In 3 AM Tweet, Trump Claims, Without Evidence, CNN Is “Blaming” Him for Mail Bombs
Nancy Kaszerman/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a pre-dawn tweet early Friday morning, President Donald Trump slammed CNN for “blaming” him for the wave of explosive devices that were sent to prominent Democrats and the network’s New York studios this week. The president, who has regularly declared he doesn’t…
Revealed: The Secret Political Ingredient in LaCroix’s Corporate Statements
Brittany Greeson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Even though its coconut-“essenced” sparkling water tastes like recycled suntan lotion, LaCroix has become one of America’s hottest drink brands. That’s largely thanks to its popularity with a kind of customer that National Beverage Corp. CEO Nick A. Caporella describes as “a…
The Dark, Uncomfortable History of Political Tribalism and What It Means for November 6
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Especially after a week like this one, it’s easy to think of the United States as a divided nation that will never change. But it didn’t always feel that way. “We take for granted the concept of ‘Red America, Blue America’ as just part…
Before 1958, There Was No Way to Say That Something Was Stackable
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While I wait for someone to deliver a bomb to my door,¹ I have been distracted once again by someone pointing me to Merriam Webster’s list of words that first appeared in a given year. I’ve looked at this before, but it must have been…
Cigarette Companies Are Fighting Medicaid Expansion in Montana
THE TRUTH: It’s what Mother Jones strives for every day. And right now, the truth is that we might come up short on our fall pledge drive goal of $30,000 in new monthly donations by November 6. But if just a tiny fraction of the people reading this pitch donate $5 a month, we’ll close…
Lou Dobbs Tweets “Fake Bombs” Conspiracy Theory
Li Muzi/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Amid a wave of suspicious packages sent to prominent Democrats and the New York offices of CNN this week, Fox Business anchor Lou Dobbs on Thursday claimed that the explosive devices found within them were “fake bombs” and implied the bomb scare was…