Watch Trump Confuse Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi
Haley campaigns in Hollis, New Hampshire. Michael Reynolds/EFE/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Nikki Haley, like most candidates who have sought to deny Donald Trump the 2024 GOP nomination, has had to carefully calibrate her criticism of the former president, who remains overwhelming popular…
The Clean Energy Transition May Be Cheaper Than We Thought
A photovoltaic array at a new energy base in Zhangye city, China.Cfoto/ZUMA This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The global transition to clean energy has a cost, but it may be a lot lower than the figures that sometimes get thrown around. The differences…
That Time When Moms for Liberty Came to Deep-Blue NYC
Protesters outside the Moms For Liberty event in New York City. Julianne McShane/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On my way to Moms for Liberty’s New York City town hall last night, I passed a posh-looking elderly woman, decked out in a brown…
Global Millionaires Say Yes to Taxing Extreme Wealth, Poll Finds
German-Austrian millionaire heiress Marlene Engelhorn, part of the effort described below, expresses her views during a rally at the World Economic Forum in Davos.Hannes P Albert/dpa/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Millionaires from around the world support wealth taxes as a way to curb…
A Federal Judge Has Gone to Great Lengths to Make Clear Trump Really Did Rape E. Jean Carroll
Elizabeth Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.District Judge Lewis Kaplan has said it multiple times: Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll in 1996. Kaplan wrote it in May 2023, when he presided over one of the trials against Trump. And he reminded jurors…
California Needs to Keep Funding Sickle Cell Care. Will It?
Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Sickle cell disease, a group of rare genetic disorders characterized by abnormal hemoglobin, can be very painful, cause reduced life expectancy, and involve complications like severe anemia. Research and treatment for…