Donald Trump Ridicules Kamala Harris’ Chuckle, Maybe Because He Almost Never Laughs
Erin Schaff/The New York Times/AP; Anthony Behar/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “You can tell a lot by a laugh,” Donald Trump told supporters the other day, reviving a weird and arguably very sexist right-wing criticism of his new White House rival, Kamala…
Kamala Harris Is Running as the Prosecutor Taking on Trump
In the first official speech of her campaign for the presidency, Vice President Harris cut a stark contrast to former President Trump.Dominic Gwinn/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Vice President Kamala Harris’ days as a courtroom prosecutor are long behind her. But in…
Federal Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Ohio Law that Limited Voters With Disabilities
Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday, a federal court struck down restrictions on an Ohio law that made it a felony for a non-family member to help return a disabled person’s absentee ballot to a mailbox or dropbox. Other…
For Kamala Harris, Black Women Are Already a Crucial Fundraising Force
Black women are already proving to be a strong and enthusiastic fundraising base for Vice President Kamala Harris. Mother Jones; Greg Hauenstein / SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday night, more than 40,000 Black women reportedly gathered on…
Trump’s Sons Keep Falsely Blaming Democrats for the Assassination Attempt
At the 2024 GOP convention in MilwaukeeTom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Since a 20-year-old gunman opened fire more than a week ago at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the FBI has conducted hundreds of interviews and scrutinized…
GOP Lawmakers Now Blame Women for Trump’s Assassination Attempt
Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Even after the attempted assassination of their presidential candidate, the GOP remains focused on being shitty: During a House Oversight Committee hearing Monday, several GOP representatives blamed Donald Trump’s assassination attempt on the Secret Service…