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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (Getty Images/Saul Loeb/Salon)

DeVos wants standardized tests again

Nicholas Tampio - The Conversation
Medical workers load a patient from Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center into an ambulance while wearing masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) in Andover, New Jersey. After an anonymous tip to police, 17 people were found dead at the long-term care facility, including two nurses, where at least 76 patients and 41 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Trump's herd immunity approach is deadly

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Senior Advisor Jared Kushner attends a meeting on Opportunity Zones in the Cabinet Room of the White House (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

New details about Kushner's COVID role

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
Voters in Virginia's 7th district wait in line to vote at the Henrico County Registrar’s office September 18, 2020 in Henrico, Virginia. Today marks the beginning of Virginia’s early voting program that continues through October 31. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WATCH: Trump supporters block voters

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story
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U.S. President Donald Trump (C) reacts as he stands with his family members after delivering his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump gave the speech in front of 1500 invited guests. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Why Trump could end up "behind bars"

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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Facebook's climate hub falls short

Joseph Winters - Grist
People place flowers outside the U.S. Supreme Court in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg died on Sept. 18, opening a crucial vacancy on the high court, setting off a pitched political battle at the peak of the presidential campaign (Jose Luis Magana/AFP via Getty Images)

Left to Democrats: Stand and fight

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

All is not lost yet

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
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Donald Trump (Getty Images)

How Trump makes a mockery of patriotism

Sophia A. McClennen
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about climate change and the wildfires on the West Coast at the Delaware Museum of Natural History on September 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden has scheduled campaign stops in Florida, Pennsylvania and Minnesota later this week. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Fake videos, Biden & the 2020 election

Dustin Carnahan - The Conversation
Election office puts mail in ballots into a container (George Frey/Getty Images)

Young voters: absentee ballot rejection

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute
Stickers that read "I Voted By Mail" sit on a table waiting to be stuffed into envelopes by absentee ballot election workers at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections office in Charlotte, NC on September 4, 2020 (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images))

Don't punish people for voting early

David Daley, Rob Richie
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Law enforcement officers search through a crack house following a raid. (Steve Starr/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Reform police? Decriminalize drugs

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
A person holds a banner referring to the Qanon conspiracy theory during a alt-right rally on August 17, 2019 in Portland, Oregon (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

An ex-CIA agent incites far-right hate

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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Census field workers on faulty tech

Will Carless, David Rodriguez - Reveal
Like every great Detective, Bosch knows where to go for a strong drink and a good meal and one of his favorite haunts is Los Angeles’ historic Musso & Frank’s Grill, where he starting frequenting as a child. Open since 1919, most of Musso’s original restaurant menu remains unchanged and it’s still a popular among Hollywood A-Listers in search of a great martini and a delicious steak to go along with it. (Aaron Epstein)

Patton and Westy meet in a bar

Andrew Bacevich - TomDispatch.com
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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. (Photo by (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

"Big mistake

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
U.S. Attorney General William Barr (Alex Wong/Getty Images/Salon)

ACLU: Barr's protest orders "tyrannical"

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

National (in)security and the Pentagon

Mandy Smithberger - TomDispatch.com
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Drew Angerer/Alex Edelman/Getty Images/Salon)

Will the Democrats fight?

Sophia Tesfaye
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A new threat to voting by mail

Maryam Jameel, Ryan McCarthy - ProPublica
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Time to fight like hell—RBG always did

Amanda Marcotte
Attorney General William Barr (HIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Bill Barr goes full-in right-wing looney

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Donald Trump watching democracy burn (Getty Images/Salon)

Pessimism about America's future

Maurizio Valsania - The Conversation
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