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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We've pleaded with the White House to help. Donald Trump personally directed his staff not to do so."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"While farmworkers are working during a pandemic to pick the food that feeds our families during this crisis, Trump is looking to cut their pay."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump's Labor Department has been working diligently to ensure that no U.S. worker has it too easy in the middle of a pandemic and burgeoning economic depression."


A government health official sprays a chlorine solution in the streets as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Nairobi on March 19, 2020. (Photo: Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
"We can only beat this virus through coming together as one...Rich country governments must massively upscale their help."


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders listens as former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern University's Health and PE Center on September 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"These policies are what I would expect from Republicans. This is not a 'big overture' by any stretch of the imagination."


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his wife Jane Sanders wave as they exit a campaign rally at Cowboys Dancehall on February 22, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Let us go forward together. The struggle continues."


President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General Bill Barr, speaks at the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House on March 23, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Bernie Sanders
The American people deserve and require leadership from Washington amid this horrific pandemic and economic meltdown



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned in a scathing dissent that the right-wing majority's ruling "will result in massive disenfranchisement."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"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."


Michael Atkinson, Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, leaves a meeting in the U.S. Capitol October 4, 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"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."

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