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Trump blames Obama for COVID-19 crisis

Igor Derysh

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US expert on infectious diseases, called the slow COVID-19 testing rollout a "failing" 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. House Minority Leader Representative Kevin McCarthy, Senator Susan Collins, and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

How the Republicans got us here

Amanda Marcotte

Trump's incompetence is a real problem — but decades of right-wing ideology have also made this crisis worse

President Donald Trump speaks to Sen. Lindsey Graham (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Graham self-quarantines after Mar-a-Lago

Matthew Rozsa

Brazil's president is being monitored for COVID-19 after his spokesman tested positive. Both were at Trump's estate

From the Mar. 10, 2020 airing of Hannity (Fox News)

Fox contradicts hosts' COVID-19 claims

Igor Derysh

A leaked memo reveals that network brass urged employees to prepare for the worst as hosts downplayed the outbreak

U.S. President Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's week of total disaster

Heather Digby Parton

A botched Oval Office speech, a Wall Street collapse — and an epidemic that has already reached the White House

President Donald J. Trump bows his head during a prayer at a meeting with inner city pastors in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Wednesday, Aug 01, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Donald Trump)

"A major failure"

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody breaks with Trump over coronavirus mishandling

Former United States Vice President and Democratic nomination hopeful Joe Biden greets his supporters after speaking at Wofford College and campaigning on the eve of the 2020 South Carolina Primary in Spartanburg. (Jeremy Hogan / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Why black voters broke for Biden

Chauncey DeVega

Don't treat black voters as a monolith: Their decision was reasonable — but will it lead to victory or doom?

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, a passenger talks on the phone as American Airlines jets sit parked at their gates at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. American Airlines announced Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, that passengers will be able to buy “basic economy” tickets starting in February that will be similar to bare-bones fares already offered by Delta Air Lines and soon to be matched by United Airlines. The basic-economy fares will have a lower price, but will offer fewer comforts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

Pilot tests positive for coronavirus

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

American officials believe the risk any of the passengers were infected was low

Donald Trump golfing, with money raining down (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump backed policy after Doral payday

Igor Derysh

Trump has spent years gutting Obama's policies — but supported one that was backed by big-money lobbying group

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., arrives in the Capitol for the Senate Republicans lunch on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Tom Cotton threatens China over virus

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

Yet again, hawkish Arkansas Republican suggests China may be to blame for spread of coronavirus

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Europe moves to ban "ghost flights"

Shannon Osaka - Grist

Empty flights notwithstanding, there will likely be a significant decrease in emissions from flying this year

US Steel Mill, Zug Island, Rouge and Detroit River. (Getty Images/Cavan Images Rf)

Detroit finally pauses water shutoffs

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams

"It shouldn't take a crisis like the spread of coronavirus to restore people's right to drinking water."

A disinfectant hand sanitizer is seen at United Nations Headquarters after it closed to the public "out of an abundance of caution" because of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York, United States on March 11, 2020. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

US may have failed to contain COVID-19

Nicole Karlis

Health experts suspect a lack of testing may mean the outbreak is already out of control

US President Donald Trump (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

GOP delays COVID-19 bill over abortion

Igor Derysh

"Very on-brand for pro-lifers to refuse to save a whole bunch of lives," feminist writer Jill Filipovic says

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening Coronavirus crisis on March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump said the US will suspend all travel from Europe - except the UK - for the next 30 days. Since December 2019, Coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected more than 109,000 people and killed more than 3,800 people in 105 countries. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Is media finally bailing on Trump?

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Even elite reporters savaged Trump's clumsy Oval Office address — because they can't stand political weakness

Rep. Lauren Underwood, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pete Buttigieg (AP Photo/Salon)

How millennial leadership will change us

Amanda Marcotte

In "The Ones We've Been Waiting For," Charlotte Alter profiles the crop of young leaders that herald real change

In 2020, then-Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought started the machine that printed copies of US President Donald Trump's proposed budget for the U.S. Government for the 2021 Fiscal Year at the Government Publishing Office ahead of its release (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump budget dir. still plans to cut CDC

Matthew Rozsa

The acting director of the OMB seemed unperturbed when asked about if it was wise to cut the CDC during a pandemic

Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape in the third degree and criminal sexual assault in the first degree, but was acquitted on the two most serious charges of predatory sexual assault and rape in the first degree (John Nacion/STAR MAX/AP Photo)

Weinstein hospitalized for chest pains

Matthew Rozsa

The disgraced film mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison for third-degree rape and a criminal sex act

President Donald Trump speaks in an address to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus Wednesday, March, 11, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump walks back coronavirus falsehoods

Igor Derysh

Trump himself disputed key statements he made after reading prepared remarks from a teleprompter in the Oval Office

Meghan McCain on The View (ABC)

McCain scolds Trump over virus response

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

"The View" co-host blasts the president for his mediocre attempt to calm the nation during the coronavirus outbreak

Anchor Maria Bartiromo interviews Education Secretary Betsy Devos during "Mornings With Maria" at Fox Business Network Studios on February 20, 2020 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Senate rebukes DeVos in bipartisan vote

Igor Derysh

President Trump himself was forced to pay millions to settle fraud claims against his ill-fated Trump University

Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones and Sean Hannity (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

TrumpLand: What lie should we spread?

Amanda Marcotte

Trump and his propagandists are flailing around and grasping at ludicrous lies — they'd be better off shutting up

Samantha Bee (TBS)

Bee calls out racist Fox News coverage

Alex Henderson - Alternet

"Tying coronavirus to China and Chinese people isn’t just a racist dog whistle, it’s a whole racist orchestra"

Donald Trump golfing (Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Travel ban exempts Trump's golf clubs

Alex Henderson - Alternet

"All three of the resorts are struggling financially," one news article notes

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