Some Michigan Democrats Plan to Vote “Uncommitted” to Send Biden a Message on Palestine
Protesters in Hamtramck, a city just north of Detroit, rallied ahead of the Tuesday primary.Jim West/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the Michigan primary tomorrow, some Democrats plan to vote “uncommitted,” instead of casting a ballot for President Joe Biden, to protest his…
Watch Poland Debunk Putin’s Propaganda With This Powerful UN Speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin Contributor/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Things got heated at the United Nations on Saturday during a meeting of the Security Council marking the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski rebuked a Russian ambassador…
Thank You, SNL, for This Perfect Skit About Trump’s Grip on Senate Republicans
As I watched Donald Trump’s South Carolina victory speech this weekend, I was struck by how many back-handed compliments he doled out to his Republican allies. In introducing Sen. Lindsey Graham, for instance, who has represented South Carolina for more than 20 years, Trump referred to him as a man “not a lot of people”…
Trump Claims His Mug Shot Wins Him Black Voters
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump decisively won South Carolina’s GOP primary election against challenger Nikki Haley on Saturday, with the former president earning about 60 percent of Republican votes to Haley’s 40 percent. “This was a little sooner…
Video Shows Nonbinary Teen Nex Benedict Reflecting on Fight Before Their Death
A screenshot from newly released body camera footage of a police officer’s interview with Nex Benedict in the hospital.Owasso Police Department/YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager in Oklahoma, after a fight in school bathroom earlier this…
Secretly Intercepted Phone Calls Show How Russia’s Propaganda Fueled Violence
Iryna Kalinina, 32, an injured pregnant woman, is carried from a maternity hospital that was damaged during a Russian airstrike in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 9, 2022Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On February 16, Russian authorities announced that Aleksei Navalny, President Vladimir…