Was the Anti-Abortion Influence Campaign an Open Secret at the Supreme Court?
Eric Lee/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, the Reverend Robert Schenck testified before Congress about the anti-abortion influence campaign he ran targeting the Supreme Court, recounting the bombshell revelations that have clouded the highest court in scandal first reported in November by the…
The House Just Voted to Protect Gay Marriage
Jose Luis Magana, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a vote Thursday morning, the House passed a bill that would enshrine same-sex and interracial marriage in federal law. All Democrats voted for the bill, as did 39 Republicans. Democrats pushed the legislation after Supreme…
Brittney Griner Released From Russian Penal Colony in Prisoner Swap
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that Brittney Griner is finally free. After 293 days in Russia detention and months of painstaking negotiations, the WNBA star—who had been sentenced to nearly a decade in a Russian…
“An Abyss of Fear and Wild Lawlessness”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Signs of the Russian presence linger everywhere in the recently liberated southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. In shops, vendors still sell “Crimea” brand lemonade, made in Russia. Hanging from billboards are exhortations that “Russians and Ukrainians are one people”—old-fashioned…
UN Environment Chief Warns of a Biodiversity Apocalypse
Inger Andersen, Director General of the UN Environment Programme.Martin Sylvest / Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The UN’s environment chief has warned that “we are at war with nature” and must “make peace,” as countries gather at Cop15 in Montreal to agree a deal…
An Old Ally of Marco Rubio Was Just Arrested on Charges of Lobbying for Venezuela
Tom Williams/ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Once again, there are a series of tricky questions headed for Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) about his relationship with former Republican congressman David Rivera. On Monday, Rivera, a “longtime pal” of Rubio, was arrested on charges…