DeSantis’ Government Is Doing Everything It Can to Defeat an Abortion Rights Measure
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is trying his darndest to prevent the abortion rights amendment from passing in Florida in November.Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Florida government seems to be doing everything it can—including potentially breaking the law—to prevent voters…
Let’s Be Clear: Putin Is Again Trying to Put Trump in the White House
Mother Jones illustration; Alexander Kazakov/AFP/Getty; Evan Vucci/AP The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. “I hate saying, ‘I…
This Organization Backed Kamala Harris in 2003. Now It’s Trying to Change the Face of Politics.
Kamala Harris meets with supporters in front of the 24th street BART station while on the campaign trail running for District Attorney in San Francisco in 2003. Mother Jones; Mike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Back in 2003, when Kamala…
One of This Year’s Biggest Abortion Votes Is at Risk
Abortion rights supporters celebrated turning in more than 380,000 signatures to overturn the state’s ban on the procedure in May.Kacen Bayless/The Kansas City Star/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Friday night, a Missouri judge handed down a ruling that could threaten voters’…
Kamala Harris Is Winning the Fundraising Race by a Mile
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Vice President Kamala Harris raised $361 million in August—a stunning number on its own, but particularly impressive as it nearly tripled the mere $130 million that Donald Trump raised for the…
Trump and Vance Have No Plan to Fix One of America’s Biggest Crises
Matt York/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Conservative opposition to social safety nets is nothing new. But, as daycare costs continue to soar and the US Surgeon General warns that parents are dangerously overwhelmed, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appear to…