Let’s Break Down All the Lies in Elon Musk’s False Tweet About Noncitizens Voting
Elon Musk presents Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award.PCM/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, Elon Musk posted a lengthy diatribe about Democrats being the real “threat to democracy.” In his tweet, Musk claimed that Democrats are flying “asylum…
Want to See How Fast the Politics of Abortion Are Changing? Pay Attention to Arizona.
A ballot measure supporter attends a rally at the Arizona State Capitol in June.Rebecca Noble/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On a quiet Saturday morning in June, a few days before their deadline to collect signatures for a referendum to enshrine…
Pride and Prejudice in JD Vance Country
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Editor’s note: Eight years ago, on the eve of the 2016 election, Mother Jones published a story by Arlie Russell Hochschild, a renowned sociologist who had spent five years interviewing a group of white Southern conservatives to understand…
The Southeast Is Reeling in the Wake of Hurricane Helene
An American flag flies over the destroyed city hall in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on Saturday.Stephen Smith/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc across the Southeast over the past several days, leaving more than 60…
CBS Moderators Won’t Fact-Check the VP Debate
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) will face off Tuesday night in a debate without live fact-checking, according to network host CBS.AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. At Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Gov. Tim…
The AI Boom Has Raised Hopes for a Nuclear Comeback
Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit 1, located in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, in Pennsylvania, generates 852 megawatts of clean, safe and reliable electricity for more than 800,000 homes. In 2009, Three Mile Island Unit 1 received a 20 year extension to the plant’s operating license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. With license extension, Three…