Iowa Republican Introduces Bill to Put Cameras in Every Public School Classroom
Joe Raedle/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Amid the ongoing Republican freakout over Critical Race Theory and the teaching of other supposedly objectionable material in public schools, an Iowa Republican has introduced a bill that would take the policing of the state’s…
Chinese Police Manhandle a Reporter During a Live Olympics Broadcast
Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.One moment Dutch journalist Sjoerd den Daas was reporting live from outside the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing. The next he was being “forcibly pulled” by a plainclothes security officer while another one blocked the…
A Virginia Judge Just Stymied Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Anti-Mask Efforts
Gov. Glenn YoungkinSteven Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The score stands at Virginia Schools 1, Gov. Glenn Youngkin 0, after a judge ruled on Friday that school boards may disregard—for now—Youngkin’s attempt to ban student mask mandates. Virginia Circuit Court Judge…
Pence Refutes Trump: “I Had No Right to Overturn the Election”
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a speech on Friday, former Vice President Mike Pence pushed back on his former running mate with…
Republicans Formally Censure Cheney and Kinzinger for Investigating January 6
Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam KinzingerJ. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.“In the lowest deep, a lower deep/ Still threat’ning to devour me, opens wide,” says Satan in Book IV of Paradise Lost. This could also be said of the…
Minneapolis Police Killed Amir Locke in a No-Knock Raid—After the City Promised to Ban Them
The scene outside an apartment building in downtown Minneapolis, where police killed Amir Locke in a no-knock raidRichard Tsong-Taatari/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Early on Wednesday morning, a Minneapolis police officer working as part of a SWAT team shot and killed…