A Fed up Georgia Official Systematically Destroyed Trump’s Taped Election Allegations, One by One
TNS/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.One day after audio leaked of Donald Trump begging Georgia’s secretary of state to somehow “find” enough votes to overturn the state’s election results, a top Georgia election official systematically…
Trump, Turmoil, and 2020: Our MoJo Podcast Team Replays the Year’s Defining Moments
Aaron Jackendoff, Nicolas Roses, Jason Whitman/AP, Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A disease, global in reach but intimate in its cruelty. A nation plunged into economic ruin. A president raging and incompetent. Society’s unforgiving disparities…
A Pro-Trump Voting “Expert” Was Questioned About His Data. It Did Not Go Well for Him.
Matt Braynard, a onetime Trump campaign operative, has produced analyses of the 2020 vote in swing states that claim massive amounts of illegal votes were cast. He has testified alongside Rudy Giuliani, as the the personal lawyer for Donald Trump crusades to overturn the election. Braynard’s work has been cited in a number of GOP lawsuits seeking to…
Georgia Republicans Are Using Fake Claims of Fraud to Make It Harder to Vote
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on November 30 in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On November 30, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, held a press…
Georgia Didn’t Turn Blue Overnight. Just Ask the State’s Newest Member of Congress Nikema Williams.
If Nikema Williams knew November 13, 2018, would end the way it did, she says she would’ve worn a different outfit. That morning, donning a printed dress, red jacket, heeled boots, and a multistrand pearl set, the Georgia state senator said goodbye to her husband, made plans to pick up their 3-year-old later that afternoon,…
Runoff Elections in Georgia Are Disasters for Democrats. Here’s Why This Time Is Different.
Raphael Warnock greets Stacey Abrams during a campaign event in Atlanta on November 3.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On November 16, 2018, when she ended her bid to become…