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Saying Quiet Part 'Really Loud,' Trump Admits He Hopes Supreme Court Kills ACA as Barrett Moves Closer to Confirmation
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senate Republicans who claim this was never about gutting healthcare
are lying to you and Donald Trump just proved it."
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Blasting 'Deliberate Indifference' to Inmate Health, California Court Orders San Quentin Prison to Reduce Population by Half
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The ruling called the Covid-19 outbreak at the notorious lockup "the
worst epidemiological disaster in California correctional history."
'Would Be So Wild If Harrison Pulled This Off!': Democratic Challenger Pulls Ahead of Lindsey Graham
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The development came after former President Barack Obama released an ad
urging South Carolinians to vote for "my friend Jaime Harrison."
The Elders Call for Surge in Global Cooperation to Combat 'Current Disarray' Set Off by Covid-19, Climate Crisis
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The global group of independent world leaders and justice advocates
known as the Elders on Thursday issued a rebuke of the current failure
by world leaders to employ a multilateral approach to confronting
multiple existential crises facing the world population.
'Shameful Power Grab': Democrats Boycott and Progressives Protest as GOP Votes to Send Barrett Nomination to Senate Floor
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Republicans refuse to listen or care, putting their insatiable quest
for power ahead of the people they vowed to serve and the Constitution
they swore to uphold."
Poll Shows Most Who Voted Third-Party in 2016 Are Supporting Biden Over Trump in 2020
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The Democratic nominee holds a significant lead over the GOP incumbent
among those who voted outside the major parties last time around.
To Fix 'Out of Whack' US Judiciary and Supreme Court, Biden Says He'll Create Commission to Study Reforms
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"There's a number of alternatives that... go well beyond packing," Biden
asserted. "The last thing we need to do is turn the Supreme Court into
just a political football."
Forcing the Vulnerable in Alabama to 'Choose Between Voting and Staying Alive,' SCOTUS Upholds Ban on Curbside Ballot Drop-Off
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Offering no explanation for their ruling, the five conservative justices
who hold the majority on the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Alabama state
officials Wednesday night in a decision banning curbside voting in the
state.
Iran Denies 'Malign and Dangerous' US Allegations of Election Interference as Critics Note Dubious Nature of Claims
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Note that this is the same administration who has twice in the last 12
months nearly gone to war with Iran."
With 220,000+ Dead From Covid-19 on His Watch, Trump Says 'Not Much' He Would Do Differently
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Now 225,000 dead Americans, virus spread raging, millions out of work,
an economy spiraling down, and Trump today says he'd do the same things
all over again."
Former Google CEO: Social Networks Serving as 'Amplifiers for Idiots and Crazy People'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Eric Schmidt said regulation should be directed toward "the excesses in
the social-networking space."
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Here's How Meatpacking Corporations Could Protect Workers From COVID-19—and What They're Doing Instead
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by Navina Khanna, Axel Fuentes
It's time for our elected officials to pass enforceable workplace
protections like those in the HEROES Act to make sure workers are able
to stay safe, maintain social distance, and access paid sick leave.
Trump to Seniors: Drop Dead
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by Mitchell Zimmerman
In lieu of a plan for the virus, the president keeps assuring audiences
that "only" older people will die.
Wrecking America: How Trump’s Lawbreaking and Lies Betray All
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by Ralph Nader
If you don't want such a person as your neighbor, why would you want him
as your President where he'd have exponentially more power to harm you
and your family?
Sending Trump to Hell
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by Ariel Dorfman
Dante Alighieri has words for Donald J. Trump from the other side of
death.
A Trump Defeat Will Not End the Far-Right Threat
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by Mark Harris
For decades now, the Democratic political establishment has overseen the
betrayal of progressive and working-class hopes and interests.
DNI John Ratcliffe, a Trumpie Wingnut, Hilariously Blames Iran for Pro-Trump Proud Boy Email Spoof
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by Juan Cole
Anyone with the slightest common sense can see that Iran would be much
better off with Biden, who is likely to try to re-implement the 2015
nuclear deal.
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Big Oil’s Big Methane Problem Would Go Unchecked Under Nominee Amy Coney Barrett
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NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue Responds to Latest Evidence of Amy Barrett’s Extremism and Hostility to Reproductive Freedom
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Trump Frack Checks Trump’s Inaccurate Jobs Claims
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Trump’s Corrupt Interior Department Rewards Powerful Big Oil Lobby Group’s Wishes
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Rushed Judicial Confirmation Poses Severe Threat to Civil Rights, Damages Legitimacy of the Supreme Court
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