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.…
Maybe We Should Be Talking More About the Trump Coup Memo
Trump’s rally on Jan. 6, 2021Carol Guzy/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.There was big news this week on what is known ominously and euphemistically as “the democracy beat,” and like all such news, it was bad. On Tuesday, CNN published a…
Phony Arizona Election “Audit” Reveals Nothing About 2020 Electoral Votes
Trump supporters protest outside the Maricopa County elections center in November 2020.Christopher Brown/ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The so-called audit of Arizona’s 2020 presidential election results led by state Republican lawmakers was never a credible audit, and in spirit it was…