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U.S. President Donald Trump boards Marine One for departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC., on Friday, July 19, 2019. (Photo: Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Trump is now using his lies and misinformation to sow confusion and chaos in the election process and undermine American democracy," says the Vermont senator.


Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (L) and Senator from California and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris greet supporters outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, on August 20, 2020. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

by Ralph Nader
Why has the Democratic Party been losing again and again at the federal and state level to the worst, cruelest, soft on corporate corruption, war-mongering, anti-worker Republican Party in history?


Amid banners that read, "5 Crooks Control Our News" and "Free the Truth," campaigners with Extinction Rebellion UK blocked delivery trucks belonging to Rupert Murdoch's News UK in the early morning of Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (Photo: @XRebellionUK)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
The real story, according to Extinction Rebellion UK, is that humanity is facing "an emergency of unprecedented scale and the papers we have targeted are not reflecting the scale and urgency of what is happening to our planet."


William Barr

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As the attorney general, you are expected not to be an idiot when it comes to basic legal principles," said Rep. Ted Lieu.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Voter fraud is nearly nonexistent. And the only one encouraging it is Donald Trump, in a desperate attempt to create chaos and sow doubt."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Before tonight, a Kennedy had never lost an election in Massachusetts. But even a 100-year dynasty cannot overcome the Green New Deal," said the youth-led Sunrise Movement.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Can the GOP's takeover of USPS be any more blatant?"


Technicians work as King Philippe of Belgium visits the seat and lab of candidate vaccine against Covid-19 developer Janssen Pharmaceutica, on June 17, 2020 in Beerse, Belgium. A brand new biotech lab was recently established to perform Covid-19 diagnostic tests. Belgium takes a pioneering role in the fight against viral infectious diseases. (Photo: Olivier Matthys/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The administration's latest decision regarding vaccines and global cooperation denounced as "more self-inflicted damage."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Joe Biden can't address the climate crisis while listening to people taking checks from the fossil fuel industry."


A nurse practitioner prepares to take samples from a volunteer in a Florida Covid-19 vaccine study. (Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Circumventing clinical trials would place huge numbers of people at risk," warned one leading virologist.

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