The Big Lie Is Tearing Wisconsin’s GOP Apart
State Rep. Timothy Ramthun listens to Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address in February.Andy Manis/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Even if most Republicans still think Donald Trump was the real winner of the 2020 presidential race, they seem, by…
There’s Still No Penalty for Shamelessness
Tony Gutierrez/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Ken Paxton was never going to have an easy re-election campaign. The Texas Republican attorney general, who filed a lawsuit in 2020 that would have overturned the presidential election by throwing out the electoral votes…
Starbucks Called Its Flagship Stores a Metaphor for the Company. Now They’re Trying to Unionize.
Baristas working at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in New York on its opening day in 2018.Richard B. Levine/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Starbucks Roastery in Manhattan exists because Starbucks founder Howard Schultz wanted to build a Willy Wonka-inspired coffee factory. The…
Kamala Harris Promises “Unprecedented” Sanctions If Russia Invades Ukraine
US Vice President Kamala Harris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on SaturdayAndrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In an address to the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris said that the attendees had convened amid the most “dire…
Michigan Republicans Were Asked About a Landmark Contraception Case. Their Answers Were “Terrifying.”
Protesters at a 2015 demonstration outside the Supreme CourtCharles Dharapak/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The final question from the audience at Friday night’s debate for the Republican candidates for Michigan attorney general was as straightforward as it gets: “How do each…
Kim Potter, Ex-Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright, Given 16-Month Sentence
Daunte Wright’s parents Arbuey and Katie react after Kim Potter’s sentencing Friday. Nicole Neri/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This morning a Hennepin County judge sentenced Kim Potter—the police officer who shot and killed a 20-year old Black man named Daunte Wright last…