Cowardice Is No Longer an Excuse
Mother Jones illustration; Michael Conroy/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.As gun violence ravages communities and the country reels from a string of horrific mass shootings, Americans have been left with an all-too-familiar question: Will our lawmakers finally do something to…
Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Is Removed From North Carolina Voter Rolls
Patrick Semansky/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has been removed from the North Carolina voter rolls amid an ongoing investigation to determine whether he committed voter fraud in the 2020 election. “The Macon County…
A Surge in Ballot Rejections Across Texas Hit Houston’s Black Voters Hard
Voters outside a polling place in Houston, casting ballots in the March 1, 2022, primary elections.Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The GOP’s effort to suppress the vote in Texas caused a substantial hike in the…
Report: Mark Meadows Registered to Vote Somewhere He Might Not Have Lived
Former Donald Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. In his memoir, The Chief’s Chief, published almost a year into Joe Biden’s presidency, Mark Meadows voiced concern about voter fraud, heavily implying that it had…
States of Denial: A Guide to Some of the GOP’s Most Brazen Attacks on Voting Rights and Elections
From left: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Gableman, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantisMother Jones illustration Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Ahead of the midterms, Republicans have launched a full-scale assault on the election system. Fueled by the…
Wisconsin Supreme Court Allows Ban on Ballot Drop Boxes in April Election
Voters using a drop box in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, last September to drop off early voting ballots for the 2020 presidential election.Mark Hertzberg/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to allow a lower court order to stand…