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Amid Staff COVID Outbreak, Democrats Call on Pence to Stop Presiding Over Senate
This comes as Senate Republicans are scheduled to ram through the final confirmation vote for Amy Coney Barrett.
Trump Calls the Media “Losers” for Reporting on Record-High Daily COVID Cases
More than 83,000 Americans were diagnosed on Friday with coronavirus, the highest daily number since the pandemic began.
To Defeat Fascism, We Must Recognize It’s a Failed Response to Capitalist Crisis
To resist the forces of fascism, we need an alternative approach to the crisis that’s based on a social justice agenda.
Barrett Poised to Be Sixth SCOTUS Justice Hand-Picked by Federalist Society
Through state legislatures and courts, we must aim to secure the rights that the conservative Supreme Court threatens.
Trump Isn’t Spewing Random Nonsense — He’s Consistently Authoritarian
Trump only makes sense when he is placed alongside the far right foreign leaders closest to him.
Trump Posts “60 Minutes” Interview, Complains About “Tough Questions” Throughout
The president also claimed he had done “a great job” with his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Senate Democrats Can Still Block Barrett Confirmation by Slowing Down Process
They should use every procedural method available to them to slow the process, says Zephyr Teachout.
McConnell Admits to Sabotaging COVID Relief Talks to Rush Barrett Confirmation
Mitch McConnell has privately been urging the Trump White House not to strike a COVID relief deal prior to the election.
Trump Abruptly Ends “60 Minutes” Interview Tweeting It Was “FAKE and BIASED”
Trump also tweeted a video of host Lesley Stahl not wearing a mask, but sources say it was taken out of context.
Planning for Disaster: A Writing Exercise
What does it take to survive a crisis?