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Last month, as the coronavirus pandemic spun out of control and Congress
debated a $2 trillion bailout for corporations, readers from all over
the world flooded the Common Dreams website to get the latest news.

Then one of the worst possible things for an online news outlet
happened: our website crashed, unable to keep up with the massive surge
in traffic.

During this deadly pandemic, people need information from trusted news
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The work of journalism has never been more critical than it is right
now.

The president of the United States lies almost every time he opens his
mouth and is leading one of the worst government responses to the
pandemic in the world.

Mitch McConnell and Steve Mnuchin are shamelessly using the pandemic for
smash-and-grab looting of the public treasury, handing corporations a
$500 billion slush fund as small businesses and laid-off workers are
still waiting for the first unemployment checks to arrive.

And while medical workers can't get essential protective gear and
hospitals face a desperate shortage of ventilators and tests,
Republicans are focused on an ideological laundry list, from banning
abortion to disenfranchising voters.

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