It’s Nearly Halloween, So Of Course Republicans Are Freaking Out About Drug-Laced Skittles
Conservatives are erroneously warning of fentanyl in Halloween candy.Angela Watts/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, the Heritage Foundation tweeted a warning to parents: “The cartels are stuffing Skittles bags with deadly fentanyl,” the conservative thinktank wrote. “Happy Halloween from the Biden…
“There Should Be Consequences for People Who Undermine Our Democracy and Peddle the Big Lie”
Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto. John Locher; Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The day before early voting started in the battleground state of Nevada, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto surrounded herself with Republicans and called out her…
An Appeals Court Has Temporarily Paused Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Delaware State. Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a federal appeals court issued a stay temporarily pausing the sweeping student debt relief plan President Joe Biden announced in August. The Eighth…
A Group of Former Trump Aides Is Behind Racist and False Anti-Immigrant Ads
Former adviser to former President Donald Trump, Stephen Miller. Joel Martinez/The Monitor/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Baseball fans in California and Pennsylvania watching the playoffs last Saturday had to sit through commercial breaks that included racist, xenophobic ads filled with misleading and false…
Liz Truss’ Reign Only Lasted 45 Days, But These Montages Will Last Forever
Arne Dedert/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Liz Truss announced that, after only serving 45 days, she will be stepping down as the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Truss made history as one of the shortest-serving world leaders. But during her time,…
January 6 Committee Formally Subpoenas Donald Trump
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol issued a subpoena for testimony and documents from former president Donald Trump, ordering him to appear before a panel of lawmakers…