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Shipments of masks destined for major cities across the U.S. were seized by law enforcement without any explanation.
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Prisons & Policing

Law Enforcement Seizes Thousands of Masks Sent to Protect Protesters From COVID

The seizure of the masks sparked widespread outrage on social media.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
June 5, 2020
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A member of the audience wearing a mask listens to President Trump speak in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2020.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Trump Opposes Masks Because Culture War Nihilism Is His Last Line of Defense

Pushing back against mask-wearing is nonsensical — but Trumpian politics have never been driven by logic.
by
Heather Digby Parton,
Salon
May 29, 2020
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Politics & Elections

Trump Ridicules Biden’s Use of a Face Mask as US COVID Infections Near 2 Million

Health authorities around the world have strongly urged the use of face masks to stop the spread of COVID-19.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
May 26, 2020
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Food industry executives gathered for a roundtable discussion with Vice President Pence in West Des Moines, Iowa, were asked to remove their masks before Pence joined them onstage.
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Politics & Elections

Pence Insists on No Masks at Public Meeting Despite His Staffer Testing Positive

Pence plans to continue working unmasked at the White House though his press secretary has tested positive.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
May 11, 2020
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A worker at a Honeywell International Inc. factory works on N95 masks May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Politics & Elections

Trump Officials Ignored Company’s Offer in January to Make Millions of N95 Masks

The Department of Health and Human Services turned down the offer made in the early days of the pandemic.
by
Julia Conley,
Common Dreams
May 10, 2020
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A view of empty TSA control checkpoint at Washington National Airport on April 11, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.
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Environment & Health

The TSA Hoarded 1.3 Million N95 Masks Even Though Airports Are Empty

Airport traffic fell 95 percent, and the masks have sat unused even as hospitals experienced desperate shortages.
by
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica
May 7, 2020
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Mike Pence
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Environment & Health

Pence’s Barefaced Mayo Clinic Tour Proves He Still Does Not Take COVID Seriously

Pence’s refusal to wear a mask at the hospital showed just how little thought the White House gives to public health.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
April 29, 2020
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Nurses adjust protective masks inside a testing tent at St. Barnabas Hospital on March 20, 2020, in New York City.
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

New York Nurses Are Living a Heartbreaking Nightmare

Some nurses are saying, “Well, most of us are going to get it and some of us are going to die. That’s the way it is.”
by
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez,
Labor Notes
March 29, 2020
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