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Arm Wrestling Authoritarianism: The Homestretch
What will the next week be like?
Pence Was Exposed to COVID From Top Aide. He Plans to Keep Campaigning Anyway.
CDC guidelines call for a 14-day quarantine after exposure, but the vice president has chosen to endanger lives instead.
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.
Silicon Valley Campaign Cash Complicates Democrats’ Plan to Break Up Tech Giants
Democratic candidates in key Senate races are outraising their GOP counterparts in campaign cash from the tech industry.
Puerto Rico Debt Vultures Give Big to Candidates to Influence Fiscal Board Picks
While Biden has received far more than Trump, McConnell significantly surpassed Pelosi in donations from debt vultures.
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.
USPS Ordered to Reassemble Sorting Machines for Election Mail After States Sue
The order's a win for those concerned about election mail capacity, but many machines may not be able to be reassembled.
Trump Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied. But at Least the Debates Are Over.
Trump seems to believe that his best hope for reelection is a shabby, fact-free assault upon his opponent’s son.
Trump May Fire Barr and FBI Director for Not Investigating Biden
Sources say that Trump is demanding a repeat of the FBI announcement that contributed to his 2016 electoral win.