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Your Week in Review


US President Donald Trump takes questions during a press conference on the COVID-19, coronavirus, outbreak at the White House in Washington, DC on February 29, 2020. - The number of novel coronavirus cases in the world rose to 85,919, including 2,941 deaths, across 61 countries and territories by 1700 GMT on Saturday, according to a report gathered by AFP from official sources. (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Why isn't Donald Trump focused on our northern border? I'll give you three guesses but you'll only need one."


CNN weekend host Michael Smerconish was criticized Saturday after introducing a segment by comparing the rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders to the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo: CNN / Screengrab)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Nice to wake up to discover that CNN is giving a platform to the idea that the left is a disease. That's never led to anything bad happening before."


President Donald Trump appears at a rally on the eve before the South Carolina primary on February 28, 2020 in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Trump administration is coming under increased criticism from democrats for not doing enough to prepare America for the Coronavirus. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Ralph Nader
The word 'corruption' cannot fully embrace how this insulting megalomaniac is tearing apart our country, our democratic practices, and our moral norms. Who will put a stop to this president's corrupt rampage against the American people?

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Two days before IfNotNow members were set to protest at Sen. Amy Klobuchar's presidential campaign headquarters in Minneapolis to demand the senator skip this year's AIPAC conference, the senator and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg both announced that they would not attend the Israel lobby's meeting this year.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"When people show you who they are..."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Nobody on the debate stage except Bernie has the guts to say the truth about the legacy of U.S. foreign policy."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"You've got candidates, you've got super PACs, all piling on to stop Bernie Sanders. They know he has the momentum in the race."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
From a tax on Wall Street speculation to slashing the military budget, Sanders' presidential campaign summarized how it would pay for its plans.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Justice Sotomayor's dissent is a call to action, and now Trump is attacking her for speaking the truth."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Giridharadas called out MSNBC and other establishment forces for behaving "like out-of-touch aristocrats in a dying aristocracy."

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