New Gun Charges Are Hunter Biden’s Latest Legal Problem
Hunter Biden leaves federal in Wilmington on July 26, 2023.Saquan Stimpson/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Hunter Biden with lying about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018. The three-count indictment is the latest twist in…
How Right-Wing Groups Are Plotting To Implement Trump’s Authoritarianism
A representative of Project 2025, a conservative operation preparing for a possible Trump presidency, was recruiting supporters at the Iowa State Fair last month. Charlie Neibergall/AP Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and…
Wisconsin Republicans Are Taking Desperate Steps to Subvert Fair Elections in 2024
Meagan Wolfe, left, and Janet ProtasiewiczMother Jones illustration; AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Republicans in the Wisconsin state senate voted to oust the nonpartisan administrator of the state’s election commission, Meagan Wolfe, in a bid to give election deniers and conspiracy…
Trump Says He’s Received Lucrative Offers to Buy His Properties
President Donald Trump waves to protesters while playing golf at Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, July 14, 2018.Peter Morrison/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump says he’s recently received potentially lucrative offers for some of his most iconic properties, and he’s confident he…
Why the Most Important Doctors Are the Least Well Paid
Islenia Mil Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For nearly three years of med school, I teased my friends who wanted to specialize in surgery. I’d heard stories of tantrums in the operating room, of residents too tired to be friendly, much less teach. But…
With Nothing on Joe Biden, Republicans Move Toward Impeaching Him Anyway
President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden on June 25, 2023.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Over the last nine months, House Republicans have assembled a decent case that Hunter Biden should not be the president of the United States. Joe Biden,…