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The manifest danger that Trump poses, as epitomized by this terrorist plot, needs to be highlighted. (Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
This plot is no accident. It is the essence of Trumpism.


<p>President Donald Trump co-owns the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas with casino mogul Phil Ruffin. (Photo:<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/supermac/8407195088/"> ian mcwilliams</a>/flickr/cc)</p>

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The more we learn about what Trump is hiding in his tax returns, the worse it looks."


Trump Medicare

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"There it is: Trump wants to steal billions from Medicare to pay for an illegal voter bribery scheme weeks before the election."


A coalition of progressive lawmakers, union leaders, and social justice advocates on Thursday unveiled the "People's Charter," a political agenda intended to outline how working people can come together to transform the U.S. from a country that works for "the privileged and powerful few" to one that "cares for all of us." (Photo: People's Charter)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The People's Charter provides folks with something that is outside of [Biden's] politics to vote for."


Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with Amazon India Chief Amit Agarwal during the company's annual Smbhav event at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium on January 16, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The super-rich got even richer while millions of people around the world lost their jobs."


Trump Big Pharma

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Political manipulation of science—this is exactly what so many of us were worried about," said one public health expert.


The celebration in front of the United States Supreme Court upon the announcement of the Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right under the 14th Amendment.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It is appalling that five years after the historic decision in Obergefell , two justices still consider same-sex couples less worthy of marriage than other couples."


The wax figure of U.S. President Donald Trump stands behind a barrier and signs saying "Keep a distance from quarantine" at Madame Tussauds Berlin. (Photo: Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Millions falling into poverty, millions on the edge of eviction, millions going hungry, millions losing their healthcare and this megalomaniac dime store dictator puts his knee of the neck of a nation."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"How many fathers, mothers, grandparents, daughters, and sons would be alive right now if they would have received even a fraction of the care the president received?"


President Donald Trump exits Marine One at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 2, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"That message, coming from THE PRESIDENT, is going to influence so many people and lead to so many more unnecessary deaths."

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