Overturning Roe Is a Big Win for the Global Far-Right
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the Summit of the Americas.Evan Vucci/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On the day the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and did away with the 1973 precedent establishing the constitutional right to an…
The MAGA Grocery King of Southwest Florida
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.It’s the day before spring, but in Naples, Florida, a summer-strength sun is searing a regional park as flags flap and music pounds. The event is Patriot Fest 2022, a country concert, county fair, and far-right…
Indicted Conspiracy Theorist Tina Peters Loses GOP Primary to Run Colorado’s Elections
David Zalubowski, File/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In a win for democracy, Tina Peters—a county clerk who was indicted this year on numerous charges related to her pursuit of election conspiracy theories—has lost the Colorado Republican nomination for secretary of…
Cassidy Hutchinson Gave the Testimony We Needed 15 Months Ago
Rod Lamkey/CNP via ZUMA Press Wire Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the January 6th committee on Tuesday was extraordinary. Hutchinson, formerly a senior aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, had a ringside seat to…
Trump Allegedly Attacked His Own Secret Service Agent. That Wasn’t Even Tuesday’s Biggest News.
Mother Jones illustration; House Select Committee/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In a sense, Secret Service agent Bobby Engel spoke for most Americans when he reportedly told President Donald Trump, on January 6, 2021: “Take your hand off the steering wheel.”…
This Democrat Wrote a Water Recycling Law. It Could Benefit Her Financially.
Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.)Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/ZUMA As a member of Congress from the nation’s driest state, Rep. Susie Lee has a major stake in the health of the Colorado River Basin, which is currently enduring historic drought. “Nevadans’ access to clean water from Lake Mead is in danger,” she tweeted in July 2021. In office,…