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US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 8, 2020. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
One progressive critic called the president's promise "a full-on declaration of war against current and future Social Security beneficiaries."


A woman walks into a Brooklyn Post Office on August 05, 2020 in New York City. President Trump in recent weeks has called the Postal Service "a joke" as the agency is experiences delays in mail delivery due to the coronavirus pandemic and financial pressures. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Can't stress this enough— if the USPS is sabotaged, this will amount to the greatest voter suppression campaign in history."


Young people and their allies across the world took part in the largest global climate protests in history on September 20, 2019, demanding globale leaders act immediately and urgently to stop the climate crisis. (Photo: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images)

by Mark Hertsgaard
With fewer than 100 days remaining before Election Day, journalists at some of America's leading news organizations are working with their own newsrooms and others to make sure voters and the public at large understand what's at stake.


Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (R) arrives for a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on August 5, 2020. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"America is in a dead sprint to authoritarianism. The man is pulling out all the stops to prevent the citizens of this country from holding a legitimate election in which he might face removal from office."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
A new report from government watchdog Common Cause details at least seven months of failures by the Trump administration to confront the coronavirus pandemic as a national emergency and to contain the virus.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As progressives and leftists, we are not going to minimize our disagreements with Joe Biden. But we're also clear-eyed about where things stand. We have a moral responsibility to defeat Trump."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Anyone who believes in the right to vote should enthusiastically embrace voting by mail. Without it, tens of millions of voters will be denied the opportunity to safely exercise their cherished right to vote."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump and his allies have always been motivated by partisanship, even at the expense of American lives."


Donald Trump with his ex-wife, Ivana, and his father Fred in 1988. (Photo: Jeffrey Asher/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"This has to be how the story ends, right? With Trump going down for 'illegally inflating his net worth'?"

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