There’s A Flurry of Studies Trashing the Democrats’ Tax Agenda. They Have Corporate and GOP Dark Money Ties.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), and Sen. John Barrasso, (R-Wyo.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It’s no surprise Republicans hate the taxes…
DHS Secretary Says What We’ve All Been Thinking: The Immigration System Is “Completely Broken”
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Speaking with candor on Meet the Press on Sunday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas acknowledged that “we are working in a completely broken system.” No kidding. After a week in which Border…
Democrats Are Living in Different Realities When It Comes to Passing Biden’s Agenda
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in Washington on September 23, 2021.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Joe Biden has bet his legacy on a sweeping economic agenda that now awaits action in the House of Representatives. But on the…
The “Most Important Question” on Earth: How Soon Will China Quit Coal?
A Chinese power plant.Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The pledge by China’s president, Xi Jinping, on Tuesday to cease building new coal-fired power projects outside the country…
How a Mysterious Russian Businessman Got His Picture Taken With Donald Trump
Donald Trump campaigns in Aston, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, on September 22, 2016.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Monday, the Justice Department announced the indictment of two Republican operatives for allegedly funneling $25,000 from a Russian citizen to Donald Trump’s campaign…
Joe Biden Is Down to Tax the Richest of the Rich. Congress? Not So Much.
Adam Fagen/Flickr Creative Commons Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.According to a story from the New York Times earlier this week, the Biden administration is pushing stats based on an “unconventional” methodology to show that American billionaires aren’t paying their fair share of taxes.…