Trump-Appointed Judge Halts Part of Alabama’s Extreme Anti-Trans Law
Representative Neil Rafferty, Alabama House District 54, speaking last year at the #LoveALTransYouth press conference in Montgomery, Alabama.Andrea Mabry/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A federal judge in Alabama has temporarily blocked part of a law that makes it a felony…
Clarence Thomas Is Very Worried That the SCOTUS Leak Will Damage the Court
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas takes his seat during a Federalist Society event in Florida in 2020.Octavio Jones/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday that the high court’s reputation had been permanently damaged by the recent leak…
Trump Hotel Sale Was Partially Financed by Trump-Friendly Bank
Workers cover the signage for the Trump International Hotel before removing it Wednesday night.Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.When Donald Trump sold his luxury DC hotel this week, the new owners agreed to fork over a surprising amount of…
Republicans, the Party of Family Values, Suggest Migrant Babies Should Be Starved
Bill Clark/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Until this week, Republicans, like Democrats and the general public, were largely unaware of the nationwide baby formula shortage. But eager to feed the outrage machine, the GOP is now parlaying the shortage into…
Why Do Social Media Platforms Keep Removing Posts About Safe and Legal Abortion Pills?
Oliver Douliery/AFP/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Not all the 39 patients who asked Christie Pitney for abortion pills last week were pregnant. Some had IUDs or were on birth control, and they wanted to have the pills—an extremely safe, FDA-approved…
China Just Put Another Nail in the Coffin of Freedom in Hong Kong
From left, Cardinal Joseph Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, professor Hui Po-keung, and singer Denise Ho at a 2021 press conference. All were arrested by Chinese authorities last week.HK01/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In the nearly two years since the Chinese…