An additional 3.8 million more new workers filed for jobless claims due to the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number to over 30 million people […]
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Letting States Go Bankrupt An ‘Evil Option’: Sen. Tim Kaine | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., calls Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's idea that Congress to allow states to declare bankruptcy 'pure evil.' Aired on 4/30/2020. » […]
Continue readingThe President And His Medical Team Clash Over Virus | Morning Joe | MSNBC
As the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus passed 60,000 on Wednesday, the president said the virus will just go away without a vaccine, contradicting […]
Continue readingTrump Erupts At Campaign Manager Over Poll Numbers: Report | Morning Joe | MSNBC
New 2020 battleground polls with Joe Biden in the lead are showing the impact Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic is having on his re-election […]
Continue readingUnder Trump, Formerly Stalwart CDC Goes Soft On Meat Plants | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Rachel Maddow looks at how the CDC's guidance on worker safety against COVID-19 infection in meat processing plants appears distinctly, and unusually, less forceful than […]
Continue readingTrump Admin Forsakes Worker Safety In False Choice Over Meat Supply | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Debbie Berkowitz, former senior policy advisor for OSHA, talks with Rachel Maddow about the false choice the Donald Trump administration has presented of either preserving […]
Continue readingTrump Wrongly Suggests Virus Will ‘Just Go Away’ As U.S. Deaths Top 60,000 | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
The president is now saying he thinks the coronavirus will just go away as the number of confirmed U.S. cases tops 1,300,000. Plus, the White […]
Continue readingFintan O’Toole: ‘World Has Loved, Hated And Envied The U.S. Now, For The First Time, We Pity It’
Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole tells Lawrence O’Donnell that people in Ireland are “genuinely feeling pity for the U.S.” because Trump’s mixed messaging and lack […]
Continue readingChris Hayes: Yeah, We Should Bail Out The Ritz-Carlton | All In | MSNBC
The issues facing the Payroll Protection Program are being framed as big businesses pilfering money meant for local establishments. But the real problem is a […]
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