The Rise and Fall of Stop the Steal’s Favorite Conference
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The video was exceptionally violent even for a pro-Trump meme. With his face superimposed over that of Colin Firth from the 2014 movie Kingsman: The Secret Service, Donald Trump strides through the “Church of Fake News” and plunges a spear…
Yes, January 6 Was a Heavily Armed Insurrection
Mother Jones; Getty; AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Two years after the January 6 disaster, evidence continues building that numerous extremists went to Washington that day armed with guns, tactical gear, and other weapons. The mass attack on Congress incited by Donald Trump…
Brazil’s Biggest Soap Opera Right Now? The George Santos Scandal.
Newly elected Republican Rep. George Santos Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The spiral of lies disseminated by newly elected Republican Rep. George Santos of New York has made him a political and social pariah and object of relentless scrutiny. Since the New York Times’…
Amid Fresh New Trump Attacks, Biden Will Honor Georgia Election Workers
Jacquelyn Martin/ Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Joe Biden on Friday, the two-year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, will award Presidential Citizens Medals to twelve individuals, including law enforcement officials who suffered injuries from the violence…
Corporate America Condemned the January 6 Riot—Then Went Right Back to Funding Election Deniers
Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Getty; Wikimedia Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Two years after President Donald Trump incited a mob to storm the US Capitol and halt the certification of the Electoral College results, the January 6 insurrection is still a live wire in American…
New York Teams Up With the Feds to Sue Subprime Auto King
Screen grab from “the Don Foss Story”YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If billionaire Don Foss were still alive, he’d have a big problem on his hands. On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a joint…