Trump and His Allies Have Decided to Preserve Capitalism at Any Cost
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Trump and His Allies Have Decided to Preserve Capitalism at Any Cost
WILLIAM RIVERS PITT, TRUTHOUT
Want to know why Trump and his voracious pals want to herd us back into the marketplace even as the air is potentially lethal with the virus? Consumption. The machine that lines their pockets has ground to a halt because people decided they want to keep breathing instead of buy stuff. For Trump and his capitalist pals, that is the end of the ever-loving world.
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On Strike Now for Three Years, Spectrum Workers Are Demanding Public Ownership
AMIR KHAFAGY, TRUTHOUT
In New York City, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 has been striking for three years, and there's still no end in sight. While demanding their jobs back and bargaining for union health care, Spectrum workers are also finding solutions in publicly owned telecommunications across the country.
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800,000 Doctors Demand Trump End Dangerous Campaign Against Social Distancing
JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS
A council representing more than 800,000 doctors across the U.S. signed a letter Friday imploring President Donald Trump to reverse his call for businesses to reopen by April 12, warning that the president's flouting of the guidance of public health experts could jeopardize the health of millions of Americans and throw hospitals into even more chaos as they fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cuomo Puts Private Equity Vulture in Charge of Coronavirus Economic Recovery
ROBERT GALBRAITH, EYES ON THE TIES
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is putting Wall Street insiders in charge of his state's economic recovery, including a senior advisory director at the private equity giant Blackstone Group and an aid with ties to one of Cuomo's billionaire donors. These two will likely prioritize the profits of billionaire investors and further entrench New York's deep economic inequality.
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Republican Billionaire's Group Pushes Unproven COVID-19 Treatment Trump Promoted
JAKE PEARSON, PROPUBLICA
Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus's Job Creators Network wants the White House to greenlight an anti-malarial drug for COVID-19 treatment despite the lack of research backing its use for that purpose. Marcus gave $5 million to a pro-Trump PAC during the 2016 presidential campaign, while his nonprofit paid Breitbart News Network $1.1 million for advertising in 2018.
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Using CPAPs in Place of Ventilators Could Spread the Coronavirus
MARKIAN HAWRYLUK, KAISER HEALTH NEWS
With hospitals around the U.S. facing a shortage of ventilators as they prepare for more COVID-19 cases, states are developing emergency plans that include the use of positive continuous positive airway pressure machines (CPAPs). But such alternative devices can possibly increase the spread of infectious disease by aerosolizing the virus.
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We Need Universal Mail-In Ballots for the 2020 Election
BOB FITRAKIS AND HARVEY WASSERMAN, TRUTHOUT
We're all now party to the most critical election protection debate in U.S. history, one that has entered the proposed Senate coronavirus stimulus package to the tune of $400 million, which may be just a fraction of what's really needed. The fight is over how the 2020 election could be conducted if the coronavirus pandemic still rages on November 3 -- and if Donald Trump will try to cancel it altogether.
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DOJ Seeks to Exploit Coronavirus Emergency to Detain People Indefinitely
MARJORIE COHN, TRUTHOUT
In light of Donald Trump's national emergency declaration due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking Congress to allow the attorney general to indefinitely detain people without trial in violation of the constitutional right of habeas corpus. The DOJ seeks to hold hearings without the defendant's consent and exclude anyone with COVID-19 from eligibility for asylum.
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