The White House Doesn’t Want To Hear From Larry Summers
Larry Summers at the White House in 2009.Charles Dharapak/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Economist Larry Summers has been the kingpin of every economic calamity Democrats have weathered over the last three decades. But Barack Obama’s…
The GOP Is Seriously Ridiculous. And Ridiculously Dangerous.
Gaetz gazes at McCarthy on the House floorJim Lo Scalzo/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Now that former president Donald Trump has lost his gigantic megaphone, some members of the Republican Party have stepped in to…
Dominion Voting Lawyer Suggests OAN May Be Next for a Mega-Lawsuit
Michael Lindell, inventor of the ”MyPillow” at the White House in January. Chris KleponisPOOL/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.One America News Network, the hyper-Trumpy rightwing media outlet, might have just won itself a $1.3 billion…
Humans Are Walloping Sea Creatures With Deadly, Disorienting Noise
A white beluga whale and her calf. Nagoya, Japan, 2004.AFP/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A natural ocean soundscape is fundamental…
From Our Archives, Billy Bragg Is “Redder Than Ever”
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Each Friday, we bring you a piece from our archives to help propel you into the weekend. One of Billy Bragg’s most overtly socialist albums is The Internationale, from 1990. It…
Letting People Out of Prison to Avoid COVID Isn’t That Controversial
A woman wearing a mask takes part in a vigil outside Queensboro Correctional Facility on April 23, 2020Johannes Eisele/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A new poll indicates widespread public support for releasing some prisoners early…