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Sen. Rick Scott Says He’s a China Hawk. But He’s Made Lots of Money With China-Related Investments

Mother Jones; Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP; Getty In November, ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sen. Rick Scott...

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Trump’s Trial Marks the Return of “Individual-1”

Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. Michael Nagle/Pool/Getty The...

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Why a Porn Star-Payoff Is Exactly the Right First Criminal Trial for Donald Trump

Mother Jones; Lev Radin/Sipa USA/AP, Markus Schreiber/AP Out of the four criminal cases that Donald Trump faces, the one scheduled to begin on Monday...

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RFK Jr. Fundraisers Tied to J6ers, QAnoners, Christian Nationalists, and Far-Right Extremists

Mother Jones; Laura Brett/Zuma; Paul Sancya/AP, Jose Luis Magana/AP On March 23, Steve and Tracy Slepcevic hosted a fundraiser for independent...

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Donald Trump and the United States of Amnesia

Donald Trump speaks at a political rally at Dayton International Airport in November 2022. Michael Conroy/AP Editor’s note:  The below...

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It’s a Good Time to Start Worrying About Christian Nationalism

Members of the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist group that has engaged in political violence, raise a cross on January 6, 2021, at the Michigan State Capitol...

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Here Are the Only Swing Voters You Need to Care About in 2024

Mother Jones illustration; Getty Donald Trump’s criminal cases. Joe Biden’s age. The wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Migrants at the border. Food...

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Trump Considers Adding Paul Manafort—a “Grave Counterintelligence Threat”—to His Campaign

Paul Manafort, center, arrives in court in New York in July 2019. Seth Wenig/AP From the Nothing Matters News Desk comes this report: Donald Trump is...

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Justice Ginsburg’s Family Decries Bestowing RBG Award on Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch

Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gestures to students before she speaks at Amherst College on October 3, 2019. Jessica Hill/AP On...

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House Hearing Spotlights Special Counsel Robert Hur’s Sleazy Assault on Biden

Former special counsel Robert K. Hur watches a video of President Joe Biden during the House Judiciary Committee hearing about his report on Biden's...

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Trump’s Back on Top. This Is Not Fine.

Editor’s note:  The below article  first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the...

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Joe Biden Got the Job Done

Mother Jones illustration; Shawn Thew/EFE/ZUMA For over an hour on Thursday night, during the State of the Union address, President Joe Biden...

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Biden Should Go Dark Brandon at Tonight’s State of the Union

President Biden puts on sunglasses as he makes a joke about becoming "Dark Brandon" during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on April...

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It Can Happen Here

Donald Trump speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on February 23. Allison Bailey/AP ...

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The Smirnov Affair: MAGA Republicans Are Useful Idiots for Russian Intelligence

Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP In June 2020, a businessman and fixer named Alexander Smirnov, who was also...

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Why Trump’s Sleaziest Criminal Case Is So Important

Donald Trump appears at a Manhattan criminal court on February 15, 2024, for a hearing in his porn-star/hush-money case. Brendan McDermid/AP ...

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Joe Biden’s Age Is an Issue. So Is How the Media Cover It.

Mother Jones; Michael Brochstein/Zuma Editor’s note:  The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The...

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Here Are the Best Lines in the Court Decision Blasting Trump’s Immunity Claim

zz/KGC-375/STAR MAX/IPx/Associated Press On Tuesday morning, a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, told Donald Trump to get lost. That is, it...

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A Major Polling Firm Has Signed Up to Help Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Campaign

Mother Jones illustration; Adam Davis/EFE/ZUMA In early December, John Zogby, a prominent American pollster, appeared on Sky News Australia, as he...

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Is Biden Shifting His Stance on Israel? Is It Too Late?

Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time)...

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Why the Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory About Taylor Swift Is Good for American Democracy

Mother Jones illustration; RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/Getty; Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto/AP You probably have noticed all the recent hubbub about Taylor...

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Trump Shares His New Hampshire Victory With an Accused Sexual Predator

Donald Trump and casino mogul Steve Wynn on July 12, 2005 in Las Vegas. Joe Cavaretta/AP After winning the Republican primary in New Hampshire on...

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A Crash Course on Yemen: Are Biden’s Attacks on the Houthis the Solution?

Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Biden administration says that it has being trying to prevent the ongoing war in Gaza from spreading to other parts of...

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Trump II: How Bad It Could Be

Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after a hearing before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Susan...

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A Story of Mother Jones (the Labor Organizer) That’s Relevant a Century Later

Sen. John Worth Kern and Mary Harris Jones, a.k.a. Mother Jones (shown here in military custody), teamed up in 1913 to form a Democratic...

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The Far-Right Pushes a New Conspiracy Theory to Discredit Jack Smith

Mother Jones illustration; J. Scott Applewhite/AP; Getty A new conspiracy theory rising on the right is being deployed to help Donald Trump. It...

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After Jan. 6, Brad Parscale Felt “Guilty” for Helping Trump. Now He’s Back on Trump’s Gravy Train.

Mother Jones; SMG/Zuma On the evening of January 6, 2021, Brad Parscale texted Donald Trump adviser Katrina Pierson about the insurrectionist...

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Norman Lear: “I Love Liberty.”

Norman Lear poses for a portrait during the 2015 Television Critics Association summer press tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. ...

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Nikki Haley Touts an Embellished Account of Her UN “Triumphs”

Charlie Neibergall/AP When the super PAC supporting Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign released its first ad touting the former Republican South...

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An Idiotic Proposal From Nikki Haley

Scott Eisen/Getty Editor’s note:  The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a...

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Dead at 100, Henry Kissinger Leaves Behind a Bloody Legacy

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, seen during a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in 2006, died at the age of 100 on November 29,...

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George Santos Won’t Seek Re-Election. This Damning Ethics Report Shows Why.

Francis Chung/AP The bizarre saga of George Santos as a member of the US House of Representatives is heading toward its finale. One way or another....

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Pastor John Hagee Says an Israel-Palestinian Peace Deal Will Be the Work of the Anti-Christ

Pastor John Hagee speaking at a Christians United for Israel conference Michael Brochstein/SIPA via AP As tens of thousands of Americans were heading...

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Next for the GOP on Abortion: Minority Rule

A protester in Ohio in 2022. SOPA Images/Getty Once again, American voters in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision that...

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Jamie Raskin Explains Why He Voted to Keep George Santos in Congress…For Now

Jose Luis Magana/AP On Wednesday night, uber-liar George Santos faced the ultimate penalty for a member of Congress: expulsion. Several of his fellow...

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During a Trip to Israel, Mike Johnson Connected With Far-Right Extremists

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with reporters ahead of the debate and vote on supplemental aid to Israel. J. Scott Applewhite/AP In his...

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Mike Johnson Urged a Religious Test for Politicians

House Speaker Mike Johnson addressing a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on October 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. David Becker/AP Editor’s...

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Mike Johnson Conducted Seminars Promoting the US as a “Christian Nation”

"The government has replaced the Creator," Mike Johnson said in a 2019 seminar appearance. "Government is becoming God.” He is pictured here...

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Mike Johnson Hates America, But He Believes He Can Save It

Graeme Sloan/Sipa via AP Mike Johnson, the new Republican speaker of the House, has a very dark view of America. He believes that the United States...

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How the 47-Percent Video Drove Mitt Romney to Depression and Nearly Out of the 2012 Race

J. Scott Applewhite/AP During the 2012 presidential campaign, when I obtained and posted a secretly recorded video of GOP nominee Mitt Romney...

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How Donald Trump and Jared Kushner Overlooked the Key to Middle East Peace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with then-President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, and United...

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Steve Bannon and Alex Jones Have a Bizarre Conspiracy Theory About the Israel-Hamas War

zz/STRF/STAR MAX/IPx via AP There’s nothing like war to bring out the crazy in the crazy far-right.  As the Israeli military pummeled Gaza and...

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Biden Cannot Give Netanyahu a Blank Check

The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on October 15, 2023. Momen Faiz/AP Editor’s note:  The below article first appeared in David...

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How Kevin McCarthy Set Up His Big Fail 14 Years Ago

Jacquelyn Martin/AP On April 15, 2009, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican, brought Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the leader of the House GOP...

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RFK Jr. Aided by GOP and Trump PAC Donors

CJ Gunther/EFE/Zuma When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a swanky fundraiser for his presidential campaign last month in the upscale Brentwood...

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Donald Trump, Stochastic Terrorist

Donald Trump campaigning in North Charleston, South Carolina, on September 25, 2023 Artie Walker Jr./AP Editor’s note:  The below article first...

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As a Presidential Candidate, Cornel West Aligns Himself With Far-Left Radicals

Cornel West will appear at a forum on the war in Ukraine with Lee Camp and Claudia De La Cruz. Mother Jones illustration; Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma;...

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Can the Media Meet the Challenge of the GOP’s Bogus Impeachment?

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters at the Capitol on September 14, 2023, about launching an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden....

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Meet the Democratic-Led DC Consulting Firm With an Offshoot That Tries to Elect Republicans

Mother Jones illustration; Getty Rational 360, a high-powered Washington, DC-based strategic communications firm and digital agency, promises to use...

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How Right-Wing Groups Are Plotting To Implement Trump’s Authoritarianism

A representative of Project 2025, a conservative operation preparing for a possible Trump presidency, was recruiting supporters at the Iowa State Fair...

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