Lauren Boebert’s Restaurant—Which I Went to and Honestly Kinda Sucked—Closes
Lauren Boebert outside Shooters Grill on Election Day in 2020McKenzie Lange/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Shooters Grill, Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) Rifle, Colorado restaurant where servers are encouraged to open carry firearms, closed its doors on…
Health Care Workers: What Policy Changes Has Your Employer Made Since Roe v. Wade Was Overturned?
Pro-choice demonstrators, including Emma Harris, left, and Ellie Small, center, both students at George Washington University gather in front of the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington, DC.Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to…
Clarence Thomas Wants to End Marriage Equality. He Has Two Different Strategies to Do It.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion last month, Justice Clarence Thomas…
Texas Claimed It “Fixed” Its Power Grid, but It Doesn’t Seem That Way
The sun sets behind transmission lines in Texas on July 11.Nick Wagner/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Once again, Texas’ ability to keep electricity flowing to its nearly 30 million residents is in doubt: Searing heat waves, and the heightened energy use…
What Democratic Efforts to Protect Abortion Rights and “Titanic” Have in Common
Sen. Patty Murray, (D-Wash.) oversees a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Watching the abortion hearings held on Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee and…
“The West Wing Is UNHINGED”
Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Two of the most important days in Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election arguably were December 18 and 19. That’s when Trump sought to take the kooky coup…