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“Obamagate” and “Lock her up”: Pointing the way toward “Heil Trump”
Lucian K. Truscott IV
It’s not just a chant at Trump's rallies or lame wordplay in his tweets. It’s his call to fascist rule
The bailout is working — for the rich
Jesse Eisinger
The economy is in free fall but Wall Street is thriving, and stocks of big private equity firms are soaring.
Major Trump megadonor’s private jet company lands $27 million bailout: report
Roger Sollenberger
Because the $27 million was a grant — and not a loan — it does not have to be repaid
White House ousts Pentagon official who was essential in COVID-19 response
Alex Henderson
Jennifer Santos has been played an important role in the Pentagon’s efforts in COVID-19 response
Betsy DeVos directs $500,000 from coronavirus relief to private college confused by some with cult
Roger Sollenberger
DeVos assigns relief funds earmarked by Congress for low-income students to wealthy private and religious schools
Kroger announces an additional one-time “thank you” bonus in lieu of continued hazard pay
Ashlie D. Stevens
After plans to discontinue hero pay on May 17 were criticized, the grocery chain announced the $130 million bonus
Southwest CEO’s boast about airplanes’ low COVID-19 risk flies by key concerns
Victoria Knight
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said that he believed it was safe for Americans to fly during the coronavirus epidemic
Jared Kushner’s White House role expands after coronavirus missteps: “All roads lead through Jared”
Matthew Chapman
The son-in-law of Trump has taken on an even more prominent advisory role at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in recent days
Secret Service signs $179,000 contract to rent golf carts for summer visits to Trump’s club: report
Tom Boggioni
Trump's Bedminster golf course is currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it is expected to open soon
America’s deadly ageism: How COVID-19 exposes prejudice against the elderly and dementia patients
Lynn Casteel Harper
The alarming death rate of U.S. nursing home residents due to the novel coronavirus is not a sad inevitability
Fear of emasculation is making men less likely to wear protective masks
Matthew Rozsa
Men are more likely to die of COVID-19 — yet in greater numbers than women, they refuse to man up and mask up
Trump wanted less testing after Kushner worried more positive results would spook market: report
Igor Derysh
Kushner also allegedly argued "too many ventilators" would impact the stock market and thus shouldn't be ordered
WTF is “Obamagate”? That’s easy: It’s Donald Trump’s reboot of “but her emails”
Amanda Marcotte
Trump wants to make "Obamagate" the new "Clinton emails": A baseless pseudo-scandal the media sets ablaze
As Bezos wealth jumps $30 billion amid pandemic, Amazon to end $2 per hour hazard pay for workers
Jake Johnson
"It just shows how very little regard Amazon has for its overworked employees"
McConnell admits he “made a mistake” by falsely claiming Obama did not leave Trump a pandemic plan
Igor Derysh
"I was wrong," McConnell tells Fox News. "They did leave behind a plan, so I clearly made a mistake in that regard"
Trump is a “wartime president,” all right: He thinks the culture war will save him
Heather Digby Parton
With a reheated culture war and vague threats against Democrats, Trump thinks he can bluff his way to victory
The real reason Trump wants to reopen the economy
Robert Reich
Robert Reich reveals Trump's reelection strategy
U.S. jobless rate has already broken Great Depression records — and most media missed it
Dave Lindorff
Media ran with the official jobless rate of 14.7% — even though the government admits it's really much higher
Trump has checked out from the pandemic fight. Now what?
Terry H. Schwadron
Whether overwhelmed, bored or just plain lazy, he’s done fighting the disease
Arizona attorney general “actively pursuing” right-wing troll Jacob Wohl
Roger Sollenberger
Right-wing provocateur Jacob Wohl owes $43,000 in Arizona, and the state AG is prepared to come for him
Yale psychiatrist: Trump “projects his sense of inferiority” by calling women reporters “nasty”
Igor Derysh
Donald Trump's "mental incapacity," says Dr. Bandy X. Lee, is "the greatest calamity in the nation's history"
Why Trump’s comparison of COVID-19 death rates in Germany and U.S. is wrong
Shefali Luthra
"Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people," Trump said
Racial battle fatigue and the pandemic: A modern-day lynching in Georgia
Chauncey DeVega
Ahmaud Arbery was the victim of a modern-day lynching — and it took more than two months to arrest his killers
“The Good Fight” maps a way to pull victory out of a string of losses
Melanie McFarland
The judicial system remains rigged but as this episode shows, we take the wins where we can and keep on fighting
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