In a New York Courtroom, Donald Trump Meets Michael Cohen
Former President Donald Trump talks to the media during a break of his civil business fraud trial on Tuesday.AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On a contentious, crowded day in court, Michael Cohen—Donald Trump’s disgraced former attorney and fixer—took aim at his old…
Andrew Cuomo’s Former Right-Hand Woman Is Going After His Accusers
Mary Altaffer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s former right-hand woman, Melissa DeRosa, is out with a new memoir today in which DeRosa, who served as secretary to the governor, doubles down on her former boss’s claims that he…
Former Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Joins Guilty Plea Parade in Georgia
Mother Jones; Fulton County Sheriff’s Office/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for Donald Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty Tuesday in the sprawling Georgia criminal prosecution surrounding Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Ellis is now the fourth defendant—and third attorney—to…
How the 47-Percent Video Drove Mitt Romney to Depression and Nearly Out of the 2012 Race
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.During the 2012 presidential campaign, when I obtained and posted a secretly recorded video of GOP nominee Mitt Romney deriding 47 percent of Americans as shiftless freeloaders who don’t “take personal responsibility and care for their…
The UAW Is Going After One of the Big Three’s Key Money Makers
A United Auto Workers members picket near a Stellantis parts-distribution center.Mike Stewart/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United Auto Workers Union is ramping up its unprecedented strike against the nation’s three major automakers and hitting one company where it hurts: pickup trucks. On…
Sugarcane Burning Is a Plague on These Black Floridians
A sugar cane field burning near Canal Point, Florida. Friends of the Everglades This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Christine Louis-Jeune knew she was home when she saw ash falling from the sky and onto her windshield. She hadn’t been back to her central Florida hometown…