Justice Department Moves to Unseal Trump Search Warrant at Mar-a-Lago
Greg Nash/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Department of Justice has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant executed by the FBI earlier this week at former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday. In a brief…
The Chinese Exclusion Act May Be in the Past, But Racism Still Drives Most Immigration Policies
German federal police officers guide a group of migrants between Austria and Germany.Kerstin Joensson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act, which prohibited the immigration of workers from China for 10 years, became law in the United States. It was the…
Medical Boards That Can Strip Abortion Providers of Licenses Are Stacked With Republican Donors
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2010, a group of anti-choice activists sent several complaints to Iowa’s medical board, demanding the agency end a popular telemedicine abortion program. Run by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, the program helped patients in rural…
A Photo Tour of Donald Trump’s Incredibly Bad, Shitshow Week
Even against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s historically bad weeks—which over the years have earned labels ranging from trainwrecks driven off cliffs to “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad”—this week manages to outdo itself. On Monday, the FBI searched Trump’s Palm Beach residence, Mar-a-Lago. Then, Trump’s longstanding efforts to shield his tax returns looked shaky after the DC…
“It’s Potentially Illegal”: As Crypto Crashed, Coinbase Stopped Some Notifications
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Back in November 2021, cryptocurrencies, which saw a huge surge during most of the pandemic, suddenly began to nosedive. Joe Hovde, a New York-based data scientist, decided that this might be his moment to buy…
Republicans Are Now Parroting Trump’s Attacks on “Woke” Generals
Mother Jones illustration; Michael Brochstein/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday, the New Yorker reported that Donald Trump once asked his chief of staff, retired Marine Corps General John Kelly, “You fucking generals, why can’t you be like the German generals?” “Which generals?”…