Jon Queally, staff writer

Jon Queally is managing editor for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @jonqueally

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Mike Pompeo, then director of the CIA, and his wife Susan arrive at the White House for a state dinner April 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) News
Friday, December 04, 2020
The Pandemic Is Raging Out of Control, So Pompeo Invited 900 People to an Indoor Holiday Party?
News Friday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked by a Democratic Senator to call off scheduled holiday parties—including one with a 900-person invite list for an indoor gathering—left critics wondering: Wait, an indoor holiday party with 900 people during a raging pandemic? After it was...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers an address on threats to American democracy at George Washington University on September 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Sanders cited "the unprecedented and dangerous moment we are in right now" given U.S. President Donald Trump's "unique threats to our democracy." (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) News
Thursday, November 19, 2020
'The Real Looting in America Is the Walton Family': GAO Report Details How Taxpayers Subsidize Cruel Low Wages of Corporate Giants
Pinpointing a reality denounced as " morally obscene " by Sen. Bernie Sanders, a new government study shows how some of the nation's largest and most profitable corporations—including Walmart, McDonald's, Dollar General, and Amazon—feast upon taxpayer money by paying their employees such low wages...
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President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, Nov 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) News
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
'Who Wants to Break the News to Him?' Trump Silent After GOP Effort to Block Election Certification in Michigan Thwarted
Despite later reversing their decision, two Republican members of Michigan's Wayne County Board of Canvassers were told their woeful legacies had already been sealed after they attempted Tuesday to block the certification of the county's 2020 election results, including an effort during the process...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) attends the third day of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images) News
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
"I'd Like to Report Some Voter Fraud": Lindsey Graham Under Fire for Allegations He Urged Legal Ballots Be Tossed in Georgia
Demands for an investigation and calls for Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to step down from his powerful position as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee erupted late Monday night after Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Graham, in a private conversation,...
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Joy Jackson photographs a passing truck bearing an image of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of block letters reading "LOSER" at Black Lives Matter plaza August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) News
Monday, November 16, 2020
"No You Didn't" Trends After Trump's Latest Election Result Lie
The internet rose up in collective response and ridicule overnight after President Donald Trump, just before midnight Sunday, again falsely claimed he won the 2020 presidential election. The words " No you didn't " began trending on Twitter following the demonstrable lie by Trump—aka the " world's...
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CNN was among the major news outlets Thursday night that projected Joe Biden, already considered the president-elect based on the number of electoral college votes he has secured, had also won Arizona—the first time the state has gone to a Democrat since 1996. (Image: CNN) News
Friday, November 13, 2020
Biden Further Solidifies Victory With Arizona as Election Officials Counter Trump's Fraud Lies in Joint Declaration
President-elect Joe Biden received further good electoral news later Thursday night as major news outlets—based on a fresh batch of reported results—finally put the state of Arizona in his column, cementing his national lead in the electoral college just as a statement issued from state and...
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US President Donald Trump arrives for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on November 11, 2020. The visit was Trump's first official post-election appearance Wednesday for what should be a moment of national unity to mark Veteran's Day, now marred by his refusal to acknowledge Joe Biden's win. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images) News
Thursday, November 12, 2020
As Trump Whines and Gaslights, Here's a Reality Check: He Got His Ass Kicked in the General Election
"The numbers are the numbers. There is no legal or legitimate way to rearrange the result they report." "Whatever Pompeo says to the contrary, whatever unreality Republican lawmakers are living in, Biden will take office on January 20, 2021. As for Donald Trump, he has finished the 2020 election as...
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President- elect Joe Biden answer questions from the press at the Queen in Wilmington, DE on November 10, 2020. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images) News
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Demanding White House Climate Office and 'Fierce' Cabinet Picks, Groups Urge Biden to Claim His 'FDR Moment'
The left is not waiting for permission to be heard—and they have some "fierce" Cabinet picks in mind for Joe Biden as well as a plan to help save the planet from climate destruction and the U.S. economy from ruin. "President-elect Biden must embrace this historic moment by keeping the party united...
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U.S. Attorney General William Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1, 2019 about the Justice Department's investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) News
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
'Naked Political Ploy': Outrage—and a Top DOJ Official Resigns—After Barr Memo Aims to Bolster Baseless Trump Fraud Allegations
U.S. Attorney General William Barr came under fire overnight after issuing a memo to federal prosecutors that critics warn aims to bolster President Donald Trump's continued baseless claims that rampant voter fraud— which doesn't factually exist —cost him reelection. "To do so when there is no such...
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A President-elect Joe Biden, warn progressives, must not allow Sen. Mitch McConnell, if he remains Majority Leader, any "veto power over how he constructs his administration." (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) News
Sunday, November 08, 2020
A Memo to the GOP, Wall Street, Joe Biden, and All Democrats: 'No, Mitch McConnell Is Not the 46th President'
A pair of progressive advocacy groups is pushing back hard against an emerging narrative that President-elect Joe Biden—declared the projected winner of the 2020 presidential race on Saturday—should submit in any way to the authority of Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, assuming Republicans...
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