Trump World Reportedly Flirts With a Return to Mandatory Military Service
Trump, alleged draft-dodger, arriving at a US base in Tokyo during his first trip to Japan in 2017.The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Despite Trump’s alleged draft-dodging in his youth, the former president’s acolytes are reportedly flirting with a return to…
Kyle Rittenhouse, Killer of Two, Cheers as Supreme Court Ends Bump Stock Ban
Kyle RittenhouseSipa USA via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Gun rights activist Kyle Rittenhouse wants you to know that he’s very pleased with the Supreme Court, after the justices on Friday overturned a federal ban on bump stocks—devices that are attached to…
MAGA Youth Activist Charlie Kirk’s Big Conservative Shindig Is Full of Old Folks
Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, and Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, speak at Turning Point Action’s “People’s Convention” on June 14, 2024.Adam Dewey/NurPhoto via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Turning Point USA, which casts…
Catholic Bishops Finally Apologize for Church’s Role in Harming Kids at Indigenous Boarding Schools
Students at Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, take part in a Christmas Nativity play.From “Shadows of Sherman Institute,” by Cliff Trafzer, Jeffrey Smith, Lorene Sisquoc. Photo courtesy of Sherman Indian Museum Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, which…
This Week’s Episode of Reveal: 40 Acres and a Lie (Part 1 of 3)
Michael Johnson Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Patricia Bailey’s four-bedroom home sits high among the trees in lush Edisto Island, South Carolina. It’s a peaceful place where her body healed from multiple sclerosis. It’s also the source of her generational wealth. Bailey built…
Citing Health Concerns, Some Jewish New Yorkers Push Back Against Proposed Mask Ban
A masked subway rider in New YorkRichard B. Levine/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The day after the North Carolina legislature passed a bill restricting the use of masks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul alarmed disability rights advocates when she announced that she…