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Campaign Spokeswoman Props Up Trump’s “Firsthand Experience” With COVID
A recent poll shows Trump's COVID diagnosis made voters less confident in his ability to lead on the pandemic.
Debt Collectors Are Thriving This Year — and Now They’re Filing Even More Suits
After a pause for the pandemic, debt buyers are back in the courts, suing debtors by the thousands.
Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive for COVID
McEnany was in defiance of CDC guidelines urging quarantine for individuals exposed to others who have the disease.
Trump Is Deploying a Propaganda Campaign to Pretend He Has “Defeated” COVID
Mixing the worst totalitarian traditions with uniquely American narcissism, the Trump regime tries to deny reality.
Public Outrage Spreads Over Trump’s Unnecessary and Risky “Joy Ride”
As doctors lament Trump's recent carelessness, polls show Americans don't view him as a responsible leader on COVID.
GOP COVID Patients Receive Care They’d Deny Others. Time for Medicare for All.
Under the for-profit health care system, the vast majority of Americans are in no position to simply go to the hospital.
Reports Emerge Showing Trump “Knowingly Exposed” Those Around Him to COVID
An emerging timeline suggests Trump likely exposed others or chose not to quarantine after exposure to COVID-19.
Trump Needs Accomplices at Every Level of Government to Pull Off a Coup
Are we doomed to suffer a coup d'état no matter the outcome of the election?
The Pentagon Took CARES Act Cash for Making PPE and Then Used It to Buy Weapons
About $1 billion in stimulus funds for making masks and other protective equipment went to weapons manufacturers.
Latest COVID Antibodies Study Shows Herd Immunity Strategy Is “Highly Unethical”
With less than 10 percent of U.S. adults carrying antibodies, researchers also found herd immunity to be “unachievable.”