Attacks, NRA Doubles Down on Demonization of Soros, Steyer, Bloomberg
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre speaks at the NRA-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas on May 4, 2018.Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than a week after a MAGA fanatic mailed pipe bombs to critics of President Donald Trump, the National Rifle Association intensified its…
Pittsburgh Mourns its Jewish Mass Shooting Victims—and Rejects Trump’s Visit
Anti-Trump demonstrators march during the president’s visit.Clint Hendler/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As President Trump came to Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon, thousands of residents marched in protest through Squirrel Hill, the historically Jewish neighborhood that is home to Tree of Life, the synagogue where 11 congregants were murdered…
White Supremacists Are Out of the Shadows and Running for Office
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Library of Congress; iStock photoThe Trump era has emboldened white supremacists and conspiracy theorists to emerge from the shadows—and some of them have been running for office: The carpetbagger: Corey Stewart, Virginia’s Republican Senate candidate, has built his political career around defending Confederate monuments—despite being…
Explosive Device Found in George Soros’ Mailbox
Francois Mori/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. An explosive device was uncovered Monday at the Westchester County home of George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist who has been a longtime target of right-wing conspiracy theorists. Authorities confirm that a staffer first found the suspicious package inside a mailbox. Upon opening the…