Either Way, Kamala Harris Can Help Beat Trump
Sen. Kamala Harris during a town hall in Detroit on May 6Paul Sancya/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Vice President Kamala Harris does not enjoy being compared to Barack Obama. It was an easy association to make 15 years ago, when both were…
Biden Tells Congressional Democrats He’s Not Going Anywhere
Biden is staying defiant and refusing to drop out of the race for the presidency—despite growing calls from Congressional Democrats to do so.Kyle Mazza/SOPA/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. President Biden has a message for the growing number of Democrats raising concerns about…
Schiff, Murphy Express Alarm Over Biden: He Should Be “Mopping the Floor With Donald Trump”
The two top Democrats joined a growing list of party faithful going public with concerns over Biden’s candidacy.Ting Shen/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As the crisis over President Biden’s candidacy following a disastrous debate performance extends into a second week, more top…
Trump Tries to Distance Himself From Project 2025—the Far Right’s Playbook for a Second Term
Robin Rayne/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. My colleague David Corn recently wrote about Project 2025, a public plan crafted by the Heritage Foundation with help from prominent Trump world officials that, if implemented, would essentially destroy the country’s system of checks and…
Plastics Makers Tout “a World Without Waste.” But what Does That Mean?
Plastic bottles packed together in a recycling plant.Imago via ZUMA Press This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the time it takes you to read this sentence—say, four seconds—the world produces nearly 60 metric tons of plastic, almost entirely out of fossil fuels. That’s about 53,000 metric tons…
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig Calls for Biden to Drop Out
Bonnie Cash/Pool/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. More than a week after a disastrous debate, President Joe Biden sat down with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News to answer some of the tough questions his performance raised about his ability to run for office.…