Trump’s Obsession With Revenge: A Big Post-Verdict Danger
Julia Nikhinson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Three days after a New York City jury turned Donald Trump into the first former president branded a felon, the onetime reality television host told Fox News, “My revenge will be success.” This above-the-fray rhetoric was…
Disability Advocates are Winning the Right to Plain Language Voting
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When Daniel Francis enters a voting booth, ballot measures can be very anxiety-inducing: many are above his reading level. “If it’s using words that I don’t understand, I just kind of rush on to answer,…
Disgraced General Michael Flynn Has Made a New Movie—About Himself
Mother Jones; Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. To hear Michael Flynn tell it, he belongs in the pantheon of great American martyrs alongside President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leaders who spoke truth to power and…
Sure, Biden’s Climate Policy Could Be Better, but Consider What a Second Trump Term Would Be Like
US President Joe Biden speaking at COP27.Maged Helal/U.S. Embassy/Zuma This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This April, at a steak dinner with oil and gas executives at the Mar-a-Lago Club, in Florida, former President Donald Trump made a request backed by a hefty promise: If…
Biden Suggests Netanyahu May Be Dragging Out War for Political Gain
Amir Cohen/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In one of his most pointed criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yet, President Biden suggested that the Israeli leader may be dragging out the war in Gaza for his political benefit. “There is every…
Biden Announces New Border Crackdown
President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to the southern border. Valerie Gonzalez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, the Biden administration issued a new sweeping executive order further limiting access to asylum at the US-Mexico border. The long-anticipated move, which…