1. the swamp
    Trump’s Socially-Distanced CampaignBacked by his new loyalist press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, the president’s coronavirus briefings have replaced reelection rallies.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  2. coronavirus
    Apple and Google Team Up on Tech to Trace the Spread of the CoronavirusThe two companies will collaborate on ways to monitor the spread of coronavirus without compromising user privacy.
    By Brian Feldman
  3. labor
    Trump’s Labor Department Fights to Protect Workers From BenefitsEugene Scalia is working hard to shield Uber drivers from the threat of income support.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. covid-19
    Who ‘Deserves’ Jail During a Pandemic?The Cook County Jail in Chicago is America’s biggest coronavirus hotspot. Why did we allow this?
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  5. the national interest
    Trump Wants to Reopen the Economy Because He’s Panicking About Reelection PollsThe president is turning against public-health officials again because he’s on course to lose to Joe Biden.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. coronavirus
    In New Hampshire, COVID Ruled a ‘Disability’ Justifying Voting by MailIn a restrictive state when it comes to voting, Republicans will make a onetime exception for the pandemic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. vision 2020
    It’s the Last Campaign for Biden and SandersReconciliation should be easier in 2020, since unlike Clinton and Sanders in 2016, the survivors don’t need to anticipate battles down the road.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. vision 2021
    President Sanders Isn’t Happening in 2021. A Political Revolution Still Could.The coronavirus crisis may be as promising a vehicle for bottom-up progressive change as the socialist senator’s campaign once was.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. coronavirus
    As Hotels Offer Coronavirus Aid, Trump Properties Do NothingThough the hospitality industry is shut down, the Trump Organization hasn’t opened its resorts to cities to shelter health workers or the sick.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. coronavirus
    Pence’s Office Blocked Health Officials From TV to Boost Trump’s Ratings: ReportPence’s office reportedly blocked top health officials from appearing on CNN to ensure a ratings boost for Trump’s coronavirus press conferences.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. vision 2020
    Biden Inches Toward Sanders on Health Care, Student LoansBut on health care in particular, Biden’s revised plan doesn’t do much for those about to get hammered with private-health-insurance costs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. vision 2020
    How Biden Is Trying to Win Over Bernie’s SupportersHe’s deeply unpopular with Sanders loyalists, but party unity seems less daunting than it did in 2016.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  14. vision 2020
    Biden’s Hidden Advantage Against TrumpThe president did well in 2016 among voters who disliked both major-party candidates. That’s very unlikely to happen again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. the national interest
    Barr Praises Trump’s ‘Statesmanlike’ Handling of the CoronavirusThe Attorney General gives another bizarrely sycophantic Fox News interview.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. the national circus
    Frank Rich: John Roberts’s Wisconsin ShameThe Chief Justice’s latest assault on minority voting rights does not bode well for November.
    By Frank Rich
  17. vision 2020
    Here Are the Red States That Limit Voting by Mail to Trump–Approved GroupsIt’s becoming the GOP party line that the procedure should be limited to seniors and military folk. Some places already follow that rule.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the national interest
    Trump: Absentee Voting Is Fraud Unless It’s My SupportersRepublicans will use the coronavirus to suppress the vote, unless Democrats stop them right now.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. vision 2020
    Joe Biden Owes It All to African-American VotersIn retrospect, Biden’s once-improbable nomination was again and again made possible by crucial moments of support from black voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. covid-19
    The Novel Coronavirus Is Devastating Black Communities. This Was Predictable.Wisconsin is an object lesson in how racist policies have created an environment that leaves black Americans vulnerable.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. vision 2020
    No, Warren Didn’t Rob Bernie of the NominationContra Trump, Biden’s margin over Sanders exceeded Warren’s total vote in many states, and her supporters’ second-place support was closely divided.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential CampaignHis campaign once rode high, but Biden’s surge overwhelmed it and then the coronavirus overshadowed it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. 2020 elections
    After Its Disturbing Election Day, What Happens Next in Wisconsin?Republicans will probably benefit from their extraordinary efforts to hold down turnout, but we won’t know for sure until next week.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. 2020 elections
    Georgia Republican Raffles Assault Rifle, Cites ‘Looting Hordes From Atlanta’One hyper-conservative Georgia congressional district shows there’s still a market for ideological extremism, even during a pandemic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. trump administration
    Acting Navy Secretary Resigns After Calling Captain With Coronavirus ‘Stupid’Thomas Modly resigned after audio leaked of him insulting a Navy captain, who was removed after requesting aid for coronavirus patients on his ship.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. the national interest
    Trump in 2nd Day of Meltdown Over Government Report on Hospital ShortagesPresident rages over survey showing doctors and nurses lack protective equipment, can’t get coronavirus test results.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. joe biden
    5 Ways Joe Biden Can Make His Bad Podcast BetterFor one thing, the presumptive Democratic nominee shouldn’t be uttering the words “subscribe to us on iTunes.”
    By Will Leitch
  28. vision 2020
    No, Utopian Centrism Will Not Save Us From the CoronavirusNew York Times columnist Thomas Friedman thinks America craves token bipartisanship and ideological incoherence. That ain’t right.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. republican party
    The Wisconsin GOP Is Risking Voters’ Lives to Protect Its Minority RuleRepublicans are disenfranchising voters by holding an election mid-pandemic so that they can keep disenfranchising Democrats through gerrymanders.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. coronavirus
    Ammon Bundy: ‘I Want the Virus Now’The “patriot movement” leader is pursuing his anti-government worldview into organized defiance of Idaho’s social-isolation orders.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the national interest
    The Next Coronavirus Bill Is Democrats’ Last Chance to Ensure a Fair ElectionThe travesty in Wisconsin is a preview of what is to come unless Democrats insist on a fair election.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. just asking questions
    ‘PTSD Waiting to Happen’: Bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel on Coronavirus Triage“We thought we were so rich, we thought the system was so well resourced we wouldn’t have to make those choices.”
    By Matt Stieb
  33. conservatism
    Coronavirus Is Forcing the GOP to Admit Its Ideology Is DelusionalTrump’s DHS declares undocumented workers “essential,” while Steve Mnuchin scrambles to reconstruct the “administrative state.”
    By Eric Levitz
  34. coronavirus stimulus
    The Small-Business Loan Program Crashed in the First Week It Was UpThe rollout of the $349 billion program is already causing headaches for the Trump administration.
    By Matt Stieb
  35. 2020 elections
    U.S. Supreme Court Slams Door on Wisconsin Vote-by-Mail for Mid-Pandemic PrimaryA few hours after a Wisconsin court reinstated in-person voting, the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court halted an absentee voting extension.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. 2020 elections
    Wisconsin Court Reinstates Tuesday’s Mid-Pandemic PrimaryAfter intense gubernatorial and legislative conflict and multiple appeals, it looks like Republicans will get the low-turnout election they wanted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. vision 2020
    Trump Taunts Biden on Virtual Convention, Tempting FateLet’s hope Trump isn’t afraid to flip-flop on making his own convention virtual if the coronavirus pandemic still rages in August.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. covid-19
    Rikers Island Reports Its First COVID-Related Prisoner DeathMichael Tyson, 53, had been locked up for a noncriminal, technical parole violation.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  39. vision 2020
    What Democrats Might Need to Sacrifice to Get Voting by MailAlthough Republicans aren’t going to support sending a mail ballot to every voter, there could be some version of the practice the GOP accepts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. small business loans
    The Small-Business Loan Program Is Already Hitting 4 Big SnagsThe banks aren’t prepared, and the cap on the bailout fund is too damn low.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. the national interest
    Why Trump Is Overruling Scientists to Pursue His Pet Coronavirus DrugPresident heeds Rudy Giuliani, Peter Navarro, and Fox News personalities over medical experts.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. coronavirus
    As Trump Admin Tells States to ‘Do Your Part,’ Governors Ask What Trump Is DoingGovernors continued to lambaste the Trump administration’s coronavirus negligence after the surgeon general told states to help manage the crisis.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. vision 2020
    Get Ready for Guerrilla Warfare on Voting RulesThe Trump campaign will fight state by state against reforms that allow voters frightened by the coronavirus to cast ballots in the November election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. coronavirus
    Iowa Governor Rejects Fauci’s Stay-at-Home AdviceAs a rare governor refusing to issue a statewide stay-at-home order, Kim Reynolds errs in matching her credibility against that of Trump’s adviser.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. 2020 elections
    Trump Called Massie a ‘Disaster,’ but Will He Support His Primary Challenger?The president wanted Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie tossed out of the GOP after his stimulus stunt, but his opponent once called Trump an idiot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. vision 2020
    Against All Logic and Reason, Next Week’s Wisconsin Primary Slouches AheadA federal judge attacked both the GOP legislature and Democratic governor for refusing to delay the primary, as he liberalized voting by mail.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Trump’s Potemkin RecoveryThe president doesn’t have a plan to combat the pandemic, so he keeps creating phony ones.
    By Frank Rich
  48. the national interest
    GOP’s Refusal to Oversee Trump’s Emergency Power Is an Invitation to CorruptionTrump labels any oversight of his power a “witch hunt,” and his party is going along.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. politics
    Andrew Cuomo Has Learned Nothing From the Coronavirus Catastrophe at RikersA newly low prison population has helped prevent a worse outbreak, but the governor’s budget turns back the clock.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  50. florida
    Florida GOP Realizes Deliberately Impoverishing the Unemployed Has DownsidesRepublicans sabotaged the state’s unemployment system because they wanted to keep benefits and taxes low. Now, it’s crashing mid-pandemic.
    By Eric Levitz
  51. vision 2020
    Why Democrats Kicked the Convention Can Down the RoadThey may yet hold a curtailed or virtual convention thanks to COVID-19, but there’s no reason to commit to that now.
    By Ed Kilgore
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