Some Takeaways From The Most Boring Republican Probably Running for President
John C. Clark/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin appeared on CNN for an education-themed town hall with Jake Tapper, where concerned citizens directly asked the Republican, a likely contender for the party’s presidential nomination, questions on everything from…
State Legislatures Are Cracking Down on Foreign Land Ownership
High Country News/Library of Congress This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Chinese surveillance balloon seen over Montana in January riled up state legislatures and got them asking the question: How much control should foreign countries have over US land and natural resources? Senate…
Joe Biden’s New Tax Plan Is Ambitious—and Wildly Optimistic
President Biden takes questions from reporters on Thursday, March 9, 2023.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Joe Biden’s latest budget, not surprisingly, is pretty pie-in-the-sky. Presidential budgets are wish lists, after all, statements of priorities that throw down the gauntlet for the other…
Four Miles Downwind From East Palestine
The view of the smoke funneling up from the controlled burn, as seen from a drone on Dave Anderson’s farm.Dave Anderson This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last month had slid off the tracks seven minutes…
Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn’t
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Modern conservatives love to own the libs by supporting people who claim they’ve been “canceled.” Yet Kyle Rittenhouse can’t seem to draw a crowd, no matter how many times he gets shut down. In January, Rittenhouse headlined the Rally…
Alaska Natives Beg Biden to Halt Massive Oil Project
Inupiat wildlife guide Robert Thompson speaks at a protest near the White House on March 3, 2023.Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto via AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Environmental and Indigenous activists rallied outside the White House last Friday, calling on President Joe Biden to reject a…