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Mitch McConnell (Getty/Alex Wong)

McConnell uses stimulus to boost lotion

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

The Republican Senate leader put a provision in the stimulus that expedites FDA approval of a product in his state

American Flag | Woman sitting on a hospital bed (Getty Images/Salon)

"For the common benefit of all"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

"A beautiful silver lining": Hope springs from coronavirus tragedy

Isa Briones and Patrick Stewart, "Star Trek: Picard" (CBS All Access)

"Picard" finale: Hail to the future

Melanie McFarland

The first season finale streams at a precarious time for humanity, and leaves us hopeful despite its dark moments

Kerry Washington, Celeste Ng, and Reese Witherspoon (Hulu)

3 books "Little Fires" author is reading

Hanh Nguyen

Plus, the one TV show she's watching (besides that drama on Hulu starting Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington)

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Fox & Friends (Fox News)

Fox host complains: Can't get nails done

Igor Derysh

"My friend died this morning. I'm sorry you cannot get your nails and hair done," a reporter told Ainsley Earhardt

Donald Trump | Chocolate Easter Bunnies (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Trump's COVID-19 plan may kill thousands

Igor Derysh

Reopening the economy on Easter may kill 1.2 million. Waiting another six weeks would reduce deaths to just 82,300

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Steve: Unemployment record not relevant

Matthew Rozsa

"These numbers right now are not relevant, and whether they're bigger or smaller in the short term," Mnuchin says

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough on "Morning Joe" (MSNBC)

Joe rips GOP call to "euthanize" elderly

Matthew Rozsa

"They are ready to euthanize, because they want Boeing's corporate earnings to not dip too low," MSNBC host says

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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves leads a prayer service about the coronavirus on Sunday, March 22, 2020, on Facebook live. (Office of the Mississippi Governor via AP)

GOP gov. overrules COVID-19 restrictions

Igor Derysh

"He is legally blocking towns from doing a better job than he is at keeping you alive," MSNBC's Rachel Maddow says

Donald Trump, Roy Moore and Jerry Falwell Jr. (Jessica McGowan/Alex Wong/Getty Images/AP Photo)

Christian right: A public health hazard

Amanda Marcotte

The Christian right has long been hostile to science. Now that attitude will make the pandemic much worse

Donald Trump; Jared Kushner (Getty/Chip Somodevilla/Michael Reynolds/Salon)

Stimulus fine print could benefit Trump

Igor Derysh

Though Democrats blocked the the president from bailout funds, he could still benefit from fine print provisions

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening Coronavirus crisis on March 11, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

GOP trusts Trump over CDC on coronavirus

Igor Derysh

Republicans believe Trump over health experts, despite his extensive history of lying about the new coronavirus

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Fox New's Martha MacCallum and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway (Fox News)

Fox News host calls out Kellyanne Conway

Matthew Rozsa

Conway criticized New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for initially downplaying the virus, when Trump did the same thing

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How to save Trump's disinfo show

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Trump's daily coronavirus showcase is making us all dumber. But it could be used to leverage truth to millions

Mitch McConnell; Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Salon)

Joshua Holland

Barack Obama circa 2009 | Donald Trump | Bruce Bartlett (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Republicans: Epic hypocrites on stimulus

Paul Rosenberg

Right-wing economists don't mind the huge bailout, says Bartlett: "They love Trump. He is destroying government"

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and US President Donald Trump (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Morally repugnant to profit from threat

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

When society faces a common threat, exploiting a special advantage is morally repugnant.

National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

NRA to employees: Go on welfare

Igor Derysh

Wayne LaPierre is reducing employee hours and cutting salaries while "while maintaining current workloads"

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)

Trump campaign freaks out

Sarah Burris - Raw Story

Lawyers for official pro-Trump super PAC "formally demand" TV stations stop airing anti-Trump ad

Vote on a blackboard with a blue latex-gloved human hand as the V (Getty Images)

Can we pull off an election this year?

Julie Hollar - FAIR

Ensuring a safe and secure election is critical — but even voting by mail poses potential dangers to democracy

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Corporate CEOs flunk personal finance

David Crook - DCReport

Or as Republicans would say about the rest of us: "If they’re so smart, why are they broke?"

(AP/Mark Lennihan)

Amazon warehouse workers win PTO fight

Julia Conley - Common Dreams

"Amazon did not 'give' us PTO," declared part-time workers in Chicago, "we took our PTO from Amazon's greedy hands"

Some of the more than 150 people in line wait for an grocery store to open Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Grocery clerks fear for their safety

Nicole Karlis

"We're being told we can't wear gloves. We are terrified," Trader Joe's employees say

Fox News Logo | Coronavirus (Fox News/Getty Images/Salon)

How Murdoch family and Fox handled virus

Igor Derysh

Lachlan Murdoch reportedly knew about the virus since January, but the news network downplayed the risk for weeks

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