News | Politics & Elections Outraised 250-1, Progressive Marquita Bradshaw Upsets Establishment Opponent Progressive environmentalist Marquita Bradshaw scored a stunning upset victory in the Tennessee Democratic primary. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 7, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections DNC Platform Condemns BDS But Not Israel’s Occupation of Palestine The Democratic National Committee is ignoring 90 percent of its base to side with Trump and the GOP on Israel policy. By Stephen Zunes , Truthout August 7, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections New York AG Letitia James Files Lawsuit Seeking to Dissolve the NRA James alleges tens of millions of dollars of donations were spent for personal reasons by several NRA executives. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 6, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Isn’t “Failing” on COVID Testing. He’s Carrying Out a Brutal Plan. Both COVID testing and the census have been thwarted to benefit those in power, to help them stay in power. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout August 6, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Corporate Lobbyists Vote to Keep Corporate Lobbyists in the DNC A proposal to change the DNC charter to bar corporate PAC donations and ban corporate lobbyists was hastily rejected. By David Moore , Sludge August 6, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Social Media Sites Pull Trump’s Posts for Violating COVID Misinformation Rules Trump shared a video of himself falsely alleging that children were "almost immune" to coronavirus. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 6, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections 201 Trump Judges Are Busy Defining the Political Landscape for the Decades Ahead Those 201 judges are serving without the consent of the governed because Trump lost the popular vote by 2.8 million. By Peter Montague , Truthout August 6, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Lawmakers Question Legality of Trump Accepting GOP Nomination From White House While Trump is not subject to the Hatch Act, his staff is, inevitably setting them up for possibly breaking the law. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 5, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Poll: Most Americans Believe Mail-In Voting Should Be Allowed in 2020 Elections Eighty-six percent of voters also said they did not want to delay the set date of the general election. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 5, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections BLM Activist Cori Bush Ousts Incumbent Democrat in Missouri Primary Election Bush's win is the latest in a surge of progressive candidates unseating establishment Democrats. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 5, 2020 Truthout