All News Articles for 2020-07-31
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In 'Disheartening' Ruling, US Supreme Court Halts Citizen Initiative to Fund Education in Idaho The order is the latest in a string of opinions overruling lower court orders to relax state election procedures due to Covid-19 Read more |
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'Inhumane at Any Time,' But During a Pandemic? House Approval of $740 Billion Pentagon Budget Condemned "Once again, the House has voted to put the interests of weapons manufacturers and war hawks over the wellbeing of people here and abroad." Read more |
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'They Are Correct to Never Waver': Sanders Campaign Co-Chairs Applaud DNC Delegates for Continuing Medicare for All Fight "We stand with the grassroots activists who understand that the party must stand for extending Medicare to everyone." Read more |
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Exclusive: 25 Civil Rights Groups Condemn Trump Over Election Delay Threat, Demand Congress Fund Voting Protections "We denounce this desperate attack on our democracy." Read more |
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Watchdog Groups Demand Probe Into 'Voter Suppression Tactics' by Postal Service Chief—and Major Trump Donor—Louis DeJoy "In his first month on the job, the postmaster general has already taken steps that could undermine efficient voting by mail in November." Read more |
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Demands for Kushner to Resign Over 'Staggering' Level of 'Depravity' That Put Politics Before Public Health "Holy hell. Jared Kushner reportedly abandoned a national testing plan because it was *politically advantageous* to sit back and let blue states be eviscerated by the virus." Read more |
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Trump's Vaccine Chief Picks His Own Former Employer—Where He Still Holds Millions Worth of Stock—for $2.1 Billion Deal "You can't have a contractor supervising government officials." Read more |
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Trump: Young People 'Almost Immune' to Coronavirus. WHO Chief: No. The contrasting statements about the risk of Covid-19 to children came as the U.S. president continued to push for a full reopening of schools. Read more |
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'A Catastrophe': Postal Workers Warn Trump Sabotage of USPS Could Delay Mail-In Ballots and Distort Election "I'm actually terrified to see election season under the new procedure," said one New York mail carrier. Read more |
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'Indefensible and Disgusting': Senate Departs for 3-Day Weekend as Unemployment Benefits Expire for 30 Million "Tens of millions of Americans on the brink of eviction and food insecurity and the Senate just left for yet another 3-day weekend." Read more |