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60+ Groups Demand Senate Pass Amendment to Slash Pentagon Budget by $74 Billion
The amendment would redirect the $74 billion in savings toward funding health care, education, jobs and housing.

With COVID Spiking in Sun Belt, Trump Leads GOP Governors Toward Electoral Ruin
Trump's favorite Republican governors are in a bind after following his lead and reopening their states early.

States Are Legally Required to Protect the Right to Vote
Efforts to make it more difficult for people to vote not only violate democratic principles but are also illegal.

It’s Time to Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry
We must institute public ownership of the fossil fuel industry to avert catastrophe, says economist Robert Pollin.

Progressive Candidates Surge Again as Trump Drags GOP Down
AOC defeated her conservative primary opponent by the razor-thin margin of 72-19. And that's just the beginning.

Kentucky Closes 95 Percent of Polling Places, Leaving Louisville With Just One
Kentucky has reduced the number of polling places from 3,700 to just 170.

Trump Wants to Create Election Chaos by Killing the Post Office
The postal service is essential in securing fair U.S. elections.

The Supreme Court’s Landmark LGBTQ Case Could Shape the 2020 Election
Though the decision has no effect on voting rights, it suggests the high court feels the shifting political winds.

Surrounded by Liars and Lickspittles, Trump Dares COVID to Kill Him
Trump’s fact-starved obsession with reelection and his racist disinterest in COVID have reached a collision point

States That Expanded Mail Voting Are Seeing a Turnout Spike in Primary Elections
At least four of the eight states that held primary elections last Tuesday saw higher turnout than they did in 2016.