An Iranian Official Says the Country Has Disbanded Its Morality Police After Months of Fierce Protests
December 3, 2022: Protesters wave a non-sectional Iranian flag on Capitol Hill. Protesters marched for an 11th week in a row in Washington, D.C. to express solidarity with the ongoing resistance movement in Iran. Kyle Anderson/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.An Iranian…
Colorado Investigators Mystified by Dozens of Cattle Deaths
Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Investigators in Colorado have been left baffled after dozens of cattle inexplicably dropped dead in a remote corner of the state. The mystery has triggered a wave of US press coverage, with the New York Post running a headline…
Donald Trump Just Weighed In on “#Twittergate”—and I Really Wish He Hadn’t
Rafael Henrique/SOPA/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday afternoon, Substack writer Matt Taibbi tweeted what he called “The Twitter Files,” a series of internal documents he says he obtained from sources at the social media company. The documents appear to show internal conversations…
The US Men’s Soccer Team Lost Today, but the Women Won Big
The United States’ team celebrates after winning the Women’s World Cup in France in 2019Francisco Seco/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United States is out of the men’s World Cup. The US team was eliminated from the tournament after getting trounced by the…
Walker, Warnock, and the Epic Battle for Georgia’s Soul
Mother Jones illustration; Justin Sullivan/Getty; Brandon Bell/Getty; Mateus Campos Felipe Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.So. Much. Prayer. Kicking off debates, woven into speeches, and emanating from pulpits serving as campaign pit stops, God is everywhere in the Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent Sen.…
“Mr. Trump Explicitly Sanctioning Tax Fraud! That’s What This Document Shows!”
José Luis Villegas/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Manhattan prosecutors on Friday flatly accused Donald Trump of helping executives at his companies commit tax fraud. The allegations came during closing arguments of a trial in which the ex-president’s businesses are charged with allowing key employees…