Columbia Students Start New Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Mother Jones; Stephanie Keith/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Friday evening, dozens of student activists at Columbia University started another tent encampment on the campus, in an effort to disrupt the university’s upcoming alumni weekend. As Israel’s ground invasion of Rafah continues,…
“Make Them Pay”—The Far Right Responds to Trump’s Conviction
Mother Jones; Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the wake of Donald Trump’s conviction yesterday, far-right influencers have taken to Twitter to express their dismay—and desire for revenge. While some have simply urged Trump supporters to show their support at…
Steve Bannon Isn’t On Trial. But He Keeps Coming Up in a MAGA Mogul’s Fraud Case.
Mother Jones; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty; David Dee Delgado/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, prosecutors in the federal trial of fugitive Chinese mogul Guo Wengui introduced a video that, they said, marked the precise moment Guo began executing a massive fraud against backers…
Biden Announces New Ceasefire Proposal, Urges Israel to “Step Back”
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. President Biden on Friday announced a new three-stage deal to end Israel’s military operations in Gaza, adding that it was “time for the suffering to stop.” “At this point, Hamas is no longer capable of carrying…
Convicted Felon Rambles Through Greatest Hits of Grievances, Falsehoods, and Legal Nonsense
Julia Nikhinson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Speaking from his beloved Trump Tower in Manhattan—where nearly nine years ago he descended an escalator and launched his presidential campaign—Donald Trump on Friday rambled through a litany of complaints. Having just been found guilty on…
These Clergy Abuse Survivors Had a Chance to Find Justice. Then Their Diocese Filed for Bankruptcy.
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When Teresa Lancaster was a teenager in the 1970s, she was raped by a chaplain at her Catholic high school in Baltimore. But when she and another survivor, Jean Wehner, sued the chaplain and the diocese…