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Democrats Seem Set on Rushing Joe Biden’s Nomination. Republicans Are Thrilled.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As Republican delegates convene in a red, white, and blue balloon-filled Milwaukee arena to formally nominate Donald Trump as their presidential nominee, Democrats are at a crossroads about their own nominating process. While...
Peter Navarro to RNC: “I Went To Prison So You Won’t Have To”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Straight from jail, Peter Navarro told the Republican National Convention Wednesday: “I went to prison so you won’t have to.”. The former Trump White House trade advisor, who peddled phony election...
Another Likely Casualty of the Latest Supreme Court Rulings: The Taxman
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Just when the IRS was starting to get its mojo back, the Supreme Court had to go and throw a wrench into the works. By now, most civic-minded Americans will have heard about...
Global Warming Is Making Our Days Longer
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet. The phenomenon is a striking demonstration...
Moms for Liberty Have Had a Rough Year. They’re Still RNC Darlings.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the second day of the Republican National Convention, I made my way back to Milwaukee’s symphony hall to attend a town hall hosted by the conservative parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty. This wasn’t my first Moms for Liberty event—I’ve attended the annual summits for the past two years. Back in 2022, Betsy DeVos, who served as former President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education, delivered the line that got the loudest applause. “While I know that everything we did was with the interest of kids in mind and policies that would really give as much power back to the states and local communities as we possibly could,” she said, “I personally think the Department of Education should not exist.”
MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Found Guilty in Massive Fraud Case
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A jury has convicted Guo Wengui—an exiled Chinese billionaire with a devoted following of thousands of Chinese emigres—of multiple felonies in his sprawling fraud trial. Guo, who has deep ties to the MAGA movement, was convicted on nine of 11 counts presented by prosecutors.
Trump Got Shot With an AR-15. Don’t Expect His Party to Support a Ban.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday morning, just a few days after a lone 20-year-old climbed a roof in Butler, Pennsylvania, shot former President Donald Trump in the ear, and killed one person using an AR-15 rifle, attendees of the Republican National Convention were gathered in a swank hotel room to hear members of Congress and the Trump campaign talk about protecting the rights of gun owners. In a normal world, the event, organized by the US Concealed Carry Association, may have faced some criticism for being in poor taste, taking place, as it did, within days of the attack on Trump.
A Day After Biden Said Israel Should Not Bomb “Civilian Areas,” Israel Bombed a Civilian Area
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On July 12th, President Joe Biden filmed what may be his most candid conversation on his support for Israel since the October 7th attack by Hamas and the following 10-month military campaign by the United States ally that has killed over 38,000 Palestinians.
Rudy Giuliani, Who Called for “Trial by Combat” on January 6, Blames Democrats for Stoking Violence
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Rudy Giuliani has a message for Democrats: Their rhetoric, especially President Joe Biden’s, has been “an invitation of violence.”. Democrats “get away with murder because there’s a two-tier system of justice,”...
Senator Bob Menendez Convicted on All Counts in Bribery Trial
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A jury found New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez guilty on all counts on Tuesday afternoon, marking the end of the powerful lawmaker’s two-month corruption trial. Federal prosecutors had accused Menendez of accepting...
The DNC’s Plan to Force Biden’s Nomination Is Everything People Hate About the DNC
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Amid high anxiety and an internal rebellion over his ability to beat Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has remained defiant, even daring his skeptics to “challenge” him at the Democratic National Convention next month.
Tucker Carlson Warned an RNC Crowd of a “Spiritual Battle”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Toward the end of the sweltering first day of the Republican National Convention yesterday, I hiked a few blocks away from the red-clad crowds and MAGA merch to Milwaukee’s ornate symphony hall. There, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson was going to deliver the keynote address at a daylong “Policy Fest” hosted by the arch-conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation. Earlier in the day, participants were able to attend sessions covering the border, the Department of Defense, the economy, and of course, Project 2025, the 920-page political roadmap for the next Trump administration that the think tank helped draft. On the other hand, Carlson, who now hosts a show on his own network, had a much broader remit: The title of his presentation was “The Good Life.”
The Gaza Pier Is a $320 Million Symbol of the Biden Administration’s “Ineffectiveness”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In early March, President Joe Biden announced that the United States would build a floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea to bring humanitarian aid to Gazans. At the time, the administration heralded it as enabling “a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into Gaza every day.” But last Thursday, Pentagon officials announced that the pier—which was estimated to cost $320 million—would be shut down; despite grand plans, since its installation in May, it has only been operational for about 20 days, according to the Guardian.
What Happens When a Right-Wing Presidential Candidate Is Attacked?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It didn’t take long for the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania to galvanize right-wing politicians and supporters of former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. About a month before the election in 2018, Bolsonaro, then the frontrunner, was stabbed on the campaign trail. While Trump seems to have recovered from the shot in the ear, his Brazilian counterpart had to undergo a colostomy and several abdominal surgeries in the aftermath of the stabbing.
Which Office Is Kari Lake Running For Exactly?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, the Republican National Convention will hear from Kari Lake, the party’s 2022 nominee for governor of Arizona who is now the frontrunner in the state’s Republican primary for US Senate. Lake is one of the MAGA movement’s biggest stars, and she is running in one of the year’s most high-profile races. If she can make it out of the primary on July 30, she’ll face Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in a contest that will help determine which party controls the Senate.
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