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Trump’s Claim of Routing Water to Los Angeles Is Hogwash. It All Goes to Central Valley Megafarms.
President Trump meets with California Gov. Gavin Newsom upon arrival in Los Angeles to see the Palisades and Eaton fire areas..Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images via Grist Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published by Grist…
Read MoreIt Sure Looks Like Kash Patel Lied to Congress
FBI nominee Kash Patel.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, spent his confirmation hearing Thursday attempting to distance himself from his long record of extremism—mostly by evading questions about past statements. But Patel…
Read MoreIt’s a War. Do Democrats Get That?
Donald Trump with Elon Musk at SpaceX’s launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 19, 2024 Brandon Bell/AP The below article is an updated version of a piece that first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media,…
Read MoreMigrant Sex Workers’ Resistance Offers a Blueprint for Fighting Authoritarianism
Few people think of their local massage parlor as a site of anti-fascist resistance. But we’ve spent years working with migrant women in the sex industry, and we can tell you — if you want to learn how to resist authoritarianism in the United States, ask those already resisting it: migrant sex workers. President Donald…
Read MoreNY AG Letitia James Tells Hospitals They Must Defy Trump’s Anti-Trans Order
“Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status…is discrimination,” James wrote.
Read MoreElon Musk’s Midnight Takeover
Chip Somodevilla/Pool/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Much like a gremlin fed after midnight, Elon Musk is staying up late and causing mayhem. As Musk-backed cuts and changes continue to spread across federal agencies, employees have found that many of the bizarre communications…
Read MoreAs Elon Musk Warns of Persecution of White People, Trump Says He Will Block Aid to South Africa
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States would cut aid to South Africa because the country is “confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY” and committing a…
Read MoreUnions Sue to Halt Musk Team’s Access to Critical Treasury Payment System
A pair of labor unions and an advocacy group representing retirees sued the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday in an effort to halt Elon Musk’s team’s dangerous access to a critical government payment system — access granted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s handpicked Treasury chief. In a lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for…
Read MoreI’m a Doctor, and I’m Appalled at the Silence From the American Medical Association
An American Medical Association annual meeting in Chicago. Nam Y. Huh/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. With more than 270,000 members, the American Medical Association is by far the nation’s largest professional organization for physicians. A mighty political force, its lobbying harm helps…
Read MoreThe Big Money Push for “Natural” Birth Control
Lily Lambie-Kiernan Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “While on hormonal birth control I noticed so many changes that I didn’t like mentally or physically,” says an enthusiastic young woman in an Instagram ad for Natural Cycles, which claims to be the world’s first…
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