Jim Jordan is ranting again

[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( July 31, 2020 When you hear about the year 1492, you probably think, "Columbus sailed the ocean blue." But two other very important events also happened that year. First, the Reconquista culminated in the fall of the Muslim city of Granada, ending Islamic rule in the Iberian Peninsula and ushering in a new age of Catholic dominance. And July 31 of that year marked the day by which all Jews who hadn't converted to Catholicism were forced to flee Castile and Aragon. This all happened 528 years ago, but Spain has remained pretty religiously homogenous ever since. One relic of the disfavor into which Jews and Muslims fell is culinary: You're hard-pressed to find a dish in Spain that doesn't include some type of pork. And, for some reason, people in Spain refer to navy beans as judías blancas—literally "white Jews." I've been thinking about Spain a lot because I just read The Sun Also Rises and it made me nostalgic about my semester abroad in Madrid. Thankfully, by the time I got there, Jews were [allowed]( back in. —Abigail Weinberg [House Donations Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Jim Jordan Is Ranting Again]( The Ohio Republican, performing for an audience of one, attempts to ensnare a public health expert into a bogus attack. BY INAE OH [Trending] [I’m a new dad scared about pandemic-era day care safety. There’s only one expert I wanted to call.]( BY AARON WIENER [This Black Lives Matter activist is running for Congress. Can she bring down a 20-year incumbent?]( BY KARA VOGHT [The surprising way to stop shootings that doesn't involve more cops and arrests]( BY SAMANTHA MICHAELS [Netflix’s “Indian Matchmaking” tells women to compromise. I refused to do that.]( BY SINDUJA RANGARAJAN [House Subscriptions Ad]( [Weekend Reads] [Special Feature]( [Your Coronavirus Antibodies May Not Last for Long. Here's What That Means.]( First, know it's really not that surprising. BY JACKIE FLYNN MOGENSEN [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( [Recharge] SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE [Once Upon a Time, Presidents and Words Didn't Fail]( If the grammatically grotesque [tweets](, bizarrely unhinged [speeches](, and wrecking-ball [words]( of a certain president wear you down day after day, week after week, you might want to search your memory, and the news archives, for a time when the presidency was synonymous not with a disorganized, myopic mind but with a historically informed one. Today is Friday. The week was not easy. The news was chilling, but the energizing eulogy by former President Barack Obama for John Lewis was a bright light. If you missed it, [here you go](. Have a healthy, safe weekend, and take your recharge where you can. Drop a line to recharge@motherjones.com to share weekend wisdom and stamina-building words of your own. —Daniel King Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755