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News & Views | 10/2/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Now is not the time to be euphemistic about Trump's recklessness. His disregard for basic health protocols has been bad not just for himself and his staff, but also for countless Americans."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Scheduling a hearing for 10 days from now is reckless and stupid," said one critic.


Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden waits to greet local officials at Joey D’s Restaurant at Latrobe Train Station on September 30, 2020 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Biden announced Friday that both he and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, have tested negative for the coronavirus. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"I don't wear masks like him," Trump mockingly said of Biden during Tuesday night's debate. "Every time you see him he's got a mask."


Youth organizers with Dream Defenders, March for Our Lives, Sunrise Movement, and United We Dream PAC have launched a new platform called "Count On Us." (Photo: Dream Defenders)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Together, we're going to vote and organize like our communities and planet are at stake, because they are."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
A spokesperson for the French government said Trump's diagnosis "demonstrates that the virus spares no one, including those who have shown skepticism."


Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett (L) meets with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 29, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The announcement by the Republican from Utah came just hours after President Donald Trump revealed he had the virus.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Following passage of the House bill, one advocate said "it is past time for Senate Republicans to move to help the American people instead of focusing on trying to ram through the confirmation of another Supreme Court Justice."


Street art that reads, "200,000+ Covid-19 deaths" next to an "It is what it is" quote by President Donald Trump is displayed on a wall in New York City on September 29, 2020. (Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The apparent goal of this unprecedented, coordinated attack on our nation's public health agencies... was, in the president's words, to 'play it down.'"


poll booths

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
State Democratic lawmakers called the situation "a national emergency" and said Republican efforts are a "dangerous threat to democracy."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
In secretly-taped audio recordings released late Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump was heard dismissing public outrage over the family separation crisis begun by her husband's administration at the U.S.-Mexico.


Texas Republicans

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Governor Abbott and Texas Republicans are scared," said the chair of the Texas Democratic Party.

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The only thing that matters politically is the decisive defeat of Trump next month, and his expeditious removal from office by January 20, 2021. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
Donald Trump has been laying waste to our Constitution, our democracy, and our very society.


US President Donald Trump holds a face mask as he speaks during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

by Juan Cole
When Joe Biden said during Tuesday night's debate that the CDC said mask-wearing between now and January could save an estimated 100,000 lives, the president falsely interjected, "but they've also said the opposite."


The corporporation should release a statement recognizing the legitimacy of Palestine and the Palestinian struggle for freedom and equality. (Photo: Olivier Matthys/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

by Ariel Gold, Mary Miller
If anything is illegitimate, it is not the word or state of Palestine, and certainly not the Palestinian struggle for liberation. It is Israel’s policies of land theft, violence, illegal settlement construction, and other human rights abuses.


A polar bear leaps over melting ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. (Photo: Paulette Sinclair/Alamy Stock Photo)

by Mark Hertsgaard
Michael Mann, one of the world’s most eminent climate experts, says Earth’s future 'is in the hands of American citizens.'


Could bands of Trump supporters disrupt polling places? (Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

by Will Bunch
When Trump revealed his scheme under the hot TV lights, the message wasn’t just received by Proud Boys and by Putin’s social-media meddlers in St. Petersburg, but also by the American people who solidly support removing him from the White House.

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