Arizona GOP Candidate Mark Finchem Nurtures Ties to Extremists Engaged in Voter Intimidation
Mark Finchem at former President Donald Trump’s Save America rally at the Canyon Moon Ranch in Florence, Arizona.Christopher Brown/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If Mark Finchem, the Republican candidate for secretary of state in Arizona and a QAnon-friendly election denialist who was recently…
Trump’s Worst Nightmare Is Here: Someone Will Sit and Watch Every One of His Business Moves
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Sioux City, Iowa. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A New York judge on Thursday evening ordered that an independent financial monitor be appointed to keep tabs on Donald…
The Future of Abortion Is Up for Grabs in These States on Tuesday
Erin Lefevre/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. States have the power to establish rights for their residents that surpass those guaranteed in the Constitution. California’s Proposition 1 and Vermont’s Proposal 5 would explicitly add abortion rights to their state constitutions—an additional safeguard where abortion access…
The Internet Is Full of Predators. Omegle Lets You Meet Them.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Content warning: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse. The two girls at the sleepover huddled together on the bed, passing the cell phone around. They took turns glancing at the screen, fascinated and unsettled by what they…
Abortion Is on the Ballot in Arizona. Only One Party Wants to Talk About It.
Arizona Republicans Blake Masters, Nancy Barto, and Kari Lake have expressed support for a complete ban on abortions in the state.Mother Jones illustration; Gage Skidmore/Zuma and Christopher Brown/Zuma (2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When a draft of the Supreme Court ruling that would…
My School District’s Trans Sports Ban Is the Blueprint for Yours
Mother Jones illustration; Samuel Metz/AP, Larry Deklinski/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Oliver Wenditz, who goes by Ollie, catches me up on the goings-on at my old school in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Though we’re separated by close to 20 years, we adore the…