Submissions from commondreams.org

• Day After GOP Senator Blocked Direct Payments Twice, Poll Shows 88% of Likely Voters Support More $1,200 Checks

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  Published on 20th Dec 2020
• Ocasio-Cortez Warns Biden That War and Wall Street Appointees Are a 'Huge Reason We Got Trump'

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  Published on 17th Dec 2020
• 'Gratuitously Cruel': Outrage as GOP Tries to Prevent People on Unemployment From Also Receiving Stimulus Check

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  Published on 17th Dec 2020
• In 'Huge Victory for Polar Bears and Our Climate,' Court Rejects Trump Approval of Offshore Drilling Project in Arctic

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  Published on 8th Dec 2020
• 'Perdue Pleaded the Fifth': Ossoff Debates Empty Podium as GOP Senator No-Shows Amid Scrutiny Over Stock Trades | "It shows an astonishing arrogance and sense of entitlement for Georgia's senior U.S. senator to believe he shouldn't have to debate at a moment like this in our history."

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  Published on 7th Dec 2020
• Citing 'Historic Abuse' of Judicial Process, Over 1,500 Attorneys Call for Sanction of Trump Campaign's Legal Team

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  Published on 7th Dec 2020
• 'All About the Grift': Trump Reportedly Raises Over $150 Million for Non-Existent 'Election Defense Fund'

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  Published on 2nd Dec 2020
• House Democrats Demand Increase in IRS Funding to Go After 'Wealthy Tax Cheats'—Like Donald Trump

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  Published on 2nd Dec 2020
• Biden Needs To Report Trump’s Wreckage in Executive Branch as Markers - They must not let the Trumpster outlaws escape and become immune fugitives from justice

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  Published on 29th Nov 2020
• How Mitch McConnell's Do Nothing Republicans Are Killing You

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  Published on 29th Nov 2020
• 'Lindsey Graham Must Resign': Outrage Grows Over GOP Senator's Alleged Assault on Election Integrity | Critics called on the Justice Department and various congressional committees to "conduct an immediate and thorough investigation."

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  Published on 19th Nov 2020
• Trump's Requested Strike on Iran Could Kill More People Than Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki - Any US military action against Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities would be a massive war crime.

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  Published on 18th Nov 2020
• 'It's Even Worse on Video': Trump Adviser Welcomes Killing Loved Ones With Covid-19 as This May Be 'Their Final Thanksgiving' Anyway

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  Published on 18th Nov 2020
• "He Doesn't Decide... We the People Do": Trump Denounced for False Election Night Claim of Victory

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  Published on 4th Nov 2020
• Biden Campaign Condemns Trump False Victory Claim as 'Naked Effort to Take Away the Democratic Rights of American Citizens'

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  Published on 4th Nov 2020
• 'Haul Louis DeJoy in Front of a Criminal Grand Jury': Outrage After Postal Service Misses Court-Ordered Election Day Deadline

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  Published on 4th Nov 2020
• 'Nobody Should Fall For It': Sanders Condemns Trump's Reported Plan to Falsely Declare Victory on Election Night

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  Published on 2nd Nov 2020
• 'Attempted Judicial Coup in Progress': Alarms Sound as Texas Republicans Ask Federal Judge to Toss Nearly 130,000 Ballots; "This lawsuit is another desperate and ludicrous attempt by extremists to block the will of the people and disrupt democracy."

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  Published on 2nd Nov 2020
• 'This Is Trump's Failure': US Reports Record 90,400+ Covid Cases in Just 24 Hours—Equivalent to One New Infection Every Second

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  Published on 30th Oct 2020
• 'It's Not Just That You're a Crook': Watch Jon Ossoff Eviscerate Sen. Perdue Over Insider Trading, Covid Lies, and Healthcare Attacks "You're attacking the health of the people that you represent," the Democratic challenger said to Georgia's incumbent GOP senator.

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  Published on 29th Oct 2020
• Let's Be Very Clear: Senate Republicans Have Failed Every Struggling American Family

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  Published on 29th Oct 2020
• Documents Reveal WH Officials Tried to Use $250 Million in Taxpayer Money on Covid Ad Campaign to Boost Trump Reelection

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  Published on 29th Oct 2020
• 'We. Will. Vote. Her. Out.': Maine Progressives Not Fooled Even a Little Bit by Susan Collins' Cynical Vote on Barrett

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  Published on 28th Oct 2020
• Top Federal Election Official Corrects Trump: 'Counting Ballots—All of 'Em—Is the Appropriate, Proper, and Very Legal Way to Determine Who Won' | "An election is not a reality show with a big reveal at the end," said FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub.

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  Published on 28th Oct 2020
• Jared Kushner Eviscerated as 'Face of White Privilege and Nepotism' After Mocking Racial Justice Protesters

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  Published on 27th Oct 2020
• 'Such an Insult': Doctors Furious as Trump Peddles Baseless Claim That They Are Inflating Covid Death Count for Profit

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  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• 'Epic Level of Corruption': Postal Service Quietly Awards $5 Million Contract to DeJoy's Former Company

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  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• 'Very Dark Moment for the Senate': Republicans Block Consideration of Covid Relief While Rushing Ahead With Barrett Confirmation

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  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• 'Would Be So Wild If Harrison Pulled This Off!': Democratic Challenger Pulls Ahead of Lindsey Graham

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  Published on 22nd Oct 2020
• Trump Called 'Mass Murderer' After White House Docs Show He Lied About Recent Covid-19 Surge

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  Published on 21st Oct 2020
• McConnell Admits He's Been Working to Sabotage Covid Relief Talks Behind the Scenes to Prioritize Rushing Barrett Confirmation

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  Published on 21st Oct 2020
• Bernie Sanders Applauds People of Bolivia for 'Year-Long Fight to Restore Democracy' in Wake of Military Coup

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  Published on 20th Oct 2020
• 'No Wonder the US Leads the World in Covid Deaths': Trump Mocks Biden for Vowing to 'Listen to the Scientists'

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  Published on 19th Oct 2020
• From 'Twelve More Years!' to 'Lock Her Up!' Trump Whips Proto-Fascist Michigan Crowd Into Frenzy

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  Published on 18th Oct 2020
• 'Sadistic and Depraved': Trump Rejects California Request for Federal Disaster Aid to Recover From Catastrophic Wildfires

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  Published on 16th Oct 2020
• 'This Is Unprecedented': Lindsey Graham Openly Violates Committee Rules to Schedule Vote on Barrett Nomination

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  Published on 16th Oct 2020
• 'Totally Under Control': New, Secretly-Filmed Documentary Details Trump's Colossal Covid-19 Failures | "We, the scientists, knew what to do for the pandemic response," says former federal vaccine expert Dr. Rick Bright in the film. "It is time to lay our careers on the line and push back."

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  Published on 15th Oct 2020
• 'A Crime in Plain Sight': Lindsey Graham Under Fire for Soliciting Campaign Donations in Senate Building

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  Published on 15th Oct 2020
• 'This Is a Dog Whistle': Barrett Condemned for Implying That Being LGBTQ Is a Choice and Saying Working With Anti-Gay Hate Group Was 'Wonderful'

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  Published on 14th Oct 2020
• 'We Don't Need a Climate Denier on the Supreme Court': Outrage as Barrett Says She Has No 'Firm Views' on Climate Crisis | "If you're neutral on climate change, you're complicit in the collapse of the planetary ecosystem upon which the survival of every living thing depends."

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  Published on 14th Oct 2020
• "He's So Proud of How Little He's Done": Watch McConnell Laugh When Confronted on Covid Inaction

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  Published on 13th Oct 2020
• What Else Is Barrett Hiding? Dems Demand Answers After Trump Supreme Court Pick Caught Concealing Talks to Anti-Abortion Groups

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  Published on 12th Oct 2020
• 'Appalling Criminal Conduct': California GOP Accused of Operating Fake 'Official' Ballot Drop Boxes | "Apparently they're trying to prove voter fraud is real by committing actual election fraud."

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  Published on 12th Oct 2020
• 'Shameless Stunt': Trump Reportedly Attempting to Raid Medicare Trust Fund to Pay for Drug Discount Cards With His Name on Them

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  Published on 9th Oct 2020
• 'GOP Loses a Big One in Their War on Drop Boxes': Federal Judge Bars Ohio From Limiting Ballot Sites to One Per County

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  Published on 9th Oct 2020
• Facebook to Ban Political Ads After Polls Close on Nov. 3, 'Just in Time to Have No Impact Whatsoever'

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  Published on 8th Oct 2020
• If Trump 'Still Has Covid, We Shouldn't Have a Debate,' Biden Says of Next Week's Town Hall Event | "There will be citizens there in attendance asking questions. So, the obligation is on Donald Trump to prove that he is not contagious."

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  Published on 8th Oct 2020
• Amid Growing Economic Misery, Not One House Republican Voted for Bill to Boost Unemployment Benefits, Send Another Round of Checks

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  Published on 2nd Oct 2020
• 'Has President Trump Written All Over It': Outrage as Texas Gov Slashes Ballot Drop-Off Sites to Just One Per County

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  Published on 2nd Oct 2020
• Katie Porter, Squad Members, Eviscerate Big Pharma CEOs Over 'Exorbitant' Drug Prices | "To recap here: The drug didn't get any better, the cancer patients didn't get any better, you just got better at making money—you just refined your skills at price gouging."

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  Published on 1st Oct 2020
• 'This Is Fascism': Trump Riles Up Minnesota Supporters With Racist Attack on Somali Refugees

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  Published on 1st Oct 2020
• Bernie Sanders: Ruinous 2020 Debate Showcased Why Trump Is 'Most Dangerous President' in US History — "If you believe in democracy, if you believe in the Constitution and in the rule of law, Trump has got to go."

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  Published on 30th Sep 2020
• 'Outrageous' and 'Disturbing': Openly Defying Federal Court Order, Wilbur Ross Moves to Shut Down Census Early

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  Published on 29th Sep 2020
• Bernie Sanders says the election is between a dictatorship and democracy

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  Published on 27th Sep 2020
• Trump Accused of 'Pathetic Attempt' to Bribe Seniors for Votes by Promising to Mail $200 Medicine Discount Cards

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  Published on 25th Sep 2020
• 'Bananas' DOJ Press Release on Discarded Ballots Viewed as Effort to Fuel Trump's Lies About Mail-In Fraud

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  Published on 25th Sep 2020
• 'The Whole Damn System Is Guilty as Hell': Protests Erupt Nationwide After No Officers Charged for Killing of Breonna Taylor

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  Published on 24th Sep 2020
• Trump Openly Admits He Wants to Fill RBG Vacancy Before Election Day So His Justice Can Help Fight Mail-In Ballots

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  Published on 23rd Sep 2020
• 'It Affects Virtually Nobody,' Trump Says of Virus That Has Killed 200,000 and Infected 7 Million in US; "If you, or a family member, or a friend got sick or died of Covid-19, to Trump you are 'virtually nobody.'"

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  Published on 22nd Sep 2020
• Trump Says He Is 'Counting on the Federal Court System' to Declare Winner on Election Night—Before Many Ballots Are Tallied

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  Published on 21st Sep 2020
• 'He Told Us to Use His Words Against Him': Early AM Protest Outside Lindsey Graham's Home Over RBG Replacement

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  Published on 21st Sep 2020
• Ocasio-Cortez Demands Democrats Use 'Every Procedural Tool Available' to Stop Trump From Filling RBG Vacancy

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  Published on 21st Sep 2020
• Denouncing 'Intentional Effort' to Sabotage Election, Judge Orders Nationwide Reversal of DeJoy Mail Changes

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  Published on 18th Sep 2020
• 'Tyrannical and Un-American': ACLU Rebukes Barr for Urging Sedition Charges Against Protesters | "Treating protest as a form of sedition won't hold up in court," said the ACLU. "But that is clearly not the point here."

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  Published on 17th Sep 2020
• 'One of the Most Callous Sentiments Ever Uttered' by US President: Trump Falsely Says Covid Death Toll Not So Bad 'If You Take Blue States Out'

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  Published on 17th Sep 2020
• 'Everyone in America Should Be Outraged': McConnell Quietly Rams Through More Lifetime Trump Judges While Blocking Covid Relief

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  Published on 16th Sep 2020
• 'Why Is He Trying So Hard to Keep It a Secret?' Postal Service Sued Over Refusal to Release DeJoy Calendar

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  Published on 16th Sep 2020
• "He's Describing a Massacre": Trump Touts Herd Immunity Approach to Covid That Experts Warn Would Kill Millions

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  Published on 16th Sep 2020
• 'Outrageous': Sanders Blasts AstraZeneca for Raising Drug Prices Despite $1.2 Billion From Taxpayers for Covid-19 Vaccine; Big drug companies don't need more subsidies. We need to end their greed." —Sen. Bernie Sanders

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  Published on 15th Sep 2020
• 'Just Wildly, Blatantly Corrupt': Researcher Reveals DeJoy Donated $600,000 to Trump and GOP After Top USPS Job Opened

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  Published on 15th Sep 2020
• 'There Has to Be Retribution': Trump Openly Endorses Extrajudicial Killings of Suspects by Law Enforcement

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  Published on 13th Sep 2020
• Sanders Slams Republican Senate for Happily Approving $740 Billion for Pentagon While Doing 'Nothing' to Address Covid Crisis

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  Published on 11th Sep 2020
• "It's a Superspreader Event": Few Masks in Sight at Packed Trump Campaign Rally in Michigan

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  Published on 11th Sep 2020
• 'Dereliction of Duty': Outrage as USPS Board Issues Gushing Praise for DeJoy Amid Mail Slowdowns, Medicine Delays, and Straw-Donor Scandal

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  Published on 10th Sep 2020
• Trump Lied, 190,000 - A 9/11 Attack Every Day For 2 Months - Died

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  Published on 10th Sep 2020
• Barr Slammed for Acting as 'Personal Henchman' of Trump as DOJ Moves to Take Over His Defense in Suit Filed by Rape Accuser

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  Published on 9th Sep 2020
• 'How Pathetic': Sanders Rips GOP for Proposing Massive Coal Industry Handout But No Direct Payments to Struggling Americans

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  Published on 9th Sep 2020
• 'People Are Sick and Tired of the Ranting and the Ravings': Sanders Rips Trump Effort to Rush Covid Vaccine for Political Gain

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  Published on 8th Sep 2020
• Citing 'Criminal Exposure' in Straw-Donor Scheme and Possible Perjury, House Announces Investigation Into DeJoy

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  Published on 8th Sep 2020
• 'This Is Against the Law and DeJoy Must Be Fired': Postmaster General Accused of Criminal Violation of Campaign Laws

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  Published on 7th Sep 2020
• "Now," Says AOC, "Where's His Unaltered Calendar?" House Dems Subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

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  Published on 3rd Sep 2020
• 'The President Just Committed a Felony': Trump Tells NC Residents to Vote Twice, Openly Encouraging Voter Fraud

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  Published on 3rd Sep 2020
• Barr Repeatedly Claims He Doesn't Know Whether It's Illegal to Vote Twice Following Trump Comments

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  Published on 3rd Sep 2020
• 'The Corruption Is Bottomless': Documents Reveal Chair of Postal Service Board Is Director of McConnell-Allied Super PAC

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  Published on 1st Sep 2020
• Pence Slammed for Offering 'Prayers' While Dismissing Climate Action at RNC as Hurricane Laura Ravages Gulf Coast; "Denial is not a plan. Thoughts and prayers are not a solution. We must take action now to stave off even more devastation."

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  Published on 27th Aug 2020
• Top Democrat Demands Postmaster General DeJoy Turn Over All 'Secret Communications With the Trump Campaign'

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  Published on 27th Aug 2020
• Mike Pompeo Under Investigation for 'Corrupt' and Likely Unlawful RNC Speech From Jerusalem While on Taxpayer-Funded Trip

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  Published on 26th Aug 2020
• It Is Time for a One-Time Pandemic Wealth Tax on Billionaires’ Windfall Gains

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  Published on 25th Aug 2020
• Demands for Removal of DeJoy Intensify After Postmaster General Shows He 'Doesn't Know the Basics of His Agency'

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  Published on 25th Aug 2020
• 'Responsible for National Collapse': RNC Greeted With Projections Condemning Republicans for Abandoning Jobless Workers

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  Published on 24th Aug 2020
• Trump 2020: 'Get Your Guns, The Blacks Are Coming'. Political messaging doesn't get any clearer than this.

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  Published on 23rd Aug 2020
• They're Not Needed, Sir": DeJoy Tells Senate He Has No Intention of Returning Mail Sorting Machines

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  Published on 21st Aug 2020
• 'Complete Bombshell': Former Top USPS Official Reveals 'Disturbing' New Details of DeJoy Selection and Mnuchin Sabotage of Mail Service

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  Published on 21st Aug 2020
• Warnings of DeJoy Scheme to 'Kill Postal Banking' as USPS Reportedly Considering Plan to Let Wall St Set Up ATMs in Post Offices

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  Published on 20th Aug 2020
• Warren Praised for Using DNC Address to Demand Child Care as 'Part of the Basic Infrastructure of This Nation'

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  Published on 20th Aug 2020
• Ocasio-Cortez Welcomes Help From Anti-Trump Republicans in Defeating President—But Rejects Kasich's Attempt to Define Party | "Something tells me a Republican who fights against women's rights doesn't get to say who is or isn't representative of the Democratic Party."

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  Published on 18th Aug 2020
• 'What a Disgrace': Pentagon Weighing $2.2 Billion in Cuts to Military Healthcare Just After Passage of $740 Billion Budget

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  Published on 18th Aug 2020
• 'I Hope the Postmaster General Comes Prepared. I Know I Will,' Says Rep. Katie Porter as DeJoy Agrees to Testify on USPS Changes

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  Published on 18th Aug 2020
• 'It's Going to Take Everyone': Demonstrations Planned Nationwide to 'Save the Post Office From Trump'

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  Published on 17th Aug 2020
• No Longer Leader of the Free World: Trump Admin. Humiliated at UN over Iran Arms Embargo

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  Published on 16th Aug 2020
• 'Silence Is Complicity': GOP Condemned for Doing Nothing as Trump Openly Touts Sabotage of Postal Service

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  Published on 14th Aug 2020