A Tax Guru Explains Why Donald Trump May Finally Be in Trouble
zz/KGC-375/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the Republican nominee in 2016, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he, like every other Oval Office contender in recent memory, would release his tax returns. As we now know, he likely had no intention of doing…
Brazil Just Had Its January 6. It Wasn’t Hard to See It Coming.
Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro clash with security forces. Joedson Alves/Anadolu Agency/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.RIO DE JANEIRO – On January 1, 2023, a photograph of newly inaugurated Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, walking up the access ramp to Palácio…
Of Course Steve Bannon and January 6 Fans Are Cheering on the Brazilian Insurrection
Steve Bannon is backing Brazilians attacking their Congress.Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Steve Bannon and others involved in the January 6, 2021 attack on Congress lauded supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro as they stormed government buildings in their capital on…
Seige Is Over After Extreme Right-Wing Bolsonaro Supporters Stormed Brazilian Capital
Supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro clash with the police during a demonstration outside the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on January 8, 2023.Photo by Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In scenes reminiscent of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol…
The House GOP Is All Revved Up to Investigate the Investigators
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., last week in the House chamber while McCarthy tried to convince Jordan and other hardliners to back him. Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Fueled by anger over the federal law enforcement investigation…
McCarthy’s Day One Plan: Gut the Office of Congressional Ethics
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., points to the newly installed nameplate at his office after he was sworn in as speaker of the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After…