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Rights Advocates and Dems Reiterate Calls to #BlockBarrett as McConnell Vows to Confirm Trump Nominee on Monday

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a news conference in the Hart Senate Office Building on October 20, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Senate Republicans are looking to hold a confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday, October 26, just over a week before Election Day. (Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

Trump Called 'Mass Murderer' After White House Docs Show He Lied About Recent Covid-19 Surge

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Dr. Anthony Fauci (R), director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 22, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The congressman who released the reports said they reveal "Trump's contempt for science and refusal to lead during this crisis have allowed the coronavirus to surge."

Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Speaks Out, Accusing AG Cameron of Misrepresenting Proceedings

Julia Conley, staff writer

A judge ruled that grand jury records regarding the Taylor case should be...

'A Source of Inspiration' for Egalitarians Everywhere: Progressive International Celebrates Triumph of Democracy in Bolivia

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Supporters of Bolivia's leftist presidential candidate Luis Arce, of the Movement for Socialism Party, celebrate on October 19, 2020 in El Alto, Bolivia. (Photo: Gaston Brito Miserocchi/Getty Images)

"Bolivia's election not only showed the world how to defeat authoritarianism...

Advocates Welcome 'Inspiring' Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act as 'Exactly What America Needs Right Now'

'The Gilded Age Is Here Again': Billionaire Wealth Has Surged by $931 Billion During Seven Months of Pandemic, Economic Collapse

Coalition of Advocacy and Business Groups Call On Election Officials to Uphold 'Sacred Responsibility' to Democratic Principles

Investing $2 Trillion in US Clean Energy and Infrastructure Could Create Millions of 'Good Jobs,' Analysis Finds

'Long Overdue': Justice Department Sues Google in Antitrust Case

'One of the Most Significant Rulings' of 2020 as Supreme Court Blocks GOP Effort to Curb Ballot Deadline in Pennsylvania

Amid Trump's Politicization of FDA, California Joins New York in Vowing to Independently Review Coronavirus Vaccines

As Deadline for Covid Relief Deal Looms, Poll Shows Voters Support $2 Trillion Stimulus by 51-Point Margin

Using DOJ 'to Crush a Victim,' Barr Claims Trump Cannot Be Sued for Denying E. Jean Carroll's Rape Accusation

Bernie Sanders Applauds People of Bolivia for 'Year-Long Fight to Restore Democracy' in Wake of Military Coup

'Exciting and Historical Moment': Their Rights Restored, 67,000+ Former Felons Set to Vote in Florida Amid Record Early Turnout

Proposal by Katie Porter, House Dems Would Fund Mental Health First Responders to Reduce Police Violence

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Dumb Bastards Are Killing Us

The horrors go on. With "Fat Elvis" having lost the narrative, he's now calling health experts "idiots" as he abandons any pretext of slowing a "wildfire" of a pandemic soaring in 48 states. And it's worse behind the scenes. In an alarming look at the "Den of Dissent" that's the COVID task force, WaPo reveals an embattled mess of "distrust, infighting and lethargy" led by a clueless, power-hungry, widely denounced quack who's been nothing but wrong on COVID "early and often."