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Far-Right Activist Tied to Jailed Chinese Fraudster Joins Team Trump. He’s Not Alone.

Miles Guo, an exiled Chinese billionaire best known for his ties to Steve Bannon, is in a Brooklyn jail awaiting sentencing following his conviction...

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Corporate Chiefs Gave Trump’s Inaugural Committee $250 Billion. Benefits Abound.

Donald Trump’s inaugural committee raised almost $250 million, much of it from donors who are seeking—and in many cases have already...

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Why Trump’s Embattled US Attorney in DC Is Talking About Russia

Why Trump’s Embattled US Attorney in DC Is Talking About Russia

Ed Martin, the acting US attorney in Washington, who has earned some notoriety through attempts to use his office to attack political opponents of the...

18.04.2025 3

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Democrats Grill Officials on Insider Profits From Trump’s Tariff Reversal

Leading Democrats are raising questions about whether insiders profited from the market swing that followed President Donald Trump’s sudden reversal...

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There’s One Thing Elon Musk Might Be Right About

Elon Musk is not always wrong. Musk’s prediction back in February that “some of the things that I say will be incorrect” was certainly right, if...

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Mike Huckabee Was Paid $50,000 to Visit Qatar

Mike Huckabee prepared for his Senate confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Israel by visiting the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens on...

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Mass Protests Rock Serbia and Hungary. Their Autocratic Leaders Blame USAID.

As massive protests swept through the capitals of Hungary and Serbia in recent days, the embattled and increasingly autocratic leaders of both...

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Now January 6 Apologist Ed Martin Says He Wants to “Defend the Police.”

Ed Martin, the acting US Attorney for the District of Columbia, is a former advocate for January 6 attackers who has demoted, fired, or investigated...

08.03.2025 7

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He’s About to Co-Lead the FBI—But First, a Word From His MAGA Show Sponsors

On Tuesday, Dan Bongino, the newly named deputy director of the FBI continued to hold forth on his eponymous daily podcast, this time focused on...

06.03.2025 4

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No Jail for Bannon After Fraud Plea Deal

Steve Bannon pleaded guilty Tuesday in a New York court to defrauding donors in a border wall scheme. But Bannon, a key Trump ally and former White...

11.02.2025 8

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It Sure Looks Like Kash Patel Lied to Congress

Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, spent his confirmation hearing Thursday attempting to distance himself from his long record of...

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Trump Hands a Big Win to Big Tobacco

The Trump administration has snuffed out a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, handing a victory to the tobacco industry after it waged a massive and at...

25.01.2025 40

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Trump’s January 6 Pardons Unleash Legal Chaos

When FBI agents investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol searched the Florida property of Jeremy Brown, they found a small arsenal....

23.01.2025 3

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Trump Frees Violent January 6 Attackers

President Donald Trump on Monday granted clemency to nearly 1,600 people who joined in the January 6 attack on Congress that he himself caused. Hours...

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Pam Bondi Is “Not Familiar With That Statement”

At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Pam Bondi probably assured she will become attorney general. She did that, however, by pretending to be an...

16.01.2025 10

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Jack Smith: “Trump Isn’t Exonerated”

Jack Smith‘s final report on Donald’s Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election doesn’t contain much new information, but what timing it has....

14.01.2025 5

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Trump Escaped Consequences. Now He’s Running From the Truth.

Donald Trump during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP Donald Trump has won. He is set to be inaugurated on...

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Hero of 2024: Richard M. Nixon

Mother Jones illustration; Department of Defense The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year....

27.12.2024 4

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The Worst, Most Important, Book I Read This Year

Mother Jones illustration; Getty On a long flight in the mid-aughts, I decided to read The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz. I thought of it like...

21.12.2024 10

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Trump’s New Press Secretary Was Paid for Articles Praising a Con Man

Mother Jones illustration; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/AP; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Late last month, Donald Trump named Karoline Leavitt as his...

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Jack Smith Makes It Official: Donald Trump Got Away With Everything

Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a November 14, 2024 event at his Mar-a-Lago club. Alex Brandon/AP Donald Trump has gotten away with causing...

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Tulsi Gabbard Is a Uniquely Bad Choice For Director of National Intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard at a Trump campaign rally in Pittsburgh on November 4, 2024. Matt Freed/AP Donald Trump’s appointment announcements are getting...

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Trump’s First Picks Are War Hawks

Donald Trump greets Marco Rubio during a campaign rally in North Carolina on Nov. 4, 2024. Evan Vucci/AP A few weeks ago, Vice President-elect JD...

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Trump’s New Chief of Staff Is No John Kelly

Susie Wiles with Donald Trump at an election night party on Nov. 6, 2024. Alex BrandonAP Donald Trump announced Thursday that Susie Wiles, who as...

08.11.2024 3

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Insurrectionists Are Lining Up for the Pardons Trump Has Promised to Dispense

Donald Trump has said he will pardon January 6 attackers and other allies. Andrea Renault/AP More than 1,500 people charged with or convicted of...

07.11.2024 3

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Steve Bannon Says He’s Reviving the Infamous Willard “War Room”

Steve Bannon at a news conference hours after his release from prison on Oct. 29. Lev Radin/AP Steve Bannon claims he is setting up a new version...

06.11.2024 3

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Did Donald Trump Just Thank God for a Hurricane Costing Americans Jobs?

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Saturday. Chris Carlson/AP At a rally Saturday in Gastonia, North Carolina,...

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Trump Threatens to “Get the News Shaped Up”

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Michigan on Friday. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Donald Trump is amplifying attacks on the media in the...

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Trump Told Turkey’s Dictator He Could Invade Syria. Dozens of Civilians Died.

Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2019 Mother Jones illustration; Peter Nicholls/AFP/Getty As Donald Trump campaigns to be...

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Bannon Leaves Jail, Immediately Urges Trump to Falsely Declare Victory Again

Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Steve Bannon emerged Tuesday from four months in federal prison. He was tanned, supposedly “empowered,” and obviously...

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Trump Is Promising to Prosecute His Enemies. He’s Tried Before.

Mother Jones illustration; Scott Olson/Getty As Donald Trump campaigns to be a dictator for one day, he’s asking: “Are you better off now than you...

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Donald Trump Abused His Pardon Power. He’s Promising to Do It Again.

Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP Steve Bannon was indicted in 2020 for allegedly helping defraud Donald Trump fans who donated to a...

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Trump Says the January 6 Mob Wasn’t Armed. He’s Lying.

A crowd that included many armed people attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. A_ In an extraordinary monologue Tuesday at a Univision town hall,...

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“You Have to Cooperate”: GOP Operative Says He Was Threatened by Steve Bannon

Mother Jones illustration; Lev Radin/Zuma; J. Scott Applewhite/AP In December 2018, Sam Nunberg met with Steve Bannon at the Loews Regency hotel in...

03.10.2024 3

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Jack Smith Makes Damning New Allegations About January 6

Donald Trump incites rioters on January 6. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Special Counsel Jack Smith, in a court filing made public on Wednesday, revealed a...

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Tim Walz Just Reminded Us What Happened to Trump’s Last Running Mate

Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Michele Crowe/CBS/Getty JD Vance did a decent job for the first 94 minutes of Tuesday night’s debate. “Vance’s...

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Harris’ Embrace of Dick Cheney Was Just One Way She Courted National Security Hawks

Alex Brandon/AP When Vice President Kamala Harris used Tuesday night’s debate to tout her bipartisan appeal, she emphasized the backing she’d...

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Dark Money Group Targets Democratic Donors

On August 1, people who had given money to the Democratic presidential ticket began getting ominous messages suggesting their identities may have...

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The Feds Charged a pro-Russian Pundit for Evading Sanctions. He Says They’re Trying to Silence Him.

Dimitri Simes at a news conference near Moscow in 2023. Vadim Savitsky/ZUMA The Justice Department on Thursday charged Dimitri Simes, pro-Russian...

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Trump’s January 6 Charges Have Been Renewed—Despite His “Absolute Immunity”

Trump inciting rioters on January 6, 2021. Shawn Thew/Zuma. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment of Donald Trump on Tuesday that...

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MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Found Guilty in Massive Fraud Case

Mother Jones illustration; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty (2); Anthony Behar/Sipa/AP A jury has convicted Guo Wengui—an exiled Chinese billionaire with a...

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