From Dumb to Terrifying, Here Are Some Unhinged Responses to the FBI Raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Trump hanging out in Palm Beach in December 2020. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The dust had hardly settled from the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago on Monday when a thunderous chorus of Republican lawmakers, rabid Trump zealots, two prominent Andrews, and pundits of all…
The Carried Interest Loophole Is Going to Outlast Us All
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Bain Capital co-founder Mitt RomneyTom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Sunday, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act on a party-line vote, sending the domestic policy package to the House for final passage. Barring…
The January 6 Rudy Giuliani Mystery
A video of Rudy Giuliani is displayed on a screen at a hearing of House select committee investigating the January 6 riot.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Editor’s note: This column by David Corn first appeared in his newsletter, Our Land. But we wanted to make sure as many readers as possible have a chance to see it. Our Land is written by…
What Happened to Royce White?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It is a brisk April evening in downtown Minneapolis. A haphazard crowd of about 20 people gathers. Some carry American flags. A homily from the mid-20th century Catholic archbishop Fulton Sheen—famous for bringing the Word of the Lord to…
She Questioned Disabled People’s Right to Vote. Now, She’s Running to Be a Chief Election Official.
Kim Crockett speaks during the first day of the Minnesota State Republican Convention on May 13, 2022.Glen Stubbe/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kim Crockett, the leading Republican candidate for Minnesota’s Secretary of State, questioned in 2020 whether people who are disabled should…
At Long Last, the Senate Has Passed Sweeping Climate Legislation
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference in which Democratic Senators were demanding passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.Allison Bailey/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After years of stagnant climate policy, months of excruciating political negotiations, and a marathon weekend…