United States Orders All But Key Personnel to Leave Embassy in Ukraine
A boy plays with snow while local residents conduct military defense training in Kyiv, Ukraine, last month.Efrem Lukatsky/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The State Department has ordered all but a “core team” to leave its embassy in Ukraine, the New York…
Jacob Frey Is a Liar
Mother Jones illustration; Alex Kormann/Star Tribune/AP, Chris Tuite/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last Friday Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey announced a moratorium on no-knock warrants, the tactic that led to officer Mark Hanneman shooting and killing Amir Locke. It was the second…
Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Before dawn on January 30, Regina Anne Bateson, a resident of Ottawa, Canada, loaded her skis into her car and headed out to one of her favorite cross-country trails. She was looking forward to some solitude—she rarely…
Seven Schools in Oakland Are Closing. Here’s Why Students and Parents Are Mad as Hell.
Students, teachers, and parents walked out of Westlake Middle School and marched to Oakland Unified School District offices to protest its consideration for closure by the district in Oakland, California, on February 1.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones…
Report: Virginia Deputy Attorney General Resigns Over Praise of January 6 Rioters
JT/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A Virginia deputy attorney general who oversaw election issues in the state resigned after a Washington Post investigation revealed she had used her Facebook account to spread various election conspiracy theories and praise the January…
Can Trump Be Barred for Running for President Because He Flushed Papers Down a Toilet?
Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The latest Donald Trump scandal is about as surprising as finding mold on pizza left in the fridge for a month. A few days ago, the Washington Post revealed that when Trump…