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MSNBC Cuts Into Briefing So Doctor Can Refute Trump's "Mystifying" Claim That Zinc Can Treat Covid-19 "There's no evidence I've seen in the literature suggesting zinc in addition to hydroxychloroquine would be helpful." Read more |
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'No One Independent Is Watching': Lack of Oversight Fuels Fears of Trump Effort to Corrupt Coronavirus Relief "Clearly he's planning to corrupt the $2 trillion in spending Congress just approved, whether it's by steering the money to political favorites, negotiating more favorable terms with certain parties or punishing his enemies with a failure to provide aid." Read more |
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'Return to Normalcy' Not Going to Be Enough to Win Our Support, Young Progressives Tell Joe Biden "Why would we want a return to normalcy? We need a vision for the future, not a return to the past." Read more |
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With Sanders Out, Trump Wastes No Time in Stoking Division Among Democrats "This guy is nothing if not a skilled provocateur." Read more |
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In Appeal to Progressives, Biden Praises 'Powerful' Movement Led by Sanders and Acknowledges He Must Earn Their Votes Biden has struggled to win the support of young and independent voters in the Democratic primary. Read more |
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'Brazen' Ousting of Watchdog on Coronavirus Relief Oversight Panel by Trump Under Fire "That Trump is using a pandemic to cover for his attack on democracy should send a chill down the spine of every patriotic American." Read more |
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Proving 'Wall Street Feared Bernie,' Stock Market Surges 700 Points After Sanders Exit In a speech to supporters Wednesday, Sanders promised that the "struggle continues." Read more |
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After Sanders Exits Race, Climate Campaigners Thank Him for 'Raising the Bar' and Urge Biden to 'Step Up' "Sanders has been a constant, fearless voice for people and the planet, advocating for the bold ideas and real solutions like the Green New Deal, which met the scale of what is needed to avoid climate catastrophe." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Campaign With Vow to Continue Struggle for 'What We Are Entitled to as Human Beings' "Let us go forward together. The struggle continues." Read more |
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'You Cannot Get an Abortion Right Now in Texas': Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ban During Pandemic "How cruel and out of touch with reality do you have to be to exploit a global health pandemic to further your own political agenda?" Read more |
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WATCH: Bernie Sanders Announces End to 2020 Presidential Campaign "It was a good campaign against the odds in every single way and has clearly changed the course of history for the better." Read more |
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As Coronavirus Pandemic Ravages Earth, Trump Announces Push to Mine the Moon An executive order quietly signed Monday makes clear the president. does not feel bound by international treaties on space exploration and resource extraction. Read more |
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'Catastrophic': UN Labor Agency Warns Coronavirus Crisis Could Wipe Out 195 Million Full-Time Jobs Worldwide The new study estimates 1.25 billion workers in the hardest-hit sectors "are facing a drastic and devastating reduction in working hours, wage cuts, and layoffs." Read more |
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Facing 'Extinction-Level Event,' Small Businesses Urge Congress to Replace Disastrous Loan Program With Direct Payroll Grants "Without a substantial, immediate response that addresses the magnitude of this problem, our small business sector will be devastated." Read more |
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Trump Call for Permanent Payroll Tax Cut Is "Code for Gutting Social Security's Dedicated Funding," Say Critics "Nothing to do with helping workers and everything to do with undermining Social Security." Read more |
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"It's Corrupt... I'm Allowed To": After Admitting He Cast Ballot by Mail, Trump Launches Bizarre Attack on Mail-In Voting "Trump's baseless attacks on vote-by-mail are a pathetic attempt to suppress the vote in the middle of a national crisis." Read more |
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'Ah Baby, We Gotta Go Now': Music Legend John Prine Dies at 73 After Battle With Coronavirus The celebrated songwriter and performer "captured the simplicities and the complexities of the human existence in stark and stunning glory." Read more |
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Exposing 'Folly of Tying Health Coverage to Jobs,' New Study Estimates 7.3 Million More Uninsured in US by June Employer-based health insurance during the current coronavirus outbreak, said one researcher behind the study, "is like an umbrella that melts in the rain." Read more |
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'We Must Act': Warren Proposes Billions to Fund 2020 Election Protections in Time of Coronavirus "We must not allow Republicans to exploit the pandemic to engage in voter suppression." Read more |
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Decades of Heavy Air Pollution Could Make Some Areas More Likely to See High Coronavirus Death Toll: Study "We need to focus on fighting this pandemic now. When we get to the other side, we need to have a real and honest conversation about the failure to tackle harmful air pollution." Read more |
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'A Day That Will Live in Infamy': This Is What It Looked Like When Wisconsin Forced In-Person Voting During a Pandemic "People are being forced to risk their lives to place their vote or fulfill their right as an American to vote." Read more |
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Oversight of $4.5 Trillion Corporate Bailout in 'Grave Jeopardy' as Trump Fires Independent Watchdog "A direct insult to the American taxpayers—of all political stripes—who want to make sure that their tax dollars are not squandered on wasteful boondoggles, incompetence, or political favors." Read more |
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'Cruel, Reckless, and Deadly': Amnesty Warns of Looming Covid-19 Disaster for Detained Immigrants and Refugees in US "We are adrift, about to sink, because if there is one person to be infected, in our unit we would all perish." Read more |
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'Moronic But Consistent': Outrage Over Trump Admin Giving PPE to Private Companies, Not States "They screwed up the one apparatus—supply chain delivery—that didn't need to be fixed." Read more |
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Warning of 'Cramped and Unsanitary Conditions,' Advocates Urge US Governors to Release Inmates at Risk for COVID-19 The letter comes as calls mount globally for urgent government actions to limit the spread of the coronavirus in jails and prisons. Read more |
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'We Can't Wait': Congress Urged to Open Medicare to Every Uninsured Laid-Off Worker " Millions of workers and their families have been stripped of health insurance during a pandemic. Inaction is not an option." Read more |
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Top Sanders Aide David Sirota Explains Why Billionaire Class Will Support "Coronavirus Care for All" But Never "Medicare for All" "The affluent political class supports Coronavirus Care For All because they fear getting COVID from poor people, but that same affluent political class opposes Medicare for All because they can't get cancer from poor people." Read more |
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Private Equity Firms Told to 'Get to the Back of the Line' as Wealthy Investors Try to Profit Off Coronavirus Relief Funds "I think the private equity industry can pull itself up from its trillion dollar bootstraps," said Rep. Mark Pocan, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Read more |
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'One of the Most Brazen Acts of Voter Suppression in Modern Times' as US Supreme Court Blocks Absentee Ballot Extension in Wisconsin Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned in a scathing dissent that the right-wing majority's ruling "will result in massive disenfranchisement." Read more |
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'May Very Well Prove Deadly': Sanders Condemns Wisconsin Supreme Court's Ruling That Elections Must Go Forward Amid Pandemic "It's outrageous that the Republican legislative leaders and the conservative majority on the Supreme Court in Wisconsin are willing to risk the health and safety of many thousands of Wisconsin voters tomorrow for their own political gain." Read more |
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Food Safety Groups Warn of Looming Zoonotic Pandemic, Blast USDA's New Slaughter Plant Regulation "Self-regulation when it comes to animal movement, slaughter, and meat inspection is bad news." Read more |
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'How Many More Nurses Have to Die?': Coalition of Nurses Unions Demand Life-Saving Supplies in Battle With Coronavirus "We now bear the full brunt of a healthcare system rendered dysfunctional after years of relentless funding cuts for public health, while generating obscene profits for corporate interests." Read more |
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Citing 'Irreparable Harm,' Federal Judge Blocks Oklahoma Attempt to Ban Abortion During Pandemic "To politicians and anti-abortion groups playing political games amid a pandemic: Let this be a lesson to you that we won't allow you to put our patients and the community at risk." Read more |
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'Condition of the Prime Minister Has Worsened': Battling Covd-19, UK's Boris Johnson Moved to Intensive Care The move was taken by the head of state's medical team as a precaution in the event that a ventilator is needed. Read more |
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With Economy 'Overlord' Mnuchin Controlling Bailout Funds, Green Group Demands to Know What 'Climate-Killing Companies' Are Seeking Government Cash Mnuchin "can pick winners and losers as he sees fit, even if it destroys our climate. That's terrifying." Read more |
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With Public Health and Democracy at Stake, Wisconsin Governor Issues Order Postponing In-Person Primary Voting Until June "The chaos in Wisconsin is exhibit A for why US needs to adopt universal vote by mail." Read more |
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'We Are Undervalued': Target Delivery Workers to Walk Off Job in Demand for Better Treatment Amid Outbreak "We are exposing ourselves to great risk so others don't have to. During these uncertain times, Shipt must not put profits before people." Read more |
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UN Chief Warns Coronavirus Lockdowns Bringing About 'Horrifying Global Surge in Domestic Violence' "Together, we can and must prevent violence everywhere, from war zones to people's homes, as we work to beat COVID-19." Read more |
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Fired Intel IG Speaks Out Against Trump as Watchdog Warns of a Democracy In 'Gravest Danger' "The president's attempts to rid the government of those who would provide appropriate oversight and accountability for abuses... sets us on a dangerous trajectory." Read more |
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Amid Pandemic, Wisconsin Mayors Demand Emergency Halt to 'Irresponsible' In-Person Voting Set for Tuesday Calls continue to mount for state leaders to "extend the period for requesting and casting absentee ballots so that voters do not have to risk getting a deadly disease in order to vote." Read more |
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'Dry-Rotted' Supplies and 'Severe' Shortages: HHS Inspector General Report Offers Grim Look at US Coronavirus Response "It is unprecedented," HHS assistant inspector general Ann Maxwell said of the dire conditions at U.S. hospitals. Read more |
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'Smash-and-Grab Economics': Trump White House Weighing Tax Cut for Rich Investors as Workers and Small Businesses Struggle Critics slammed the Trump administration for considering "rewarding vulture capitalists profiting off a crisis." Read more |
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'A Really Chilling Moment': Trump Refuses to Allow Dr. Fauci to Answer Question on Dangers of Hydroxychloroquine "This is unacceptable. Dr. Fauci, one of the world's top infectious disease scientists, was just censored live at a White House press conference." Read more |
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US Government's Handling of Coronavirus Crisis Has Led to Severe Undercounting of Deaths, Public Health Officials Say " Data erasure and the manufacture of mass confusion have already begun." Read more |
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'This President Has Blood on His Hands': Trump Again Urges Public to Take Anti-Malaria Drug for Coronavirus, Despite Reports of Danger "'What do you have to lose?'" Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) asked. "They can lose their life, you imbecile." Read more |
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'Reckless': Chaos Expected in Tuesday's Elections After Wisconsin Republicans Refuse to Cancel In-Person Voting " The whole country should tune in to what Republicans are doing now in Wisconsin. It's a preview of how they'll politically weaponize coronavirus on a national scale." Read more |
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WATCH: Bernie Sanders Hosts Livestream Detailing Priorities for Worker-Focused Coronavirus Relief Bill Sanders has called on Congress to pass a new package including Medicare for All, salary guarantees for Americans put out of work by the pandemic, and direct monthly payments. Read more |
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'A Mockery of Independence': Trump to Nominate White House Lawyer to Oversee $4.5 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill "People need to be paying attention to the anti-democratic steps the president is taking while people are appropriately preoccupied with the current pandemic." Read more |
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Despite Threats From Management, Amazon Warehouse Workers in Chicago Strike to Demand Better Coronavirus Precautions "We're going to continue to fight. This is just the beginning of our struggle here." Read more |
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'Pure Retaliation, Retribution, and Reprisal': Trump Fires Inspector General Who Sounded Alarm About Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint "While the world is rightly distracted by COVID-19, we see leaders around the world with authoritarian tendencies subverting democracy. U.S. is no different." Read more |
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Wisconsin Governor Finally Moves to Postpone State's Primary Elections, Shift to Vote-by-Mail Fifteen states in recent weeks have delayed their primary elections in light of the coronavirus pandemic, but Wisconsin has yet to do so. Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Calls for 'Boldest Legislation in History' to Halt Spiraling Covid-19 Catastrophe "In this unprecedented moment in modern American history, it is imperative that we respond in an unprecedented way." Read more |
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"I Don't Have an Option": Facing Critical Ventilator Shortage, Cuomo Orders Seizure of Excess Equipment From Private Companies and Hospitals "It's not that we're going to leave any health care facility without adequate equipment, but they don't need excess equipment." Read more |
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'This Is Despicable': Not Even COVID-19 Pandemic Can Halt Trump's Right-Wing Takeover of Federal Courts Critics warn the president's latest nominees for lifetime appellate court positions are both committed to the "deadly agenda" of overturning the entire Affordable Care Act. Read more |
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'Drop the Medicare Eligibility Age to 0 Right Now': Study Warns 35 Million Could Lose Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance "The national health insurance system is crumbling more with every day that passes." Read more |
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'We Need People's Bailout, Not Polluters' Bailout': Climate Groups Move to Preempt Big Oil Giveaway Amid Pandemic "Oh, so we have to pay our rent, but now Big Oil doesn't have to pay anything for destroying our public lands? Cool, cool." Read more |
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Jared Kushner, With No Government Background, Scolds States for Requesting Supplies From National Equipment Stockpile "Dilettantism raised to the level of sociopathy." Read more |
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Leaked Memo Reveals Amazon Execs Plotted to Paint Fired 'Not Smart' Worker as 'Face of Entire Union/Organizing Movement' "In the middle of this crisis they're not thinking about people dying, hurting, or how their own fate is tied to these workers. Nope. They're thinking they've got to hold off the union organizing." Read more |
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As Global COVID-19 Cases Top One Million, UN Adopts Resolution Urging 'Intensified International Cooperation' The resolution passed as the U.N. chief declared that "now is the time to redouble our efforts to build more inclusive and sustainable economies and societies." Read more |
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Under Cover of Pandemic, Trump's NLRB Moves to Make Unionizing 'Nearly Impossible for Workers' "The Trump NLRB takes this moment to publish a rule that will make it harder both for workers to unionize and to keep unions they have. Shameful does not even begin to describe this." Read more |
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"It's Not Like We Have a Massive Recession or Worse," Says Trump After 10 Million Lost Their Jobs in Two Weeks "It's artificial because we turned it off," Trump said of the economic crisis, a distinction that makes no difference to the millions who have lost their jobs and their health insurance. Read more |
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'This Is Unacceptable': Trump Administration Says Millions May Have to Wait 5 Months to Receive $1,200 Relief Check "That's not even remotely fast enough for the millions of working people who have seen their hours slashed, their expenses rise, and their government refuse to take sufficient action." Read more |
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'Nightmare Scenario That Everyone Predicted': As Millions Struggle to Meet Basic Needs, Trump Organization Requests Financial Relief " I'd be interested in knowing what help Trump and Jared are extending to their tenants as they ask for help themselves." Read more |
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"We're Running Out of Time to Get This Right": Congress Urged to Move Swiftly to Protect 2020 Elections From Pandemic's Mayhem "None of us know how long this pandemic will last, and no American should have to choose between protecting their health and exercising their right to vote." Read more |
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'The Poor, the Sick, the Homeless, the Children, the Low-Wage Workers': Moral Leaders Demand Coronavirus Relief for Most Vulnerable "We are asking people to call on the White House and Congress to enact relief for the people that Jesus cared about," say the Poor People's Campaign co-chairs. Read more |
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As DNC Postpones Milwaukee Convention From July to August, Critics Say 'Absolutely Foolish' to Hold Wisconsin Primary Next Week "The DNC is delaying a convention that was set to take place in Wisconsin in July. But the Democratic governor and Republican legislature there won't move—or cancel the in-person portion of—a primary that's happening there next Tuesday." Read more |
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Trump Labor Department Accused of Quietly 'Twisting the Law' to Slash Paid Sick Leave Amid Pandemic "The Trump administration is robbing workers of the paid sick days and paid leave Congress passed into law for them. That is unconscionable." Read more |
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'Government Needs to Step In': Food Banks Across US Report Unprecedented Demand—and Shortages—as Coronavirus Pandemic Ravages "We're seeing people from every socio-economic level because the majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck." Read more |
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In Nation Without Medicare for All, 3.5 Million Workers May Have Lost Employer-Provided Insurance Over Last Two Weeks "The COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the cruelty of tying health insurance coverage to employment." Read more |
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Big Brother in the Age of Coronavirus: 100+ Groups Warn Against Exploiting Pandemic to Permanently Expand Surveillance State "These are extraordinary times, but human rights law still applies." Read more |
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'Still Ahead of His Time': New Video Details Bernie Sanders' Prescient Warnings About Pandemic Threat and Need for Medicare for All "Voters are watching in real time as Bernie Sanders' platform—Medicare for All, a federal housing guarantee, paid leave for everyone, and much else—is looking more and more like a common-sense solution to huge problems." Read more |
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'How Does It Feel to Sell Your Soul to the World's Richest Man?': Obama Aide Turned Amazon Exec Ripped Over Fired Workplace Organizer "Your boss is the richest person on Earth, and he just became $3.4 billion richer last month dumping stock in anticipation of this pandemic. How much does he pay you to pretend he can't afford to give his workers PPE and a sane paid sick leave policy?" Read more |
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Decline in Fossil Fuel Emissions Due to Coronavirus Lockdowns No Substitute for Climate Action, Advocates Say "If this were what climate success looked like, I wouldn't want to vote for it," wrote NYU professor Gernot Wagner. "I care about climate change because I care about people, and people are dying right now." Read more |
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As Pandemic Paralyzes Global Economy, World Is 'Awash in Seas of Oil' With Nowhere Left to Store It "How about we #KeepItInTheGround?" Read more |
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Delaying #COP26 Over Coronavirus, Say Green Groups, 'Is Not an Excuse to Postpone Climate Ambition!' Activists urged world leaders to learn from the pandemic "about the importance of listening to science and the need for urgent collective global action." Read more |
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'Never Seen Anything Like It': Economists Warn 6.6 Million New Jobless Claims Portend Unparalleled Crisis "A portrait of disaster. Unemployment insurance claims for the last two weeks are mind-blowing." Read more |
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'Not Enough': Trump Reversal on Coronavirus Relief Payments Still Leaves 'Unacceptable' Barrier for Millions "They're still requiring SSI recipients and veterans receiving pensions to file a tax return before receiving their coronavirus stimulus payments." Read more |
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'Moving to Rob Us Blind in Broad Daylight'? Trump to Hold In-Person Meeting With Big Oil CEOs to Discuss Coronavirus Relief "Right now money is needed for people's health, direct relief, and making sure we have a resilient future—not bolstering the fossil fuel industry." Read more |
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As Trump Lobs Threats and Deploys Missiles, Iran Demands Halt to 'Warmongering During Coronavirus Outbreak' "What kind of maniac risks such a war in the middle of a global pandemic? Answer: President Donald Trump, aided and abetted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser Robert O'Brien." Read more |
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New Evidence Shows Trump—Who Says He Knew Covid-19 'Going to Be Horrible'—Allowed Exports of Crucial Supplies to Continue "In the absence of early detection and purchasing agreements, crucial medical supplies have been ferried out from American manufacturers for foreign markets." Read more |
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With Record-Shattering Unemployment, Sanders, Schumer, and Wyden Ask Trump's Labor Dept: 'Do You Have a Plan?' "It is absolutely imperative that the millions of Americans who are eligible for unemployment benefits receive every dollar to which they are entitled as quickly as possible." Read more |
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Despite Calls for Global Ceasefire, Trump Threatens War With Iran Amid COVID-19 "Unsatisfied with a global pandemic and an economic collapse, Trump wants to add a major war into the mix." Read more |
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'Pitchforks and Flaming Torches, Anyone?': Owner of Shuttered Philadelphia Hospital Stands to See Windfall in Tax Breaks From Stimulus Package "I think he's looking at this as a business transaction rather than providing an imminent and important aid to the city and our residents." Read more |
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Citing Public Health During COVID-19 Outbreak, Sanders Urges Wisconsin to Delay Primary "People should not be forced to put their lives on the line to vote." Read more |
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'Poison Pill' in Stimulus Package Could Cost Millions of Airline Jobs, Labor Leaders Say In a letter to the Treasury Secretary Wednesday, Flight Attendant Union International President Sara Nelson and other labor leaders demanded the federal government ensure workers in the airline industry be protected. Read more |
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'When We Are Infected No One Is Safe': Nurses Nationwide Protest Over Lack of Coronavirus Protective Equipment "For the wealthiest hospital corporation in the United States to show such disregard for the health and safety of its caregivers, is disgraceful and unconscionable." Read more |
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Trump Throws Up 'Outrageous' Roadblock for Seniors, People With Disabilities in Need of $1,200 Relief Checks "The Trump administration is throwing up an unnecessary barrier that will make it harder for seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans to get the payments they desperately need." Read more |
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As Coronavirus Spreads, Poll Shows Nearly 60% in US Believe Political System Designed Solely to Serve Rich and Powerful The survey was taken as Congress debated a $4.5 trillion corporate bailout amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more |
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Biden Says 'Hard to Envision' Democratic Convention Taking Place in July as Sanders Vows to Stay in Race The two remaining contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination made their comments on separate late night tv appearances. Read more |
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Medicare for All Support Surges to 9-Month High in New Poll After Coronavirus Exposes Horrors of Private Insurance "How can it be that we spend 18% of our GDP on healthcare but still lack the beds, masks, ventilators, gowns, gloves, and test kits we need to adequately respond to this crisis?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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McConnell Draws Outrage for 'Ridiculous' Excuse That Trump Impeachment Trial Prevented Action on Coronavirus Crisis While Trump ignored warnings from experts, critics noted, "he played a lot of golf, hitting the links at least five times from mid-January through early March. Did impeachment cause that?" Read more |
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'Fanatical Cruelty': As Pandemic Rages, Trump Refuses to Reopen Affordable Care Act Enrollment to Help Uninsured "This isn't just an outrageous decision, but it's also a deadly one." Read more |
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Amnesty Slams Trump for Classifying Gun Stores as 'Essential Businesses' During Pandemic "With hospitals at critically low capacity due to the pandemic, we cannot afford more injuries or deaths from gun violence." Read more |
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'Pandemics Know No Borders': Democrats Call on Trump Admin to Suspend Sanctions on Iran During Coronavirus Outbreak "We need to cancel all economic sanctions during this crisis." Read more |
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"Pelosi's Terrible Idea": Critics Denounce Proposal to Give Wealthy a Tax Cut in Next Stimulus Package "This is almost unbelieveable." Read more |
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With Bills Due April 1, More Than 400,000 Demand Congress Freeze All Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Payments "Millions are wondering how they'll pay their rent or mortgage by tomorrow. We need additional emergency action suspending rent, mortgage and utility payments for the duration of this crisis." Read more |
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'Massachusetts Is Not Happy': Warren Condemns Trump for Outbidding States, Seizing Key Medical Supplies Accusing president of "dereliction of responsibility," the Democratic senator said, "Health workers' lives are at risk and people are dying." Read more |
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'A Shameful New Low': Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Alberta Govt. Ponies Up $1 Billion for Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline "We need billions of public dollars invested directly in vulnerable communities dying from COVID-19, not spent propping up massive oil companies and unneeded projects that would trample Indigenous rights and exacerbate the climate crisis." Read more |
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Fed Economists Warn US Unemployment Rate Could Soon Reach 32%—During Great Depression It Peaked at 25% "These are very large numbers by historical standards, but this is a rather unique shock that is unlike any other experienced by the U.S. economy in the last 100 years." Read more |
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'Critical Victory' for Reproductive Rights as Federal Judges Block Three States From Exploiting Coronavirus to Ban Abortion Care "This is an important recognition of what we know to be true—abortion care is essential healthcare." Read more |