11 Dec 2020 - The Intercept

ALGONA, IOWA - DECEMBER 02: Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden (L) arrives at a campaign stop with former U.S. Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack on December 2, 2019 in Algona, Iowa. The stop was part of Biden's 650-mile "No Malarkey" campaign bus trip through rural Iowa. The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses will take place on February 3, 2020, making it the first nominating contest for the Democratic Party in choosing their presidential candidate to face Donald Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Tom Vilsack for Agriculture Secretary Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Democratic Party

Claire Kelloway

ALGONA, IOWA - DECEMBER 02: Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden (L) arrives at a campaign stop with former U.S. Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack on December 2, 2019 in Algona, Iowa. The stop was part of Biden's 650-mile "No Malarkey" campaign bus trip through rural Iowa. The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses will take place on February 3, 2020, making it the first nominating contest for the Democratic Party in choosing their presidential candidate to face Donald Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Voices

Tom Vilsack for Agriculture Secretary Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Democratic Party

Claire Kelloway

ALGONA, IOWA - DECEMBER 02: Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden (L) arrives at a campaign stop with former U.S. Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack on December 2, 2019 in Algona, Iowa. The stop was part of Biden's 650-mile "No Malarkey" campaign bus trip through rural Iowa. The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses will take place on February 3, 2020, making it the first nominating contest for the Democratic Party in choosing their presidential candidate to face Donald Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Voices

Tom Vilsack for Agriculture Secretary Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Democratic Party

Claire Kelloway

Our planet and rural communities cannot afford four more years of Vilsack’s aggressive corporatism.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 07: A tented area which had been used for outdoor restaurant dining at Denny's stands empty on the first day of new stay-at-home orders on December 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Under state order, 33 million residents of California have entered into regional shutdowns in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus as ICU capacity has dipped below 15 percent in most regions of the state. Barbershops, hair and nail salons, museums, zoos, movies theaters are closed while restaurants are open for takeout or delivery only. In Los Angeles, outdoor dining was shuttered nearly two weeks ago amid a surge of coronavirus cases there. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Hollywood Deployed Lobbyists to Win Exemptions to Strict California Lockdown

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 07: A tented area which had been used for outdoor restaurant dining at Denny's stands empty on the first day of new stay-at-home orders on December 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Under state order, 33 million residents of California have entered into regional shutdowns in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus as ICU capacity has dipped below 15 percent in most regions of the state. Barbershops, hair and nail salons, museums, zoos, movies theaters are closed while restaurants are open for takeout or delivery only. In Los Angeles, outdoor dining was shuttered nearly two weeks ago amid a surge of coronavirus cases there. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Coronavirus Crisis

Hollywood Deployed Lobbyists to Win Exemptions to Strict California Lockdown

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 07: A tented area which had been used for outdoor restaurant dining at Denny's stands empty on the first day of new stay-at-home orders on December 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Under state order, 33 million residents of California have entered into regional shutdowns in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus as ICU capacity has dipped below 15 percent in most regions of the state. Barbershops, hair and nail salons, museums, zoos, movies theaters are closed while restaurants are open for takeout or delivery only. In Los Angeles, outdoor dining was shuttered nearly two weeks ago amid a surge of coronavirus cases there. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Coronavirus Crisis

Hollywood Deployed Lobbyists to Win Exemptions to Strict California Lockdown

The entertainment industry has been given extensive leeway during the pandemic, even as California now faces a stay-at-home order.