Judge Rejects Trump’s Request for a Mistrial in E. Jean Carroll Case
In this courtroom sketch, E. Jean Carroll, right, is cross examined by Former President Donald Trump’s defense attorney Joe Tacopina, left, in federal court in New York, Thursday, April 27, 2023. Trump’s lawyer went on the attack Thursday against writer Carroll’s claims that she was raped by Trump in the 1990s, using cross examination to…
Joe Biden Made a “Dark Brandon” Joke at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Killing the Meme for Good
Joe Biden as ‘Dark Brandon’ during the White House Correspondents’ Association on April 29. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Joe Biden, for those fortunate enough to have missed it, made a “Dark Brandon” joke Saturday night at the White House Correspondent’s dinner. This…
Maybe Becoming President Takes More Than Just Being a Dick
DeSantis, complaining about Disney World at April 14, 2023 press conference.Joe Burbank/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The success of Donald Trump, an asshole who became president, created a fallacy: Americans want an asshole as their president. This misapprehension greatly appeals, of course, to…
$30K and a Cushy Italian Trip From a Clout-Chasing Law School? “Fantastico!” Says Gorsuch
Eric Lee/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Conservative Supreme Court justices padded their salaries and took gigs abroad that one critic likened to “all-expenses-paid vacations, with a little teaching thrown in,” courtesy of a law school that used access to the justices to boost…
Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon Are Reportedly Texting Buds Now
Brian Cahn/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Could a blossoming kinship, forged in the fire of unceremonious dismissals on the same day, be developing between Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon? Maybe. That’s one of the big takeaways from Brian Stelter, who reports for Vanity Fair…
Despite Pleas From Nonbinary Son, Montana Governor Signs Anti-Trans Bill Banning Care
Thom Bridge/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, Montana joined an alarming number of states to ban gender-affirming health care for minors when its Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, signed a bill that had been condemned as “unconscionable” by the state’s first openly transgender…