White Nationalists Are Big Fans of Elon’s “White Genocide” Tweets
Joel Saget/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Elon Musk made his most brazen overture to white nationalists yet on Monday, tweeting about the “white genocide” conspiracy theory in South Africa. In response to a video of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party posted by…
Michigan AG Charges 16 People for Roles in 2020 Fake Elector Scheme
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Jake May/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Tuesday that charges have been filed against 16 residents of the state for their roles in a fake elector scheme following the 2020 election. All…
The GOP’s “But Her Emails” Crowd Has Had No Problem Defending Trump Over Classified Docs
Kyle Mazza/Sipa USA via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The latest indictment against Donald Trump marks an unprecedented moment in American history. But for some, the history-making federal charges over his mishandling of classified documents also carry an element of comeuppance, as the…
The Texas House Just Impeached Its Republican Attorney General
Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton reads a statement about impeachment at his office in Austin, Texas, May 26, 2023. Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a stunning turn of events, the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives voted Saturday to impeach the…
A Massive Leak Spotlights the Extremism of an Anti-Trans Medical Group
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Michelle Cretella had a problem. In 2018, Cretella, then-president of the American College of Pediatricians, was speaking to the group’s board of directors about a reputation crisis she’d been trying to shake for years, ever since the Southern Poverty…
Joe Biden Made a “Dark Brandon” Joke at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Killing the Meme for Good
Joe Biden as ‘Dark Brandon’ during the White House Correspondents’ Association on April 29. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Joe Biden, for those fortunate enough to have missed it, made a “Dark Brandon” joke Saturday night at the White House Correspondent’s dinner. This…