How the War in Gaza Makes Life Nearly Impossible for Disabled People
Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last December, UNICEF reported that two and a half months into Israel’s offensive in Gaza, at least a thousand children lost one or both of their legs. As more Palestinians become disabled, their risks expand.…
Steve Bannon Swaps His Podcast Studio for a Prison Cell
Steve Bannon at the 2023 CPAC conference, in National Harbor, Maryland.Mark Peterson/Redux Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It was a Tuesday morning in May and the mood on War Room, Steve Bannon’s twice-daily talk show, was characteristically grim. “The pre-kinetic part of the…
“The President Is Now a King”: The Most Blistering Lines From Dissents in the Trump Immunity Case
Mother Jones; Carolyn Kaster/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In response to the Supreme Court’s momentous decision ruling that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for “official” acts, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson issued blistering dissents. They blasted the reasoning…
The Supreme Court Just Put Trump Above the Law
Justin Lane/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that presidents have broad criminal immunity for official acts, effectively placing the presidency beyond the reach of criminal law for the first time in the country’s history. The 6-3 decision…
Steve Bannon Has a Lot to Say Before Going to Prison Monday
Steve Bannon speaks at the Turning Point USA ”People’s Convention,” in Detroit, MichiganDominic Gwinn/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Donald Trump confidante and far-right agitator Steve Bannon talks for nearly four hours most days of the week on his show, War…
Polls Show Nearly Half of Democrats Believe Biden Should Drop Out
The first presidential debate between US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the CNN studio in Atlanta. Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Over the past year, voters have consistently said that they believe…