What GOP Lawmakers Were Up to Today: Shoving, Chasing, and Threatening to Brawl
Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As House Speaker Mike Johnson makes progress in his first test to avoid a government shutdown, his predecessor, the historically humiliating Kevin McCarthy, is being accused of shoving a fellow congressman in a “clean shot to the…
FBI Raids Home of Prominent Bureau Whistleblower
Beata Zawrzel/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Federal agents on Monday raided the Los Angeles-area home of an FBI whistleblower who has alleged that bureau higher-ups thwarted an investigation of Rudy Giuliani, two sources said. The whistleblower, FBI agent Johnathan Buma, has said that…
Dissent Is Growing: US Officials Sign Letter Protesting Biden’s Israel Policies
President Biden meets with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia in the Oval Office on Nov. 13, 2023.Al Drago/Pool CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than 400 federal officials sent President Joe Biden a letter today protesting his support for Israel and demanding he call…
Texas Board of Education Urged to Reject Climate-Accurate Textbooks
Retired school teacher Anthony Bruner testifies before the Texas Board of Education public during a public hearing raising objections to proposed history books.Eric Gay/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just a week after Texas voters approved billions of dollars to build new gas-fired power plants,…
Supreme Court Finally Adopts a Code of Ethics. But It Has No Teeth.
Charles Dharapak/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will adopt a first-ever code of ethics, bowing to intense public pressure to do so amid multiple reports of disclosure failures and justices receiving improper gifts. But the move,…
Trump Campaign Defends Nazi-Era “Vermin” Threat With…Another Incendiary Threat
At a Veterans Day rally, Trump called his opponents “vermin”–a term scholars say harkens back to the dark history of the Nazis’ genocidal campaign against Jewish people.Cj Gunther/EFE via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump is once again comparing his political…