Bloomberg’s Back Door to Another Presidential Campaign

His digital consulting firm Hawkfish is in serious talks to serve Joe Biden’s operation — and take control of Democratic Party infrastructure.

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Location-Tracking Firm Helping Trump Get Reelected Now Wants to Cash In on Coronavirus

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Phunware wants to sell social-distancing enforcement while serving the president who bungled the response to Covid-19.

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As Coronavirus Spread, Financial Services Contractor Told Warehouse Workers They Aren’t Allowed to Get Sick

Gabriel Thompson

In a Long Island warehouse, immigrants work long hours doing mailings for a multibillion-dollar financial services company. Now they’re getting sick.

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Nonvoters Are Not Privileged. They Are Disproportionately Lower-Income, Nonwhite, and Dissatisfied With the Two Parties.

Glenn Greenwald

The media and political class’s depiction of abstention as a byproduct of class and racial privilege is a lie.

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Texas Blames Abortion for Spreading the Virus, but It’s the State That Has Put Millions at Risk

Jordan Smith

Not only did the governor drag his feet amid the outbreak, but hypocrisy by state officials has undermined health care access for millions of Texans.

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It’s a Scandal That We Don’t Know Who Supported the Coronavirus Bailout. Help Us Find Out.

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The Intercept is reconstructing the roll call vote for the CARES Act, and we need your help.

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Under Cover of Covid-19, Donald Trump Ramps Up His War on Truth-Tellers

James Risen

The president’s Stalinist purge at the height of the coronavirus pandemic exemplifies his dysfunction and vindictiveness.

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Lawsuit Aims to Stop Baltimore Police From Using War-Zone Surveillance System to Spy on Residents

Alex Emmons

The AIR program would amount to “the most wide-reaching surveillance dragnet ever employed in an American city,” according to the ACLU.

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If Your State Needs Help With Coronavirus From Trump, Don’t Be a Strong Woman Governor

Malaika Jabali

In a row with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Trump showed he’s still willing to put misogynist squabbling ahead of the needs of the American people.

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