Stephanie Mencimer
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Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn’t
After his acquittal, the Kenosha shooter has gone on the right-wing media circuit—with mixed results. → Read More
Treasury Department Study: White People Get 90 Percent of the Benefits of Many Tax Breaks
Republicans have never seen a tax break they didn't love, even though they cost more than poverty programs. → Read More
Mike Pence Is Courting Controversial Anti-Gay Pastors
He's appearing tomorrow with John Hagee, who said Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights. → Read More
The Rise and Fall of Stop the Steal’s Favorite Conference
AMPFest was a place for MAGA diehards kicked out of traditional conservative conferences. → Read More
This MAGA PAC Raised Nearly $2 Million Off the Trucker Protests. Where Did All the Money Go?
Bouncy houses, country western bands, and not a single political campaign. → Read More
Ammon Bundy Led an Armed Standoff With the Government. 100,000 People Still Voted for Him.
His third-place finish in the Idaho governor's race was surprisingly strong. → Read More
Utah Sen. Mike Lee Betrayed the Constitution and Won Reelection
Independent candidate Evan McMullin didn't even come close. → Read More
Evan McMullin Put Democracy On the Ballot. Utah Voters Probably Won’t Care.
Mike Lee betrayed the Constitution, but he’s still a Republican. → Read More
JFK Jr.’s Iconic Magazine Is Back From the Dead. You Can Thank QAnon.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Virtually every one of the 70 or so speakers at Michael Flynn’s ReAwaken America tour last weekend in Manheim, Pennsylvania, had something to sell, and Gene Ho was no exception. There was his book, TRUMPography: How Biblical Principles Paved the Way to the American Presidency, a memoir of… → Read More
A Jury Just Found the Insurrectionist Underwear Model Guilty On All Charges
John Strand, a spokesman for the anti-vaccine group America's Frontline Doctors, faces up to 24 years in prison. → Read More
An Insurrectionist Underwear Model Is Finally Having His January 6 Trial
John Strand could face 25 years in prison. → Read More
An Anti-Vaccine Doctor Turned Capitol Insurrectionist Was Just Released Early from Prison
Simone Gold is done serving time as a MAGA martyr. So, now what? → Read More
The Colorado River is Dying. Can Its Aquatic Dinosaurs Be Saved?
The razorback sucker has survived in the river for more than 3 million years. Climate change could end that. → Read More
Trump Merch, Rabid Fans, Disgraced Ex-Officials: Inside the Right-Wing Conference Circuit
How did extremists take over the GOP? → Read More
Jan. 6 Defendant Claims Judge Sent Her to Prison Because She Wouldn’t Date Him in Law School
Anti-vaccine doctor Simone Gold called her 60-day sentence "unconscionable." → Read More
It Was Always Going to Be Alito
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. Since early May, when Politico published the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that today overturned Roe v. Wade and rolled back a half-century of reproductive rights, there has been a lot of analysis on how we got… → Read More
Insurrectionist Anti-Vax Doctor Simone Gold Was Just Sentenced to 60 Days in Prison
The judge found her fundraising off her crime "unseemly." → Read More
Insurrectionist Tells Judge Her Elite Credentials Should Keep Her Out of Prison
Stanford-educated lawyer and Covid misinformation spreader Dr. Simone Gold will be sentenced Thursday. → Read More
Former Trump Campaign Manager Poised to Testify to January 6 Committee
Bill Stepien will be in the spotlight during the second congressional hearing on the insurrection. → Read More
The GOP’s Interest in Mental Health Care Is a Familiar Deflection After a Mass Shooting
Dems should take them up on it. And still go after guns. → Read More