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'The Swamp Is Alive and Well': Trump-Connected Lobbyists Raked in $10 Billion in Covid-19 Aid for Corporate Clients

'Trump Death Clock' Headed to DC on July 4th to Highlight President's Horrific Pandemic Response

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A look the "Trump Death Clock" as it stood on July 1, 2020. The "clock" quantifies the number Covid-19 related deaths that the activists say can be directly attributed to President Donald Trump's delayed response to the coronavirus. As of this writing, the figure stood at 76,895. (Image: Trump Death Clock LLC / Public Citizen)

"This suffering cannot be forgotten."

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'A Scandal': Contracts Show Trump Giving Big Pharma Free Rein to Price Gouge Taxpayer-Funded Coronavirus Drugs

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The amount of money the government is throwing at companies is unprecedented...

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Big Pharma Trade Group Blasted as 'Morally Bankrupt' for Suing to Block Minnesota Insulin Affordability Law

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

James Holt and Nicole Smith-Holt held a picture of their son Alec—who died in 2017 at age 26 after rationing his insulin—at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul after state representatives passed the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act on April 14, 2020. (Photo: John Autey/MediaNews Group/St. Paul Pioneer Press via Getty Images)

The law is named for Alec Smith, an uninsured 26-year-old who died in 2017...

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Why a Socialized System Like Medicare for All Beats For-Profit Healthcare in One Chart of Covid-19 Infection Rates

'Free Handout to Insurance Industry': Trump Administration Tells Insurers They Don't Have to Cover Covid-19 Tests for Workers

Workers set up a solar PV power system.

As Covid-19 Cases and Unemployment in the US Climb, 39 Groups Launch Coalition for Clean Energy and Healthy Communities

An intensive care nurse treat a patient at intensive care unit at the Klinikum Bad Hersfeld hospital on March 20, 2020 in Bad Hersfeld, Germany.

House Dems Introduce Bill to Prevent Big Pharma Price-Gouging During Pandemic

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attends the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Hearings to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 10, 2020.

'Just What the Doctor Ordered': Bill Would Protect Whistleblowers Who Sound Alarm Over Abuse of Covid-19 Relief Funds

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin arrives to speak in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on October 11, 2019. (

'Speaking of Looting...': Trump Admin. Refuses to Disclose Corporate Recipients of $500 Billion in Coronavirus Bailout Funds

People wait in line to vote in Georgia's Primary Election on June 9, 2020 in Atlanta. Georgia, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Dakota, and Nevada held primaries Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

'Chilling Harbinger' for November as Georgia Primary Plagued by Long Lines and Voting Machines Problems

Rep. Katie Porter Accuses UnitedHealth of 'Putting Profits Before Patients and Providers' in Midst of Pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Moncef Slaoui, the former head of GlaxoSmithKlines vaccines division, speaks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. Dubbed "Operation Warp Speed," the Trump administration is announcing plans for an all-out effort to produce and distribute a coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Ethics Complaint Filed to Force Trump's Covid-19 Vaccine Czar—a Former Pharma Exec—to Submit to Ethics Rules

Public health workers, doctors, and nurses protest over lack of sick pay and personal protective equipment outside a hospital in the Bronx on April 17, 2020.

Private Insurers Urged to Extend Free Covid-19 Coverage Until Pandemic Over

Public Citizen notes that while the U.S. death toll readies to surpass the 100,000 person threshold in the U.S., Trump's "chaotic and incompetent response" to the Covid-19 pandemic—including his failure to prepare the nation for such a calamity in the first place to his repeated assault on scientific understanding and undermining the warnings of public health experts— has "fueled the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. and beyond, causing tens of thousands of preventable deaths." (Image: Public Citizen)

As US Death Toll Hits 100,000 People, Here's a Simple Guide to 12 Things Trump Did To Make Covid-19 Much Worse

Two-Thirds of Interior Dept Meetings Attended by Fossil Fuel Interests as Trump Lavishes Industry With Covid Relief: Report

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The NRA Enemies List: AARP to YMCA to Britney Spears to Hallmark Cards

Wow. Recently surfaced is an NRA list of several hundred "anti-gun" organizations, celebrities and cor porations who have lent support to evil overlords who would steal our assault rifes and our liberty. Among them: The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Nurses Association, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, U.S. Catholic Conference, Tony Bennett, N Sync, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Time Warner. Man, the NRA world must be getting lonesome.

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The American People Deserve to Know Trump’s Financial Background

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Dozens of Lobbyists with Trump Ties Have Raked in at Least $10.5 Billion in Federal Aid During the Pandemic

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July 4: Trump Coronavirus Death Clock to Circle White House, Trump Hotel During Fourth of July Celebrations

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Launch of New NAFTA Marred by Detainment of Mexican Labor Activist, Hundreds of Court Challenges Against New Mexican Labor Law

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Launch of New NAFTA Marred by Detainment of Mexican Labor Activist, Hundreds of Court Challenges Against New Labor Law

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Gilead’s Remdesivir Price Is Offensive

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Emily Peterson-Cassin

Why Trump's Social Media Executive Order Is Troubling, Bizarre, and Dangerous

Melinda St. Louis

We Asked a Simple Question. What We Received Was Shocking.

Robert Weissman

The Antidote to Trump's Corrupt G7 Deal? Impeachment and Conviction

Lisa Gilbert

Impeach Trump? Yes. But Don't Forget Complicity of McConnell and GOP

Craig Holman

A Category 6 'Big Money' Hurricane Is Coming. But With FEC Gutted, the First Responders Aren’t.

Robert Weissman

Beware Facebook's Libra: A Corporate Surveillance Leviathan With No Precedent Outside the Realm of Science Fiction

Madeline Page, Rachel Curley

As Climate Crisis Threatens, Does Ford Have Something to Hide About Its Stance on Emissions Regulations?

Robert Weissman

Will McConnell Buck the Voters on Pro-Democracy Efforts?

Robert Weissman

We Can't Afford to Keep Our Failing Healthcare System. But We Absolutely Can Afford Medicare for All

Robert Weissman

Why We Must Stop an Unstable Trump and His Dangerous National Emergency Declaration