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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) asks a question during a Judiciary Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 16, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Big Pharma gave over $20,000 to Tillis

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Thom Tillis is among the incumbent Republican senators who are considered most vulnerable in the 2020 elections

Noam Chomsky (Getty/William B. Plowman)

Chomsky: A dangerous moment in history

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Chomsky believes that the “threat of nuclear war” is “probably more severe" now "than it was during the Cold War"

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

Taxpayer bill from Trump: $1.1 million

Brad Reed - Raw Story

"They’re nickel-and-diming the American people at a moment when every penny counts"

William Barr, Roger Stone and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Their latest plan to steal the election

Amanda Marcotte

Barr and other Trump allies are lining up excuses to use force against pro-democracy protests after Election Day

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Collins trails rival by 12 points: poll

Collins trails rival by 12 points: poll

Roger Sollenberger

"Likely voters are sending the message that there's no 'middle of the road' when it comes to President Trump"

Lindsey Graham and Jaime Harrison (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Harrison raises $1 million overnight

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

Harrison's campaign has been compared to the 2018 bid of Beto O’Rourke, who took on Ted Cruz against long odds

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

GOP confirms 6 Trump judges in 30 hours

Igor Derysh

Planned Parenthood warned that "many" of the judges have "hostile records" toward human rights and abortion

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (Getty Images/ Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool)

Cruz doesn't want to join Supreme Court

Patrick Svitek - The Texas Tribune

Trump named Cruz and another Texan to a list of potential picks for the U.S. Supreme Court if he gets a second term

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Supporters cheer as US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks at a Keep America Great rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 21, 2020. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Shunning masks as religious devotion

Chauncey DeVega

Trump's followers believe their leader has given their lives meaning. It's public health versus mass delusion

Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

The super-rich are raking in billions

David Cay Johnston - DCReport

Our analysis of IRS data shows his presidency has been very good for the richest Americans

Drone flying over a cityscape (Getty Images)

Surveillance drones: Coming for you?

Medea Benjamin, Barry Summers

Drone technology tested in overseas war zones is coming to America's cities — and the goal is to spy on everyone

Ron Johnson, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP admits the truth about Biden probe

Igor Derysh

Democrats compared the admission to Kevin McCarthy's 2015 boast that the Benghazi probe was aimed to hurt Clinton

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Rage wins elections but harms democracy

Steven Webster - The Conversation

Inciting voter outrage helps candidates win elections, but it also has a corrosive effect on democracy.

President Donald Trump announces that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment during a press conference in James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House on on August 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. The move by the FDA comes after President Trump accused the FDA of slow-walking the therapy to harm his reelection chances. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Trump's order on drug prices denounced

Jon Queally - Common Dreams

"No one should be fooled by President Trump's latest charade on drug prices."

The wildfire spreads on August 19, 2020 in San Mateo, California. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)

We need to fight fire with fire

Sonali Kolhatkar - Independent Media Institute

Western capitalist approaches have created dangerous conditions in California

The News Corp. building on 6th Avenue, home to Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal (Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

Fox announces layoffs amid restructuring

Roger Sollenberger

A source familiar with the plan said it had nothing to do with the pandemic — except for trimming hair and make-up

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Louis DeJoy and wife, Aldona Wos (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

DeJoy donations: Really about his wife?

Roger Sollenberger

After DeJoy donated big to Trump and the Republican Party, his wife was nominated to be the US ambassador to Canada

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Monday, July 06, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why is the Trump health plan a secret?

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

"If you want to know, come work here at the White House,” McEnany tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins

Mark Marston slides a MERV 13 air filtration filter back into the HVAC system outside of this gym Basics Fitness Center on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

DIY culture comes for air purifiers

Nicole Karlis

A pandemic-related shortage has intensified the demand for air purifiers. But do these DIY projects actually work?

President Donald Trump greets supporters following a Fox News Town Hall event with moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum on March 05, 2020 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Among other topics, President Trump discussed his administration's response to the Coronavirus and the economy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cody Fenwick

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Medical staff take care of a patient suffering from Covid-19 at the emergency unit of La Timone hospital in Marseille, southeastern France, on September 11, 2020. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

Study: Coronavirus immunity may not last

Matthew Rozsa

A group of scientists studied protective immunity to similar coronaviruses and reached troubling conclusions

Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin in "Concrete Cowboy" (Lee Daniels Entertainment)

Take the ride with "Concrete Cowboy"

Gary M. Kramer

Netflix's appealing new drama that premiered at TIFF offers a glimpse into a little-known subculture

Scientific American magazine from December 29, 1906 (GHI/Universal History Archive via Getty Images)

Scientific American's political foray

Matthew Rozsa

Breaking with precedent, the endorsement reflects a growing rift between scientists and the Trump administration

Rudy Giuliani (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Exclusive: Rudy Giuliani's odd PPP loan

Roger Sollenberger

Giuliani's payroll company got a PPP loan from a Trump-friendly bank — but lists no employees. Was it fraud?

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