Clarence Thomas Is How the Conservative Legal Movement Works
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, ProPublica dropped a major new story about Clarence Thomas’ relationship with Texas conservative megadonor Harlan Crow. In addition to inviting the Supreme Court justice on expensive vacations on his superyacht, buying Thomas’ mother’s house,…
Johns Hopkins Said It Canceled Its ICE Contracts. Then, It Opened New Ones With Customs and Border Protection.
Mother Jones; Wikipedia; Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In September 2019, after more than a year of protests, Johns Hopkins University announced that it would end its contracts with the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The contracts totaled…
The Proud Boys Have Already Moved Onto Their Next Target: LGBTQ Events
Members of far-right group Proud Boys protest against a Drag Story Hour outside the Queens Public Library on December 29, 2022 in New York.Yuki Iwamura/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, four members of the extremist group the Proud Boys were found…
The Colorado River Wars Are Based on Bad Math
This story, an edited excerpt from the video above, was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. California and Arizona are currently fighting each other over water from the Colorado River. But this isn’t new—it’s actually been going on for over 100 years. At one point, the states literally went to war…
Nevada Election Conspiracist Jim Marchant Is Running for Senate
Evangelical pastor Jimmy Morales, left, prays over Jim Marchant at the Las Vegas launch event for Marchant’s Senate campaign.John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Republican Jim Marchant moved to Las Vegas in 2003 after his business career ended in financial ruin, but he…
Is Anyone Really Listening to E. Jean Carroll?
Mother Jones; Luiz C. Ribeiro/NY Daily News/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Is Donald Trump a rapist? The question is at the center of E. Jean Carroll’s civil suit against the former president, in which the writer and former advice columnist accuses him of…