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Donald Trump Has Ruined Our Lives and Now He’s Ruining Baseball Too
The Yankees invited Trump to throw the first pitch in the city where over 23,000 died amid his botched COVID response.
The Most Dangerous President Ever Threatens Not to Leave Office, Again
Trump delivered what may come to be seen as the worst interview of his entire presidency to date on Sunday.
It’s Time to Shut the Country Down — and Pay People to Stay Home
It will be hard, but the far side of inaction at this juncture is very nearly unthinkable.
Trump Now Has Free Rein to Cook the Books When It Comes to COVID
If Trump’s brazen action is not thwarted, we could enter this dangerous winter deeper in the dark about COVID’s spread.
Trump Elevates a Game Show Host’s Views on COVID While Stifling Fauci
Fauci represents science, and science is politically inconvenient for this president.
If Schools Reopen This Fall, More People Will Likely Die. Full Stop.
We are dangerously unready to thrust millions of children into the enclosed close-quarters reality of school.
Trump’s Reelection Kick-Off Fell Flat. Does He Really Want to Be President?
Trump laid down his marker on stolen land this weekend, and intimidated precisely nobody.
As COVID Burns Through the South and West, Trump Fans the Flames
As his voters burn on a pyre of his creation, Trump remains in denial, even as Pence urges him to wear a damn mask.
New COVID Infections Surge in US as Trump Fixates on His Election Prospects
For this president, the health and survival of the people come a distant second to his electioneering.
Trump Got a Humiliating Comeuppance in Tulsa. Expect New Lows From His Campaign.
Following the president's broad-spectrum rally calamity in Tulsa, there is finally a sense of a reckoning in the air.