JD Vance Reiterates False Claim That Democrats “Tried to Kill” Trump
Vance introducing Trump at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Aug. 3, 2024Ben Gray/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Campaigning in Atlanta on Saturday, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance blamed Democrats without any evidence for the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. In…
Elon Musk’s X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
Deepfakes of Vice President Kamala Harris are proliferating on X.Photo illustration; Rafael Henrique/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. For the second time in less than two weeks, a doctored video of Vice President Kamala Harris has spread widely on Elon Musk’s social media…
The Harris Campaign Is Now Actively Courting Republicans
The Harris campaign launched an effort on Sunday with the goal of attracting Republican voters.Brian Cahn/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Harris campaign, in its short existence, has already activated several key groups of voters—foremost women, who were among those who gathered…
Thank God Google Pulled That Awful and Depressing AI Ad
Courtesy Google Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It was about this time last week when I first saw that ad for Gemini, Google’s new artificial-intelligence chatbot. If you’ve been watching much of the Paris Olympics, you know the one I’m thinking of. The…
An Arizona Voter Fraud Activist Is on the Verge of Winning a Critical County Office
David Lara speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 17.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The news got a bit buried, with so much going on in national politics, but Tuesday was a bad night for Republicans who have stood…
Rideshare to Vote? Not So Easy When You’re Disabled.
Richard Vogel/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In 2020, Sharon Giovinazzo, who is blind as a complication of multiple sclerosis, wanted to vote independently—and in person. She knew that electronic voting machines in Little Rock, Arkansas, then her home, were her only option.…