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in Asylum, Border, Donald Trump, Immigration, Joe Biden, Politics

Biden Is About to Restart One of the Cruelest Parts of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Regime – Mother Jones

Children play between tents at a makeshift migrant camp in Matamoros.Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Under a court-mandated order, the Biden administration is gearing up to bring back a Trump-era border policy that pushed thousands of non-Mexican asylum seekers […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 15, 2021, 5:17 pm
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in Media, Mother Tongue, Politics, Sex and Gender

What Does It Mean to Call Someone a “Male Chauvinist Pig”? – Mother Jones

Chris Piasick Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. It would be hard to deny today that the male chauvinist pig is still alive and kicking, running amok in his own filth. The election of Donald Trump and his “grab ’em by the […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 15, 2021, 5:00 am
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in Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, January 6, Politics, Republicans

Virginia GOP Candidate Boosted by Prominent QAnon Backer – Mother Jones

Mother Jones illustration; Wikipedia; Paul Weaver/Pacific Press/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. On Wednesday, Donald Trump and a group of far-right conservatives sought to whip up the Republican base in Virginia for GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, who’s facing former Democratic […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 14, 2021, 2:26 pm
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in Border, Border Patrol, Immigration, Politics, Racism

Don’t Expect Any Justice for Haitians Who Were Abused at the Border – Mother Jones

US Border Patrol officials expelled thousands of Haitian migrants who arrived at the small Texas city of Del Rio. Eric Thayer/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. “They’re deporting evidence right in front of our eyes,” Patrice Lawrence told me recently. “We […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 14, 2021, 5:00 am
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in climate change, Environment, Politics

If the Dems Won’t Act on Climate, We’re Cooked, Environmentalists Say – Mother Jones

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president of the nonprofit Hip Hop Caucus, holds a press conference with the Sunrise Movement, Evergreen Action, and several US senators in DC earlier this month.Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. The once-ambitious budget bill being hammered […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 13, 2021, 5:00 am
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in Politics

A Harvard Study Is Going Viral Among Anti-Vaxxers. The Author Says They Are All Wrong. – Mother Jones

A medical worker prepares a shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Belgrade, Serbia.AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Anti-vaxxers say that they’ve found a smoking gun: a new blue-chip paper that proves COVID vaccines are ineffective. The vaccine “doesn’t […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 12, 2021, 5:01 am
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in Coronavirus, Education, Immigration, Politics

The Kids the Pandemic Left Behind – Mother Jones

Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. On the night Esteban’s mother went to the hospital, five ambulances crowded the street in front of their red-brick walk-up in the DC suburbs. It was late May 2020, and COVID-19 had swept through their densely […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 11, 2021, 5:00 am
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in Coronavirus, Justice Department, Politics, Prisons, Racial Justice

Alabama Will Spend Nearly 20 Percent of its Federal COVID Relief Money to Build Human Cages – Mother Jones

Kim Chandler/Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. After years of searching for a way to finance a massive prison-building scheme, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has found her cash cow: Federal coronavirus aid. Under legislation signed by Ivey at the end […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 9, 2021, 5:10 pm
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in Abortion, Justice Department, Politics, Supreme Court

The Texas Abortion Ban Was Just Reinstated. What Happens Next? – Mother Jones

Crowds protesting Texas’s abortion ban walk towards Houston’s City Hall earlier this month during the nationwide Women’s March event.Melissa Phillip/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Earlier this week, when a federal district court judge paused enforcement of Texas’ new law banning […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 9, 2021, 11:12 am
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in Abortion, Culture, Music, Politics, The Right

“You Better Not F*ck in Texas” – Mother Jones

Courtesy of Jill Sobule Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Jill Sobule is an acclaimed singer-songwriter who had a few cool hits in the 1990s, including, “I Kissed a Girl.” Her songs are witty, sassy, and, occasionally, heart-breaking. (Check out “Mexican Wrestler.”) From […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 9, 2021, 8:30 am
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in Climate Desk, Environment, Politics

Bowing to Investors, Microsoft Will Make Its Devices Easier to Fix – Mother Jones

Courtesy of Grist Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a first-of-its-kind victory for the right-to-repair movement, Microsoft has agreed to take concrete steps to facilitate the independent […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 9, 2021, 5:00 am
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in Congress, Democrats, Joe Biden, Politics, Women in Politics

Biden’s Women-Focused Economic Agenda Is Getting Destroyed by Joe Manchin – Mother Jones

J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) represents the northern New Jersey suburbs on the outskirts of New York City, one of the wealthiest congressional districts in the country. She is a member of the Blue […] More

by Tonya Frazier October 8, 2021, 5:00 am