Jared Kushner Sure Seems Excited About “Very Valuable” Beachfront Properties in Gaza
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Amid the catastrophic bombing and imminent famine that overwhelms Gaza, Jared Kushner apparently sees something entirely different: desirable properties. Kushner—ever the aspirational foreign policy expert with a penchant for a good conflict of interest—told Harvard University earlier…
What Biden Would Do if He Were Serious About Ending the War in Gaza
Tom Brenner/Pool/Cnp/CNP/Zuma; Fatima Shbair/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Politico reported that President Joe Biden would “consider” conditioning military aid to Israel if the country launches a large-scale invasion of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering. “It’s something he’s definitely…
Firms That Once Called Themselves Sustainable Are Now “Greenhushing”
A September 2023 protest outside of BlackRock HQ in New York City.Gina M Randazzo/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For years, eagle-eyed environmentalists have called out banks and consumer businesses—from Barclays to fashion brand ASOS—for making misleading claims that their practices or products are sustainable,…
Trump Can’t Afford to Post Bond in His Fraud Case
Jeff Dean/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a state appeals court to put a stay on New York Attorney General Letitia James’ right to collect roughly $450 million in damages from the former president. Trump was found liable for…
Trump Considers Adding Paul Manafort—a “Grave Counterintelligence Threat”—to His Campaign
Paul Manafort, center, arrives in court in New York in July 2019.Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.From the Nothing Matters News Desk comes this report: Donald Trump is considering bringing back Paul Manafort as a top campaign adviser. In any time other…
This Is a “Solvable” Crisis: Denver’s Mayor on How the City Is Handling Migrant Arrivals
Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On his first day in office in the summer of 2023, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston declared a state of emergency to combat homelessness. He activated the city’s emergency operations center, aiming to place 1,000 people…