The January 6 Committee Subpoenaed Roger Stone’s Phone Records
Roger Stone speaking in Washington on January 5, 2021.Caroline Brehman/CQ via ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone said Thursday that he is suing the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on Congress after learning that…
How a Hard-Right European Group Tried to Manipulate Kenyan Political Discourse on Twitter
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Historically, colonial impulses were initially carried out with the backing of big, imperial nation-states. But private groups are also players. Erik Prince of Blackwater fame proposed taking over American operations in Afghanistan with his…
The Fall of Kabul Through the Eyes of the Women Who Survived It
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Since November, I have spent most of my days sitting in various rooms just a short drive from my Maryland home with newly arrived Afghan families, those fortunate enough to have made it through the bloodied Kabul…
Is It Amnesia or Hypocrisy That Fuels the GOP’s Crazy Response to Putin?
Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak at the White House on May 10, 2017.Russian Foreign Ministry Photo/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the midst of an international crisis created by…
A Fugitive Chinese Tycoon Met Steve Bannon. Misinformation Mayhem Ensued.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On June 3, a collection of some of the right’s most prominent purveyors of election-fraud lies and coronavirus misinformation congregated in the window-lined observatory atop One World Trade Center, with views of the Hudson River and Manhattan’s…
Republicans Aren’t Even Pretending They’ll Make Your Life Better Anymore
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaking at a press conference in Washington, DC, this month.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In 2016, Donald Trump became president by appealing to white people who resented both people of color and billionaires. Trump’s economic populism was…