AMERICAN WAY APRIL 2020
SPOTLIGHT
Falsehoods and Failures: Highlighting the Worst of Trump's Lies During the Pandemic
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We here at PFAW, along with many of you, have watched with growing disbelief the ballooning volume of lies, misdirection, and disinformation flowing from the White House during this worldwide health crisis. While some days it can be hard to discern what to believe, the need for accurate and accessible information is critically important.
PFAW is working hard to make sure our members have as complete a picture of the pandemic’s effects as possible. Our new weekly round-up tracks Trump’s troubling failures of leadership during the worst social and financial crisis this country has experienced since World War II.
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THIS MONTH
New Report Highlights Republican Efforts to Shred the Social Safety Net
As the coronavirus pandemic magnifies the need for a strong national safety net to protect the health and well-being of the public, PFAW and the Alliance for Justice released a joint report, “Shredding the Social Safety Net: The Republican Plot to Use the Federal Courts to Destroy Public Health, Safety and Other Protections.”
The report details a key strategy in the right wing’s long-running mission to turn back the clock on social safety net programs that began with Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal and include such vital supports as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act — as well as protections for workers, consumers, and the environment.
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Trump Republicans vs. Voting Rights: An Existential Threat to Constitutional Self-Government
Voting rights, which should be sacred in a democratic society, took another devastating hit on April 6, with the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing justices denying thousands of Wisconsin voters the ability to cast a ballot, and forcing millions of others to decide whether to brave massive lines and risk their lives in order to be counted.
The story in Wisconsin began with Republican state lawmakers refusing to push back Election Day or expand absentee voting so voters could cast their ballots remotely, and they did it to suppress the vote – especially in the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee – so they could retain a state Supreme Court seat that would, in turn, help them with their voter suppression efforts this November! When the Democratic governor of Wisconsin tried to provide some relief for voters by extending absentee voting, he was shut down – first, by the right-wing majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, then by the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision written by Trump apointee Brett Kavanaugh.
Thank you to the amazing PFAW members across the country who helped phone bank Wisconsin voters to make sure thousands of outstanding absentee ballots got turned in on time. At the end of the day, voter turnout was high enough that Republicans LOST the very race they were trying to rig, showing that motivation on our side to hold Trump Republicans accountable is high … but protecting the right to vote will be crucial. We’ll meet that challenge together.
Please read PFAW President Michael Keegan’s recent piece on Trumpublicans’ assault on voting rights.
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Tactics From the Right-Wing Playbook on COVID-19
During this extremely challenging time, when the spread of the coronavirus threatens people’s lives and the nation’s well-being, Americans should be able to count on their leaders for honest and accurate information.
But Americans who trust right-wing media, political, and religious leaders have too often gotten the opposite.
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New Series Highlights Coronavirus’ Disproportionate Impact on Vulnerable Communities
During this unprecedented emergency, PFAW has continued to work to safeguard vulnerable communities. We are pushing lawmakers for solutions to address the structural inequities that underlie the impacts these communities are experiencing. To help our members stay aware and up-to-date, we are sharing emerging news and data on the blog every week, highlighting how those most vulnerable are suffering and how our members and activists can get involved in our work to protect them.
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CONFIRMED JUDGES, CONFIRMED FEARS: THE DEVASTATING HARM ALREADY DONE BY CONFIRMED TRUMP FEDERAL JUDGES
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Trump Judge Excuses Police Brutality Without Trial
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Trump Judge Tries to Deprive More than 25,000 Immigrants of Any Right to Seek Asylum
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Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Approve Texas Ban of Medication Abortions, Using COVID-19 as Excuse
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MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Diallo Brooks: Fighting for Safe, Fair and Equitable Access to the Ballot
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#ProtectOurVote: PFAW Joins Virtual Town Hall on Election Protections
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Elliot Mincberg: Republicans Must Join Democrats When It Comes to COVID-19 Oversight
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Don’t Let Church-State Separation Be a Victim of the Coronavirus
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Trump’s Threats to the Postal System are Threats to an Essential Public Service
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Trump Judge Favors Insurance Company Over Homeowner in Labor Cost Case
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Trump Judge Narrowly Defines Racially “Hostile Work Environment” to Dismiss Employee’s Claim
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Trump Judges Deny Access to Grand Jury Records In Unsolved Lynching Case
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Trump Judge Would Allow Officers to Ignore an Arrestee’s Serious Medical Needs
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Judges Bennett and Nelson Cut Short Habeas Petitions Filing Deadline
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Trump Judges Try to Give Trump Power to Block Twitter Critics
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Trump Judge Sides with Prison in Gender Dysphoria Case
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RIGHT WING WATCH
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‘Reopen’ Protests Stir Up the Far-Right
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Beyond #FireFauci: Conspiracy Theorists Claim Fauci ‘Directly Responsible’ For COVID-19
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Mat Staver Compares Christians Facing Social Distancing Restrictions to Jews Persecuted in Nazi Germany
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Jim Bakker Begs Viewers: ‘Don’t Let Me Have to File for Bankruptcy’
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‘Out of Shadows’ Is a QAnon Film Going Viral
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Rick Wiles Warns ‘There Will Be Blood in the Streets’ If Bill Gates Continues to Push for Vaccinations
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Infowars Host Threatens to Mobilize Audience to Defy COVID-19 Social Distancing Orders
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Heritage Foundation Appoints Itself Task of Setting Direction for National Coronavirus Recovery
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Why Hasn’t Trump Ordered the Military to ‘Seize All Abortion Clinics’ and Outlaw Pornography? Rick Wiles Blames Jews
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Paula White, John Hagee Praise Trump, Slam Media in Daystar TV COVID-19 Special
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