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Trump Argues There Isn’t Good Enough ‘Reason’ To Vote By Mail As COVID Ravages Nation
By Cristina Cabrera
05.21.20 | 2:02 pm
Where Things Stand: Preemptive Plans To Memorialize Our Dead
By Nicole LaFond
05.21.20 | 1:09 pm

We shouldn’t have to plan how to mourn this much loss.

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DETROIT, MI-JUNE 14: Michigan Democrat Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer addresses the 37th United Auto Workers Constitutional Convention June14, 2018 at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) DETROIT, MI-JUNE 14: Michigan Democrat Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer addresses the 37th United Auto Workers Constitutional Convention June14, 2018 at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Michigan Governor Calls Out Trump’s ‘Ridiculous’ Funding Threat
By Summer Concepcion
05.21.20 | 12:59 pm
Illinois GOPer Gets Kicked Out Of Chamber For Refusing To Wear A Mask
By Cristina Cabrera
05.21.20 | 11:58 am
Attorney Dana Nessel, surrounded by her family, announces her bid for Michigan Attorney General in Braun Court Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press/TNS) Attorney Dana Nessel, surrounded by her family, announces her bid for Michigan Attorney General in Braun Court Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press/TNS)
MI AG: Trump Won’t Be Welcomed Back At Facilities If He Won’t Wear Mask
By Summer Concepcion
05.21.20 | 11:14 am
Pelosi And Schumer Request Trump Lower Flags When US COVID Deaths Reach 100K
By Cristina Cabrera
05.21.20 | 9:59 am
A detail photo of a nasal swab held by a Registered Nurse wearing gloves and a protective gown that she is about to use to do a test on a patient in their car at Penn State Health St. Joseph where they are conducting drive through coronavirus / COVID-19 testing and have taken extra precautions regarding entry to the hospital,  in Bern Township, PA Friday afternoon March 27, 2020. A detail photo of a nasal swab held by a Registered Nurse wearing gloves and a protective gown that she is about to use to do a test on a patient in their car at Penn State Health St. Joseph where they are conducting drive through coronavirus / COVID-19 testing and have taken extra precautions regarding entry to the hospital,  in Bern Township, PA Friday afternoon March 27, 2020.
Doctors Struggle To Learn If, And How, COVID Affects The Brain
By Josh Kovensky
05.21.20 | 9:43 am
2.4 Million Unemployment Claims Were Filed Last Week As COVID Continues To Wreck Economy
By Cristina Cabrera and Associated Press
05.21.20 | 8:36 am
MANHASSET, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/05/19: Governor Cuomo makes an announcement and holds briefing on COVID-19 response at Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) MANHASSET, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/05/19: Governor Cuomo makes an announcement and holds briefing on COVID-19 response at Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
In Poor Bronx Neighborhoods, 34% Tested Had COVID-19 Antibodies, Gov Says
By Matt Shuham
05.20.20 | 2:04 pm
Where Things Stand: Raging Against His Own Machine
This is your TPM early-afternoon briefing.
By Nicole LaFond
05.20.20 | 12:14 pm

President Trump and many of his top officials all vote-by-mail.

But as we reported earlier this month, there’s a reason you would never know that.

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