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How we can stop the next new virus; Never have GOP votes against impeachment seemed more shortsighted; How China is planning to use the coronavirus crisis to its advantage; No, the White House didn't 'dissolve' its pandemic response office. I was there.; What Trump must do now to reduce the coronavirus risk; What coronavirus and the looming recession tell us about government; What lessons will we learn from the coronavirus crisis?; The Joe Biden at Sunday's debate should terrify Donald Trump; Biden says he'll pick a woman to be VP. It's about time.; Choosing Biden: Democrats know there is a crisis; How Turkey lost Russia and the West; Some ways people can help soften the economic impact of the coronavirus, locally and globally; Trump finally sees a contagion he can understand; The proudly incompetent Trump administration sows chaos, as usual; Trump's rage at the media takes a dangerous new turn; What will it take for Sanders to leave the race?; The buck never, ever stops with Trump ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Danielle Kunitz/The Washington Post) The virus means we'll be voting by mail. But that won't be easy. Replacing Election Day ballot receipt laws with the more intuitive postmarked-by-Election Day standard is essential. By Marc Elias ●  Read more »   How we can stop the next new virus The world largely failed after the SARS outbreak. It's not too early to be thinking ahead. By Jared Diamond and Nathan Wolfe ●  Read more »   Never have GOP votes against impeachment seemed more shortsighted It would be better if this period were known as the "Great Sobering," when our country relearned the high stakes of politics. By Michael Gerson ●  Read more »   How China is planning to use the coronavirus crisis to its advantage Beijing is trying to game the situation to take even more control of the industries of the future. By Josh Rogin ●  Read more »   No, the White House didn't 'dissolve' its pandemic response office. I was there. The middle of a global health emergency is not the time to be making tendentious accusations. By Tim Morrison ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   What Trump must do now to reduce the coronavirus risk Lessons from Hurricane Sandy. By Chris Christie ●  Read more »   What coronavirus and the looming recession tell us about government A brutal rebuke to the idea that we just need government to get off our backs. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   What lessons will we learn from the coronavirus crisis? Let's look for ways to improve our lives post-pandemic. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   The Joe Biden at Sunday's debate should terrify Donald Trump Biden has the nomination sown up. By Henry Olsen ●  Read more »   Biden says he'll pick a woman to be VP. It's about time. There have been 48 male vice presidents in a row. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Choosing Biden: Democrats know there is a crisis Republicans' self-delusion could make them sick. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   How Turkey lost Russia and the West Turkey's leader deluded himself about Vladimir Putin's reliability. By Can Dundar ●  Read more »   Some ways people can help soften the economic impact of the coronavirus, locally and globally Those who have the means to weather the storm can help reduce the economic impact on those who do not. By Susan Athey and Dean Karlan ●  Read more »   Trump finally sees a contagion he can understand Because he's in it. By Tom Toles ●  Read more »   The proudly incompetent Trump administration sows chaos, as usual Amazingly, this administration appears to grow more incompetent the longer it stays in office. By Max Boot ●  Read more »   Trump's rage at the media takes a dangerous new turn Trump attacks alternate sources of information about the coronavirus at a time when the media's role is crucial. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   What will it take for Sanders to leave the race? A sort-of Super Tuesday should do it. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   The buck never, ever stops with Trump 'No, I don't take responsibility at all.' By Jonathan Capehart ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 5-Minute Fix for a weekday afternoon cheat sheet on the biggest story in politics — that can be read in 5 minutes or less. Sign up »

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