Herschel Walker Called on Biden to Take a Mental Fitness Exam. But He Won’t Do the Same.
Bill Clark/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A few days ago, I wrote a piece noting that Georgia Republican Senate contender Herschel Walker, who faces Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnoff in a December 6 runoff, owes Peach State voters the release of his medical…
Reefer Sadness: Why So Many Recreational Pot Measures Failed This Year
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In America, people like pot. About 68 percent of the country supports the legalization of recreational marijuana—including more than 80 percent of Democrats and more than 50 percent of Republicans. About half of the country…
GOP Operative Convicted of Funneling Russian Money to Trump Campaign
AP Photo/ Evan Vucci Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jesse Benton, a longtime conservative operative, was convicted Thursday on six campaign finance charges stemming from his role in a scheme to help a Russian businessman get into an exclusive meeting with Donald Trump during…
Adam Frisch Concedes to Lauren Boebert
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Lauren Boebert, the Republican Colorado congresswoman who has relentlessly courted controversy since taking office in 2020, appears to have secured reelection by a razor-thin margin. Her opponent, Democrat Adam Frisch, announced Friday that he had…
There’s Still One Dangerous Election Denier on the Cusp of Power
Abe Hamadeh campaigns to be the next attorney general of Arizona in Tucson on July 31, 2022. Christopher Brown/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It was for good reason that the media gave considerable attention to the election-denying campaign of Arizona’s Trump-loving Republican candidate…
Georgia Is Limiting Early Voting—Partly Because of a Holiday Honoring Robert E. Lee
Mother Jones illustration; Bob Brown/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Update: On the afternoon of Nov. 18, the Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court ruled that Georgia counties may allow early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26, citing the “absence of settled law” on the issue.…