Undermining the USPS From Within is American Self Sabotage

The push to defund the U.S. Postal Service is needlessly self-destructive, so James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss their issues with the efforts to politicize the operations of the U.S. Postal Service (01:24). The guys also consider the extent to which the coronavirus has killed the free market (24:34) and discuss a recent discovery of a (literal) caveman’s bed from 200,000 years ago (44:50).

Trump Brags That He's Trying to Sabotage the Postal Service to Rig the Election
https://gizmodo.com/trump-brags-that-hes-trying-to-sabotage-the-postal-serv-1844717679

Postal workers are sounding the alarm as mail sorting machines are removed from processing facilities
https://theweek.com/speedreads/931215/postal-workers-are-sounding-alarm-mail-sorting-machines-are-removed-from-processing-facilities

How does vote-by-mail work and does it increase election fraud?
https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/how-does-vote-by-mail-work-and-does-it-increase-election-fraud/

Donald Trump keeps blasting 'universal' mail voting. But few states are planning that in November
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/15/donald-trump-slams-universal-mail-voting-few-states-planning/3333957001/

Barr warns Democrats 'playing with fire' over 'grossly irresponsible' mail-in voting push
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/william-barr-democrats-mail-in-voting

Tomlinson: Coronavirus killed the free market. The Federal Reserve has taken charge.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/coronavirus-killed-the-free-market-fed-reserve-15476077.php

Scientists Found a 200,000-Year-Old Human Bed Made From Grass and Ash
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-found-a-200-000-year-old-human-bed-made-from-1844715920

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