politicnewsbusterinsiderpostreview: An unexpected endorsement from earlier today.

Friday, 5 March 2021

An unexpected endorsement from earlier today.

MoJo Reader,

I didn't expect to see Sen. Josh Hawley—who more than any other senator incited the January 6 insurrection and continues to champion and profit from the Big Lie—hold up a Mother Jones article during Senate confirmation hearings for an appointee to the Office of Management and Budget earlier this morning.

But he did:

"I've got here a report that maybe you've seen from Mother Jones magazine, 'Amazon Has Become a Prime Revolving-Door Destination in Washington.' It extensively details the extent to which the company has established this revolving door by doing things like hiring 247 government officials in the last 10 years, that's on top of 20 million dollars Amazon spent on lobbying activities just in 2020.

I'd like to know, what do you think about this revolving door that Mother Jones and others have reported on in our government between these mega corporations? Do you think that's a problem? Do you think it has a negative impact on our public policy?"

It's always great to see MoJo's reporting get put to use on Capitol Hill, and even more so when it comes from people who are often the targets of our investigations: Hawley happens to be featured on the cover of our latest issue!

So we're extending what was tonight's deadline to subscribe to Mother Jones in beautiful print form for just $10 for a few more days—and if you're already a subscriber, maybe you can use today's unexpected endorsement as a reason to send a gift subscription to a friend who, like Hawley, might find themselves unable to resist rigorous reporting?