Amy Coney Barrett and Mitch McConnell Want You to Believe the Unbelievable
Timothy D. Easley/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Barrett on Sunday responded to critics blasting the high court as hyperpartisan in the wake of its refusal to stop Texas’ near-total abortion ban earlier this month. And…
Pro-Trump Doctors Invoke Civil Rights in Bid to Overturn New York’s Vaccine Mandate
Dr. Simone Gold of the controversial America’s Frontline Doctors group, speaks to the crowd at the pro-Trump Freedom Tour U.S.A. rally in Sacramento on September 19th, 2020. Ron Lyon/ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.African Americans have among the highest COVID-19…
Justice Breyer: “I Don’t Intend to Die on the Court”
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Steven Senne/AP Photo Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been on something of a media blitz this past week, giving a series of well-publicized interviews about his new book, The Authority of…
As the US Fled Kabul, Its Final Airstrike May Have Targeted an Innocent Man
The car targeted by the US’s August 29 strike.Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A blockbuster New York Times investigation released late on Friday used security camera footage and witness testimony to poke holes in the official US military account of a retaliatory…
Biden Calls for Unity in 9/11 Remembrance Video
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Joe Biden called on Americans to find unity and strength in a solemn, six-and-a-half minute pre-recorded address commemorating the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. After 9/11, he said, Americans “saw something all…
California to Become First State to Ban Nonconsensual Condom Removal—or “Stealthing”
picture alliance/Contributor/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.California is on the cusp of becoming the first state to outlaw “stealthing,” the depressingly common practice of removing a condom during sex without verbal consent. Earlier this week, lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a…