How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In his snug campaign office in suburban Milwaukee, located in a shopping plaza next to a dentist and an acupuncturist, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers scans the brightly colored maps that hang on the walls. They depict the tortuously shaped…
Arizona GOP Candidate Kari Lake Airs an Ad Featuring a Homophobic and Extremist Pastor
Arizona Republican nominee for governor Kari Lake gestures to the crowd during a stop on her ‘Ask Me Anything Tour’ at Chauncey Social in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mario Tama/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It’s an ordinary and straightforward negative ad. A local businessman in…
“I Don’t Care If It Costs Me the Next Election. I’m Going to Do What’s Right.”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Because it is a Tuesday, Gisele Fetterman is working her usual shift at the Free Store she established 10 years ago in a repurposed and festively painted shipping container, where residents of Braddock, Pennsylvania can pick up no-cost food,…
This Supreme Court Term Is All About White Grievance
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.From Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, to the deadly white nationalist riot in Charlottesville, to Fox News’ fear mongering over critical race theory, white grievance has become an animating force on the right. Now, it has officially arrived…
The Trump Organization Goes on Trial Tomorrow for “Sweeping and Audacious” Tax Fraud
US President-elect Donald Trump along with his son Donald, Jr., arrive for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York, as Allen Weisselberg (C), chief financial officer of The Trump, looks on January 11, 2017Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the…
Trump and Biden Make Clear That They’d Like to Run Again—Despite Voters’ Wishes
US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden squaring off during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020.Jim Watson and Saul Loeb / AFP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and…