These 11 Mini-Trumps Are Up for Reelection
Mother Jones illustration; Ron Sachs/CNP/ZUMA; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While many congressional Republicans stay silent in the face of President Donald Trump’s ceaseless outrages, a few House members have tapped into their own inner Donalds, embracing his brand of shamelessness, corruption, and unabashed racism—all while offering him blind…
Election Day Could Mean the End of Greyhound Racing in the Sport’s Biggest State
A greyhound crosses the finish line at the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida on Dec. 11, 2015.Brianna Soukup/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just over five years ago, a greyhound trainer in Jacksonville, Florida, released a group of race dogs from their kennel to sprint before a competition. It was…
The Rent’s Too Damn High Everywhere. Can This California Ballot Measure Do Something About It?
Southern California mobilizers supporting Bakersfield renters ride on the Yes on 10 bus. Silvia Flores/AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In California, where residents have been wrestling with one of the worst housing crises in the country, a ballot measure to repeal the state’s limits on rent…
These Prisoners Locked Up for Life as Children Could Have a Chance at Freedom After the Midterms
A juvenile lifer in Michigan wears handcuffs as he appears for his resentencing hearing at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids in September 2016. Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Kevin Boyd distracts himself these days by running 10Ks around the track. Or…
Trump Accuses Oprah of Burning Tapes That Don’t Exist to Hide Interview That Never Happened
Chris Kleponis/CNP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Amid a fact-free tirade against Georgia’s gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, President Donald Trump on Sunday falsely accused Oprah Winfrey of attempting to “burn” tapes showing Trump appearing in the final days of the iconic Oprah Winfrey Show. “I was on her full show…
Barack Obama Tells Voters Exactly Why Donald Trump Is Stoking Fears About the “Caravan”
Bastiaan Slabbers/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former President Barack Obama on Sunday mocked his successor’s efforts to fear-monger over the so-called “caravan” of migrants coming to the United States, warning supporters that such tactics were designed to distract from larger Republican goals, including scaling back health care access and…