Let’s Hold the Applause for Tesla’s Brake Update
Tesla Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, Consumer Reports announced that they couldn’t recommend the Tesla Model 3 because it had lousy brakes: The Tesla’s stopping distance of 152 feet from 60 mph was far worse than any contemporary car we’ve tested and about 7 feet longer than the…
Trump Is Deploying the Same PR Strategy on Russia He Used to Defeat Clinton
Brian Cahn/Zuma Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the second episode of the Mother Jones Podcast, released Wednesday morning, Washington Bureau Chief David Corn explains just how familiar President Donald Trump’s aggressive anti-“deep state” messaging campaign really is: It’s the same PR playbook he used to beat Hillary Clinton.…
Ambien Hits Back at Roseanne: “Racism Is Not a Known Side Effect”
Kristin Callahan/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The manufacturer of Ambien is pushing back against Roseanne Barr’s attempt to blame the drug for a racist tweet she published and deleted Tuesday. “People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around…
Trump on Roseanne: No One Has Struggled in Life as Much as I, Donald J Trump, Have Struggled
© Ron Sachs/Pool/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Yesterday: Q Sarah, the President has been a big supporter of Roseanne Barr. What is his and the White House’s reaction to her comments today and to ABC’s decision to cancel her show? MS. SANDERS: Look, as you know, the…
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens Just Resigned
Laurie Skrivan/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Facing allegations of sexual assault, a felony charge, and the looming threat of impeachment, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens resigned on Tuesday. “This ordeal has been designed to cause an incredible amount of strain on my family,” Greitens said at a press conference.…
Prominent Russian Journalist and Putin Critic Gunned Down in Kiev
Arkady BabchenkoJoerg Carstensen/Zumapress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Arkady Babchenko, a prominent Russian journalist, author, and a longtime Putin detractor who fled Russia in February 2017, was fatally shot outside his apartment on Tuesday in Kiev, Ukraine. The wounded Babchenko was found by his wife and died in an ambulance…