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'Trump Is KILLING Americans': As US Cases Top 9 Million, Stanford Study Ties President's Rallies to Covid-19 Spread

President Donald Trump arrives at a rally on October 31, 2020 in Reading, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

'So, So Cruel': Rights Advocates, Biden Campaign Sound Alarm About Immigration Agenda Stephen Miller Is Crafting for Trump's Second Term

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as senior adviser Stephen Miller (C) listens during a round-table discussion on border security and safe communities with state, local, and community leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 11, 2019. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

According to the Democratic nominee, "This agenda is designed to do one thing only: divide our communities with cheap, xenophobic rhetoric, and demonize those seeking to make legitimate asylum claims."

Early Votes in Texas Surpass 2016 Total as Democrats and Biden Campaign Continue Push to Flip State

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Supporters listen as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), speaks during a campaign event at First Saint John Cathedral in Fort Worth, Texas on October 30, 2020. (Photo: Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)

"Now we know this is no time to let up on the pedal though, right?" vice...

Citing Widespread Election-Related Delays, Judge Invokes 'Extraordinary Measures' to Ensure On-Time Delivery, Counting of Ballots

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Record early voting—much of it by mail—has caused serious delays in the United States Postal Service. (Photo: Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images)

Large areas of the country will be subjected to the measures, which include...

As Covid-19 Infections Skyrocket, House Report Slams Trump's Pandemic Response as Among "Worst Failures of Leadership" in U.S. History

Experts Warn Trump HHS 'Endangering People' by Covering Up Key Covid-19 Hospitalization Data

'Banking for the People': Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez Unveil Bill to Foster Creation of Public Banks Across US

In Bid to Beat 'Public Health and Economic Crises,' Senate Dems Urge Utilities to Suspend Shutoffs During Pandemic

'Truly Sociopathic Behavior': After Mother Beaten by Philly Cops, Fraternal Order of Police Use Photo of Terrified Toddler as Propaganda

EPA Sued for 'Once Again Putting Corporate Interests Over Public Health or the Environment' by Reapproving Herbicide Atrazine

Days After Hypothermia Fiasco, Add Heat Stroke to 'Things You Can Get at a Trump Rally': Supporters Hospitalized During Event in Florida

Unions Representing Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Prepare for General Strike If Trump Subverts Election

Minnesota Democrats Implore Voters to 'Drop Off Your Ballot' in Person After Last-Minute Court Ruling

'This Is Trump's Failure': US Reports Record 90,400+ Covid Cases in Just 24 Hours—Equivalent to One New Infection Every Second

Under Trump, Households Making $30 Million Nine Times Less Likely to Face IRS Audit Than Working Poor Making Less Than $25,000

As Households Face Crushing Debt and Pandemic, Trump CFPB Opens Door for Collectors to 'Endlessly Harass Struggling Families'

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Halloween isn't quite the same, given....everything. Still, we saw a smattering of sweet brave costumed kids out, and neighbors made ingenious candy chutes, and two guys went running as Superman and Batman, which cheered us. Also, witches cast spells to defeat The Dark One, and Berlin's Madame Tussauds wax museum did the burn of the week by dumping their Trump in the garbage as a “preparatory measure” for the election - along with bags of trash.