Former Oath Keepers Spokesman Set to Testify at January 6 Hearing
Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes in Washington on June 25, 2017. His former associate, Jason Van Tatenhove, is scheduled to testify before the January 6 committee.Susan Walsh/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A former spokesman for the Oath Keepers militia group…
Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed at Protecting Abortion Rights
President Joe Biden signs an executive order on abortion access on July 8. From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco look on.Evan Vucci/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.President…
America’s Top Anti-War Think Tank Is Fracturing Over Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers move a US-supplied M777 howitzer in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on June 18, 2022.Efrem Lukatsky/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Two prominent figures have resigned in protest from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft—the only major think tank to…
Putin “Rubbing Hands With Glee” After EU Classifies Gas as Green Energy
Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The European parliament has backed plans to label gas and nuclear energy as “green,” rejecting appeals from prominent Ukrainians and climate activists that the proposals are a gift to Vladimir Putin. One senior member said the…
Let’s Travel to a Magical Land Where a Party Stands Up to Its Buffoonish Leader
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson caves to reality.ALPR/AdMedia/MediaPunch/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Trump-BoJo comparisons were always fun but ultimately a bit facile. The cartoonish hair. The buffoonish act. The lying. The shameless pursuit of self-promotion at any cost. Both…
Global Dismay After Supreme Court Handicaps Biden’s Climate Goals
President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with leaders of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate.Michael Reynolds/ Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden’s election triggered a global surge in optimism that the climate crisis would, finally, be decisively confronted.…