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Defying Trump and Their Governors, Many Workers Are Refusing to “Reopen”
Recent polling puts public support for continuing the stay-at-home orders at a staggering 76 percent.
Families Need Help Paying for COVID Burials But Trump Hasn’t Released the Money
Trump has yet to free up a pool of disaster relief funding specifically intended to help families cover burial costs.
Armed Gunmen Enter Michigan Capitol Demanding End to COVID-19 Lockdown
The demonstration came a day after a state court ruled the stay-at-home order does not violate constitutional rights.
Jared Kushner Calls US COVID Death Toll of 60,000 a “Great Success Story”
Like Trump, his son-in-law is apparently not beyond putting a rosy spin on a national tragedy for political gain.
Chomsky: COVID-19 Has Exposed the US Under Trump as a “Failed State”
Chomsky analyzes Trump’s backing of “anti-lockdown” protests, attacks on the postal service and U.S. structural flaws.
Trump and McConnell Aren’t Waging War on COVID. They’re Waging War on Us.
Trump and McConnell are putting their boots to the neck of every state they deem ideologically unfit.
USDA Under Fire for Allowing Millions of Pounds of Produce to Rot
This comes as food insecurity surges across the U.S.
Trump Lavished Himself With Praise for COVID Response 600 Times as 55,000 Died
While the president thinks he's done a good job handling the pandemic, a majority of registered voters say otherwise.
Trump Demands Postal Service Increase Prices Fourfold for Customers
The president is threatening to withhold future COVID-19 relief from the USPS unless it raises shipping prices.
HHS Spokesman Tweeted About Chinese People Sucking “Blood Out of Rabid Bats”
The new Department of Health and Human Services spokesman deleted most of his tweets earlier this month.