Tom Emmer Didn’t Help Trump Steal the 2020 Election. It’s Payback Time.
Matthew Putney/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After Republicans finally dethroned Jim Jordan as their speaker of the House nominee Friday, GOP eyes turned to Rep. Tom Emmer. The Minnesota congressman seemed like the natural choice: He engineered his party’s successful effort to retake…
Military Supplies, Border Security, and (Much Less) Aid: Biden Pushes $106 Billion Spending Bill
President Joe Biden addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Thursday.Yuri Gripas/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve a $106 billion proposal that would mostly benefit Ukrainian and Israeli war and defense efforts. The administration wants…
How Donald Trump and Jared Kushner Overlooked the Key to Middle East Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with then-President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan after signing the Abraham Accords in September 2020.Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On September…
Trump Ally Kenneth Chesebro Pleads Guilty in Georgia Fake Electors Case
Sidney Powell and Kenneth ChesebroFulton County Sheriff’s Office/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Kenneth Chesebro, an architect of the fake electors plot Donald Trump used to try to steal the 2020 election, pleaded guilty in Fulton Country, Georgia, Friday to a felony count of conspiracy…
Utilities Have Been Lying to us About Gas Stoves Since the 1970s
Michael Bocchieri/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One-third of American kitchens have gas stoves—and evidence is piling up that they’re polluting homes with toxic chemicals. A study this summer found that using a single gas stove burner on high can raise levels of cancer-causing benzene above…
Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor
Residents of a Central Romana batey in 2021.Pedro Farais-Nardi Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Americans pulling into the luxury Caribbean resort town of Juan Dolio could have easily passed as tourists. Dressed in jeans and tennis shoes, they set up at a hotel…