Why Donald Trump’s Plan to Stop Taxing Tips Is a Lame Political Stunt
Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Getty (3) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. As president, Donald Trump’s tax policy heavily favored corporations and the wealthy. Trump’s signature tax legislation, the Tax…
Fox’s Racist, Sexist Attacks on Kamala Aren’t Landing. Yet.
Mother Jones; ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “Cackling,” “ho,” “ditzy,” “bimbo,” “DEI Vice President.” These are the classy terms right-wing media has used to caricature Kamala Harris over the last four years. Following President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, the possibility of…
While Biden Defended His Candidacy, Donald Trump Hung Out With Viktor Orbán
Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USAOlivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One bright spot for President Joe Biden as he defended his decision to remain in the presidential race at his first news conference following the debate was foreign policy, an area Biden proved…
In the US, Counting the Dead in Gaza Has Become a Gruesome Political Game
Palestinians mourn the death of their relatives at the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah on July 1, 2024, following Israeli bombardments in the central Gaza Strip.Omar Ashtawy/APA Images/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On July 5, the Lancet, one of the most…
Project 2025 Is Twisting Disability Rights Law to Attack Abortion
Gina M Randazzo/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s guidebook for Republican control of the presidency and Congress, is, unsurprisingly, coming for abortion rights. But in a new twist, they want to use a key disability rights law to…
AOC Wants to Impeach SCOTUS Justices Thomas and Alito
AOC is taking on SCOTUS.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas removed from the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the congresswoman filed articles of impeachment against the two justices, alleging in a…