Biden Asks Americans to Vote for Democracy—But Is Voting Enough?
Doug Mills/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A few hours before President Joe Biden delivered his fiery speech calling former President Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans” representatives of “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic,” Trump went on a conservative…
Ron DeSantis Scapegoats Former Felons With Voter Fraud Allegations
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the Broward County Courthouse.Joe Raedle/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made a spectacle of a press conference to announce the arrest of 20 people with felony convictions…
Sarah Palin Is Taking a Few Pages From Trump’s Election Lies Playbook
While her opponents were campaigning in Alaska, Palin was taking center stage in Dallas.LM Otero/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Decked out in sequins, a GOP-red blazer, and a necklace with a star of David that led some observers to wonder if she had converted…
Kansas Just Showed Us How to Win the Fight to Protect Abortion Rights
Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the first time since a five-member majority of the US Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion in late June, the future of abortion rights was on the…
True the Vote Raised Millions to Combat Voter Fraud—But No One Really Knows Where the Money Went
This article was produced Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, which is a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Sign up to get their investigations emailed to you directly. Over the last two presidential election cycles, True the Vote has raised millions in donations with claims that it discovered tide-turning voter fraud. It’s promised to release its evidence. It never has. …
Draft Order Would Have Given Armed Trump Supporters Power to Seize Voting Data
Donald Trump arrives at a rally on January 06, 2021.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.As MAGA-world scrambled in November 2020 to concoct claims that the presidential election had been stolen, a business associate of Mike Lindell—the My Pillow executive…