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President Donald Trump reviews the troops during a full honors welcoming ceremony for Secretary of Defense Mark Esper at the Pentagon, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"Do F-35s fight pandemics?"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

"Infuriating doesn't even begin to describe it."

Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Coronavirus: It's driving Trump nuts

Chauncey DeVega

Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee: Coronavirus pandemic and Donald Trump's irrational cult is a deadly combination

Reality takes a back seat

Reality takes a back seat

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport

As usual, he’s play-acting at being president rather than actually governing

US President Donald Trump and other members of the task force listen as National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 21, 2020, in Washington, DC. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's dangerous flim-flam act

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Hasn't he done enough damage? Now Trump is giving fake medical advice from the White House, based on "a feeling"

A NHS sign warning of coronavirus on Queen Street on March 22, 2020 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. (Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Is the media even getting facts right?

Jim Naureckas - FAIR

Pundits and reporters aren't being honest about the major issues driving government response to the coronavirus

Google employees work in their office (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Gov't workers still waiting on WFH order

Yeganeh Torbati - ProPublica

The Trump administration has not yet issued clear guidance to federal workers.

New Jersey Transit commuters walk along a platform to catch a train heading for Dover, N.J., Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Hoboken, N.J. The heads of the two major commuter rail lines that use New York's Penn Station took turns criticizing Amtrak on Wednesday for two recent derailments that continued to cause headaches for commuters in the nation's busiest rail hub. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (AP)

Monday morning in USA of corona

Robert Hennelly - InsiderNJ

Our Commander in Chief was like the selfish neighbor who strips the grocery store of bread, milk and water

Are you eligible for federal sick leave?

Are you eligible for federal sick leave?

Elizabeth C. Tippett - The Conversation

With schools closing, many parents have to stay home with their kids

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 2nd day of the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Guterres said Monday that he "deeply regrets" the United States' decision to block a former Palestinian prime minister from leading the world body's political mission in Libya. Antonio Guterres says that Salam Fayyad was "the right person for the right job at the right moment." (AP Photo) (AP)

UN chief: recession for the planet

Evelyn Leopold - Independent Media Institute

Bumping elbows at the United Nations

How apocalyptic fiction can help us cope

Katherine Shwetz - The Conversation

Dystopic science fiction provides a reference points for our anxieties during a time of global change

House plants in pots with a bee sitting inside one of the flowers (Getty Images/Shraddha Dharmameher/FOAP)

Finding nature in quarantine

Keith A. Spencer

Two new books revel in the evolutionary beauty of weeds, moths, and the quotidian insects that live in our homes

(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Mulling the allure, peril of state power

Michael Schulson - Undark

Governments have the power to control individual behaviors during coronavirus outbreak. How far should that go?

Frozen food in the refrigerator. (Getty Images)

3 healthy meals to freeze for later

Ashlie D. Stevens

If you're smart about prepping these meals, you won't be left without fruits and vegetables when you need them most

Chicken Pot Pie (Skyhorse Publishing)

5 comfort foods to make with chicken

Joseph Neese

If you're making dinner at home this week, think outside of the basic chicken breast

Washington Nationals' Victor Robles watches his ball as he hits a solo home run off New York Yankees pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga during the third inning of a spring training baseball game, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Thanks to streaming, the game plays on

Melanie McFarland

Your favorite ballgame may be benched for the season, but these alternatives can scratch any sports itch

(Getty/mihailomilovanovic)

Sparing the rich, but not health workers

Devi Sridhar - Undark

While COVID-19 testing and protections become “luxury” goods among the wealthy, health workers are left wanting

Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Rand Paul tests positive for COVID-19

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

According to his social media post, the Senator "was not aware of any direct contact with any infected person"

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a town hall campaign event at the Rochester Opera House, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Sanders raises $2 million

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

"Not Done Yet": The Bernie Sanders campaign puts its fundraising prowess to another purpose

Heather McTeer Toney (Moms Clean Air Force)

Clean air is a "mom-partisan" issue

Lauren Schiller

An Inflection Point conversation with Heather McTeer Toney, National Field Director for Moms Clean Air Force

Person looking out at nature from their window (Getty Images/Salon)

Those imaginary dolphins in Venice

Andrew O'Hehir

A visionary meme that moved the world was largely untrue — but the hope of transformation and redemption is real

FILE – In this Oct. 23, 2015, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a balanced budget discussion with business leaders in Manchester, N.H. As the U.S. national debt ticks toward $20 trillion, Kasich says he is not abandoning his goal of a federal balanced-budget amendment, telling The Associated Press in a Tuesday, March 21, 2017, interview that the issue isn't partisan but critical to sustained economic prosperity. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) (AP)

A weakened public health response

Mike Ludwig - Truthout

Public health accounts for less than 3 percent of overall health expenditures

Seth Meyers, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/TBS/John Filo/CBS/Lloyd Bishop/NBC/HBO)

Comedy in the time of the coronavirus

Sophia A. McClennen

COVID-19 isn't funny. But making fun of dangerous and stupid political and public responses is important

An activist shows sex workers how to apply hand sanitizer during an awareness campaign to promote safe measures against the spread of the new Coronavirus, COVID-19. (Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images)

Sex workers struggling during pandemic

Nicole Karlis

As the novel coronavirus causes significant income loss, many sex workers have no safety net

Immigration Detention Center (J. Emilio Flores/Corbis via Getty Images)

Calls for Trump to release detainees

Julián Aguilar - The Texas Tribune

Federal agencies put immigrants and immigration workers at risk amid coronavirus

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