AMERICAN WAY MAY 2020
SPOTLIGHT
NEW REPORT: Disinformation, Coronavirus, and the 2020 Presidential Election
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In the 2016 presidential campaign, a robust disinformation effort fueled by Russia’s intelligence agencies provided a new turn in the narrative of United States politics. Now, as the 2020 presidential election approaches in a nation and world grappling with a global pandemic, disinformation is a growing threat to American democracy, especially as necessary social distancing measures make street protest impossible.
A new Right Wing Watch report examines what is unfolding during the 2020 election cycle and how users of social media can be better prepared to identify the outright lies and disinformation being spread by Trump and his supporters.
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THIS MONTH
Trump is Using the Pandemic to Further Shred the Social Safety Net
Recent reports that the Trump administration is planning a “sweeping effort” to “repeal or suspend” federal rules affecting business on issues such as workplace safety, health care, and the environment, all in the name of economic recovery from the current pandemic, should come as no surprise.
These efforts to shred the social safety net, that began under FDR’s New Deal have become part and parcel of Trump’s presidency. Well before the pandemic, Trump was already pursuing that goal through a combination of regressive policies and far-right judicial nominations. Now, he is using the pandemic as an excuse to continue.
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As Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 100,000 Trump Deflects, Eyes Re-Election
As the U.S. passes a grim milestone of 100,000+ deaths due to the coronavirus, recent reports have indicated that we likely would have experienced far fewer casualties if the Trump administration had acted sooner to mitigate the virus's spread.
Trump and his Republican enablers continue unabated in their attempts to downplay and dispell such reports while pressuring states into reopening their economies - even while the risk of the coronavirus spreading remains high.
Our latest from the "Falsehood and Failures" series highlights some of the most egregious lies from Trump and his Republican enablers this past week.
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Joe Biden Promises to Nominate Judges “Who Look Like America”
Since the earliest days of the 2020 presidential election campaign, PFAW’s Vote the Courts 2020 campaign has urged presidential primary candidates to voice their plans to nominate fair-minded constitutionalists to our federal courts.
Earlier this month, former Vice President Joe Biden, who is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, released a plan for Black America that highlighted the qualities his ideal judicial nominees would possess to further his agenda to tackle systemic racism and fight for civil rights.
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The Disproportionate Impacts of this Crisis on People with Disabilities
An estimated 61 million people in the U.S. are living with a disability. Even before this crisis, the disability community dealt with biases in health and medical care and struggled to access government benefits. Now, they are experiencing a range of more immediate and urgent problems that further jeopardize their safety and welfare.
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CONFIRMED JUDGES, CONFIRMED FEARS: THE DEVASTATING HARM ALREADY DONE BY CONFIRMED TRUMP FEDERAL JUDGES
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Trump Judge Gives Immunity to Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed Man
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Trump Judge’s Vote Excuses Police Violation of Fourth Amendment in Unlawful Search and Seizure Case
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Trump Judges Agree Majority Are “Partisan Warriors” in Emoluments Lawsuit Dissent
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MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Diallo Brooks: We Don’t Need to Return to Normal — We Need a New Normal
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PFAW Calls for National Justice Reform in the Wake of George Floyd’s Death
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Coronavirus Magnifies the Need for D.C. Statehood
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Oral Arguments in Religious School Case Show Deep Divisions on Supreme Court
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Trump Judges Approve Trump DOJ Execution Procedures
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Justin Walker is Exactly the Kind of Judicial Nominee that the Framers Intended to Protect Us From
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Oral Arguments on Trump Subpoenas Pose Crucial Questions to Supreme Court
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Kavanaugh, Gorsuch Make it Easier to Deport Permanent Legal Residents
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Trump Judge Sides with Police Who Shot a Mentally Ill Man
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Coronavirus’s Disproportionate Impact on LGBTQ People
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Trump Judge Sides with Big Bank in Case Challenging Mortgage Handling Failure
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RIGHT WING WATCH
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GOP Senate Hopeful Employs Monarchist and Anti-Semite to Manage Campaign
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Organizers of Pro-Trump Prayer Rally Claim That Majority Support for LGBTQ Equality Shows Need for National Repentance
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These Documents Are a Likely Source of Jacob Wohl’s Legal Troubles
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Paula White’s One Voice Prayer Movement: A Thinly Disguised Political Operation for Trump
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Capital Research Center Employee Favorite Source for White Nationalist Smear Campaign Against Ahmaud Arbery
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David Barton Says It’s ‘Not the Role of the Federal Government to Handle’ the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Tea Party 2.0: What the ‘Reopen’ Protests Have in Common With the Tea Party
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Fight Over Vote-By-Mail Is ‘Spiritual Battle’ For ‘Control of the Free World,’ Says True the Vote Leader
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Preventing Jim Bakker From Selling a Bogus COVID-19 Cure Is an Unconstitutional Restriction on His Religious Liberty, Says His Legal Team
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Lindsey Graham Says Trump’s ‘Pro-Life’ Stance Led His Coronavirus Response
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