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To Win America, Democrats Must Win the Story

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...

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How Trump and Musk’s War on Government Will Lead to More Abortions

How Trump and Musk’s War on Government Will Lead to More Abortions

In 2023, during a speech at a Washington, DC, gala for the far-right Faith & Freedom Coalition, Donald Trump declared that he was proud to be “the...

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Trump White House Moves to Allow for a Musk Takeover of Government IT

Trump White House Moves to Allow for a Musk Takeover of Government IT

It’s a rather wonky position in the US government: chief information officer. Most federal agencies and departments have one. The role of the CIO,...

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It’s a War. Do Democrats Get That?

It’s a War. Do Democrats Get That?

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...

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RFK Jr. Refuses to Disclose to Senate Details of Two “Misconduct” Cases He Settled

RFK Jr. Refuses to Disclose to Senate Details of Two “Misconduct” Cases He Settled

On Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., responding to written questions from Senate Democrats, revealed information about his personal history that was not...

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SCOOP: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits Settlement for “Misconduct” Accusation

SCOOP: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits Settlement for “Misconduct” Accusation

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted to the US Senate that he has reached at least one settlement agreement in which he was accused of misconduct or...

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The Madness of Robert F. Kennedy. Jr.

The Madness of Robert F. Kennedy. Jr.

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

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SCOOP: RFK Jr. Secretly Recorded Second Wife During Divorce and Acknowledged Being “Polygamous”

SCOOP: RFK Jr. Secretly Recorded Second Wife During Divorce and Acknowledged Being “Polygamous”

In the early 2010s, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went through a contentious divorce with his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy. It was ugly. Richardson...

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A Brazen Moment of Christian Nationalism at Trump’s Inauguration

There were plenty of troubling moments during the string of inauguration events for the second presidency of Donald Trump. These include the multiple...

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From Brownshirts to Billionaires: The Second Trump Inauguration

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

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A Parting Reminder From Jimmy Carter

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

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Kash Patel Claims He Played a Major Role in the Benghazi Case. Former Colleagues Say He Didn’t.

Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma; Ajay Suresh/Wikimedia In his 2023 book, Government Gangsters, which claims a supposed...

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How Kash Patel Became a Useful Idiot for Vladimir Putin

Kash Patel speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on February 23. The below article first appeared in David Corn’s...

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Here Are the Republicans Kash Patel Wants to Target

Kash Patel speaks at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference. Michael Brochstein/AP For years, Kash Patel, the MAGA provocateur,...

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How Kash Patel, Trump’s FBI Pick, Embraced the Unhinged QAnon Movement

Kash Patel speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Prescott Valley, AZ, Oct. 13, 2024 Ross D. Franklin/AP In the middle of the Thanksgiving holiday...

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Tulsi Gabbard Keeps Starting Up PACs. Where Is the Money Going?

Tulsi Gabbard speaks at a rally for Donald Trump in October 2024. Alex Brandon/AP In March 2024, Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman...

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The Media and Trump: Not Resistance, But Not Acceptance

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

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Trump Cabinet Picks Rubio and Stefanik Once Confirmed Putin Attacked the 2016 Election to Help Trump

Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma; Sadak Souici/Zuma; Drew Angerer/Getty For eight years, an article of faith within Trumpworld and the...

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Can a Democracy Reverse a Slide Toward Authoritarianism?

Donald Trump speaks at an Election Night event on November 5. Lynne Sladky/AP; illustration by Alex Connor The below article first appeared in...

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Trump and His Voters: They Like the Lying

Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP The below article first appeared in David...

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When Trump Told the Russians He Didn’t Care That They’d Attacked a US Election

President Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office....

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A Message From President JD Vance

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Wednesday. John Locher/AP The below article ...

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Why Won’t RFK Jr. Slam the Racist Jokes at Trump’s Rally?

Andrea Renault/ZUMA Press Wire On Sunday afternoon, when Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, comedian and...

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Elon Musk’s $100 Million-Plus Gift to Trump

Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP Billionaire-troll Elon Musk is dumping untold millions of his $240 billion fortune into helping Donald...

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Trump and Russia: It’s Still Damn Important

President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in...

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I’m Fed Up With the Obsession Over Polls

George Gallup (sitting), director of the American Institute for Public Opinion, and the institute's chief statistician, Edward G. Benson, working...

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Pro-Trump Ad Touting American Workers Uses Photos of Workers Overseas

Left: a screenshot from a pro-Trump ad celebrating American workers. Right: a screenshot from a stock footage clip produced by Azulroto, a Spanish...

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Is It Racist and Misogynist to Demean Kamala Harris?

Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Sunday. David Yeazell/AP The below article first...

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Trump Super PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris

Mother Jones; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty In Arizona, older people recently received a mailer declaring Medicare had been cancelled....

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Jewish Republicans Attack Harris, Who Has a Jewish Husband, for Being Bad for Jews

Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP In Michigan, a key swing state, Republicans are mounting multiple smears against Vice...

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Tracking One of Elon Musk’s Many Big Lies

Elon Musk onstage with Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday Jim Watson/AFP/Getty The below article first...

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GOP Senate Candidate Larry Hogan Says His Democratic Foe Is Awful. He Once Praised Her as “Great.”

Mother Jones; Nathan Howard/Getty Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland, has a tough task. As he now runs for the US Senate, he claims to be...

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The Brazen, Absurd, and Dangerous Hypocrisy of JD Vance

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta on September 16. Mike...

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Is the GOP Firing Blanks With Its Extremist “Young Gun” House Candidates?

From left: Caroleene Dobson, Joe Kent, and Scott Baugh Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy of Dobson for Congress/AP; Rachel La Corte/AP; Krysta...

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Is Trumpism a Supply or Demand Problem?

Supporters at a Donald Trump rally in Asheville, North Carolina, on August 14 Matt Rourke/AP The below article first appeared in David Corn’s...

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How Harris Trapped Trump

Mother Jones illustration; Win McNamee/Getty; Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Kamala Harris came to the presidential debate to invite voters not yet on her...

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Let’s Be Clear: Putin Is Again Trying to Put Trump in the White House

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and FBI Director Christopher Wray discussing Russian interference in the US...

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GOP Senate Candidate in Nevada Can’t Stop Shifting His Position on Abortion

Mother Jones; Leon Neal/Getty; Ty O'Neil/SOPA/ZUMA In June, Sam Brown, the GOP candidate for US Senate in Nevada and longtime abortion opponent,...

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Derision and Danger: The Democrats Figure Out How to Attack Trump

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa/AP The below article ...

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Talking to a Former Madam About Using AI and Big Data to Help RFK Jr.

Kristin Davis after a court appearance in New York City in 2013. Louis Lanzano/AP Last week, a mini-scoop on Radar triggered titters within the...

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JD Vance’s Racist Populism

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance at a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on July 27. Adam Bettcher/AP The below article first...

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How Paul Wellstone Helped Give Us Tim Walz

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz applauds as President Joe Biden speaks at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minnesota. AP/Andrew Harnik It was damn cold in...

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The Court Case That Could Sink RFK Jr.’s Campaign

Lev Radin/AP This week in an Albany, New York courtroom, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fighting a legal challenge that has the potential to sink much of...

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JD Vance Attacked AOC for Promoting a “Sociopathic Attitude” About Children

Screenshot/Napa Institute/YouTube When JD Vance appeared as a special guest at the 2021 summer conference of the Napa Institute, a Catholic...

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JD Vance Once Said “Some People Who Voted for Trump Were Racists”

Screenshot/UChicago IoP/YouTube In early February 2017, just as Donald Trump was settling into the White House, the University of Chicago’s...

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J.D. Vance Says He Gets Bad Press Because Most Journalists Are “Childless Adults”

Intercollegiate Studies Institute/screenshot/YouTube GOP vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance was slammed this week when a video of a 2021 Fox...

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J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters

Julia Nikhinson/AP During his acceptance speech at the Republican convention last week, Sen. J.D. Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate,...

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Attempted Trump Assassination Triggers a Flood of MAGA BS

Donald Trump is helped off the stage by Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, following an assassination attempt on...

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