Elections2020
Illinois, Michigan governors hit Trump response to coronavirus pandemic
April 24, 2020Democratic Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan have been targets of GOP President Donald Trump’s incendiary tweets.
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Progressive economists say unemployment rate now 18% as jobless claims hit 26.5 million
April 23, 2020The Economic Policy Institute calculates the real jobless rate is 18.3%, or one in every 5.5 workers.
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Labor leader says Trump immigration ban “another distraction” from bad coronavirus performance
April 23, 2020Trumka to Trump: "Stop tweeting. Start leading."
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Trumka: “President has made this crisis worse”
April 22, 2020“By asking for the economy to be reopened before we have safe workplaces, people are demanding workers lives be put at risk."
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Nurses read names of 50 dead colleagues at White House protest
April 22, 2020Those deaths are due to lack of personal protective equipment—and the blame lies squarely on Trump according to National Nurses United.
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