Ginni Thomas Admits She Attended January 6 Stop the Steal Rally
Clarence and Virginia Thomas arrive for the State Dinner hosted by United States President Donald J. Trump and First lady Melania TrumRon Sachs/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, admitted for the first…
Exclusive: Former Top Kremlin Official Who Chairs Global Chess Federation Decries Russia’s War on Ukraine
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Two weeks ago, the world’s top chess authorities voted to sharply rebuke Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The unanimous decision by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban Russians from competing under their own flag, and…
The Amazon Rainforest May Be Reaching a Point of No Return
Ralf Hirschberger/picture-alliance/dpa/AP 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 Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2020, the Covid pandemic slowed down just about everything—save for deforestation of the Amazon. That year, Brazil lost almost 15 square miles of vegetation…
Kyiv’s Mayor, With Russian Forces Nearing: “We’re Ready to Fight”
Kyiv mayor Vitali KlitschkoSERGEI SUPINSKY/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.If and when Russian forces surround the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the city is “ready to fight,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday. “Russian forces are roughly 15…
An American Journalist Is the Latest Casualty of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
Journalist and filmmaker Brent RenaudJimi Celeste/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.American journalist Brent Renaud was shot and killed while reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a town outside of Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. His colleague, photographer Juan…
Leaked Kremlin Memo to Russian Media: It Is “Essential” to Feature Tucker Carlson
Mother Jones; Tucker Carlson Tonight/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On March 3, as Russian military forces bombed Ukrainian cities as part of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of his neighbor, the Kremlin sent out talking points to state-friendly media outlets with a…