Meet the Ebola Doctor Who Trump Viciously Attacked on Twitter
Dr. Craig Spencer speaking at a conference on infectious diseases in 2016.Diana Quintela/Atlantico Press/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In November 2014, Dr. Craig Spencer walked out of New York’s Bellevue Hospital cured of Ebola. He was the last American diagnosed with the disease in the US. During the nearly three…
How Trial by Skype Became the Norm in Immigration Court
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rob DobiTess Feldman stood in an empty San Francisco courtroom, facing a three-foot-wide television screen. “Good morning!” she shouted toward a camera connected to the TV. “Can you hear me?” A stunned-looking man in an orange prison jumpsuit appeared on screen. An inmate at the Mesa…
Quote of the Day: Just Tell Them
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of something Donald Trump told Billy Bush a few years ago: People will just believe you. You just tell them and they believe you. Remember this. It explains a lot that would otherwise seem mysterious.
Donald Trump Is Trying to Ruin Someone Who’s Annoyed Him. It’s Barely Worth a Shrug.
Dennis Van Tine/Avalon via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In just the past couple of days, Donald Trump has produced such a storm of horseshit that I never even got around to noting this story from the Washington Post: President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan…
It’s Just Another Lazy Sunday in Bizarro World
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I was out all last night and got home around 7 am. I immediately rolled into bed and then woke up at the crack of lunchtime. I took a shower, went out for lunch, got my car washed, and then picked up…
Hillary Clinton Talks About Trump, Facts, and Fascism in Yale Speech
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today, Hillary Clinton delivered Yale University’s annual Class Day speech, urging the Class of ’18 to keep organizing to roll back the “full-fledged crisis in our democracy.” But before she got serious, she kicked things off with a dig at a scandal-embroiled political adversary who…