The Worst People on the Planet Are Cheering the Reelection of Hungary’s Authoritarian Leader
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (C, Front) speaks to supporters at a rally in Budapest, Hungary, on April 3, 2022.Attila Volgyi/Xinhua/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Last night, Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán took the stage to crow about his fourth…
Many People Have Thoughts About Biden’s Off-Script Putin Remarks
President Joe Biden meets refugees of Russia’s war with Ukraine at PGE Narodowy Stadium on March 26, 2022, in Warsaw, Poland.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It was no surprise that Biden’s scripted speech on Saturday from Warsaw,…
Biden Says Putin “Cannot Remain in Power.” The White House Says He Didn’t Mean It.
President Joe Biden delivers a speech about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Warsaw.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Joe Biden appeared on Saturday to urge the ouster of Russian President Vladimir…
How Wellness Influencers Became Cheerleaders for Putin’s War
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Until a few weeks ago, the Instagram influencer Kimberly Lynn had rarely dabbled in international affairs. With her long fuchsia and magenta dyed hair pulled up into a bun, she regularly updated her 20,000 followers about her…
An Expert Weighs in on Ukraine Bioweapons Lab Conspiracy
Russia’s Vladimir Putin.Kremlin Pool/Russian Look via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The New York Times ran a piece Wednesday about US right-wingers parroting Kremlin talking points and swapping pro-Russian conspiracy theories with Moscow—most notably the unproven claim that the US government…
How Trump and His Crew Boost Putin’s Disinformation
President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin together at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019. Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Editor’s note: This essay by David Corn first appeared in his newsletter, Our Land. But we wanted to make…