Joe Biden Is Bailing Out Papaw’s Steel Plant in JD Vance’s Hometown. Vance Is Trying to Stop Him.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks during a rally in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, in July. Paul Vernon/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A hulking steel plant in Middletown, Ohio, is the city’s economic heartbeat as well as a keystone origin story of JD Vance, the…
A Georgia Woman Has Died After an Abortion Ban Delayed Lifesaving Care
peakSTOCK/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Reproductive justice advocates have been warning for more than two years that the end of Roe v. Wade would lead to surge in maternal mortality among patients denied abortion care—and that the increase was likely to be…
Trump Seeks to Exploit Assassination Attempts for Political Gain
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the early afternoon on Sunday, a suspected gunman got within several hundred yards of former President Donald Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The suspect was shot at by a Secret…
Harris Would Ban Paying Disabled Workers Less Than Minimum Wage—Except in Prison
Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in North Carolina. Josh Brown/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Earlier this month, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign dropped an issues page detailing the Democratic candidate’s priorities if elected. One brief but important point: Harris’ platform…
The Truth About Trump’s Biggest Abortion Lie
Abaca Press/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In her latest video, Mother Jones video creator Kat Abughazaleh traces the history of former President Donald Trump’s dangerous lie that some states allow parents to “execute” babies in so-called “post-birth abortions.” “You can look at…
Ted Cruz Touted the Endorsement of an Activist Who Supported Killing “Abortionists”
Mother Jones illustration; Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In 2015, as Sen. Ted Cruz mounted a competitive presidential campaign and courted the religious right ahead of the Iowa caucuses, the Texas Republican touted the support of a controversial anti-abortion crusader.…