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My fellow landlords, let's give our tenants a break on their rent next month; How I am prioritizing my psychiatry patients amid a pandemic; What governors like us need from Washington during this health emergency; A lot of bad things got into the rescue package. Here's a list.; Republicans should focus on the real enemy. It's not the press.; Republicans may finally be socially distancing themselves from libertarianism; Hannity must go; The great conundrum of Pablo Escobar's hippos ; Imagine if Trump were actually running things; Trump has the coronavirus numbers he knows you care most about; The coronavirus crisis is stripping bare Europe's deep fractures; An enormous surge in uninsured sick people is coming. Here's how to pay for them.; The cult of Trump is a threat to untold numbers of American lives; Trump wants only 'nice' questions; Trump's narcissism has never been more dangerous; In fighting covid-19, remember that America's WWII mobilization was hardly flawless; 'Wolf Hall' book club: Meet Thomas Cromwell; Biden angst is overblown ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Mark J. Terrill/AP) California has a sacred contract with its people. The coronavirus just put it into breach. We Californians put up with a lot to live here. Now the coronavirus is robbing us of the Golden State's benefits. By Bill Whalen ●  Read more »   My fellow landlords, let's give our tenants a break on their rent next month As landlords, we have an opportunity to be of value to our tenants and to our communities. By Etan Kerr-Finell ●  Read more »   How I am prioritizing my psychiatry patients amid a pandemic Despite social distancing, therapists must go on. By Jack Turban ●  Read more »   What governors like us need from Washington during this health emergency The coronavirus doesn't distinguish between red states and blue states, and neither can we. By Larry Hogan and Gretchen Whitmer ●  Read more »   A lot of bad things got into the rescue package. Here's a list. Republicans doled out all kinds of special favors to their corporate friends. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Republicans should focus on the real enemy. It's not the press. President Trump and Marco Rubio's latest attacks on the media are grotesque. By Max Boot ●  Read more »   Republicans may finally be socially distancing themselves from libertarianism In the face of a pandemic, conservatives are realizing liberty is not the only value that matters. By Henry Olsen ●  Read more »   Hannity must go The Trish Regan saga indicates that the network is having trouble managing itself. By Erik Wemple ●  Read more »   The great conundrum of Pablo Escobar's hippos Are the drug lord's hippos "invasive"? Or are they part of an accidental project to "rewild" the local area? By Robert Gebelhoff ●  Read more »   Imagine if Trump were actually running things A truly frightening hypothetical. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump has the coronavirus numbers he knows you care most about Because he knows you care most about him. By Tom Toles ●  Read more »   The coronavirus crisis is stripping bare Europe's deep fractures The coronavirus will not cause the immediate downfall of the European Union, but it is leaving it a hollow shell. By Heather A. Conley and John Kornblum ●  Read more »   An enormous surge in uninsured sick people is coming. Here's how to pay for them. We must remove all financial barriers to effective treatment for covid-19. By Jonathan Gruber ●  Read more »   The cult of Trump is a threat to untold numbers of American lives We need to find the right language to capture the awful truth of this moment. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Trump wants only 'nice' questions A quick sketch impression done while watching the exchange between PBS NewsHour's Yamiche Alcindor and President Trump. By Ann Telnaes ●  Read more »   Trump's narcissism has never been more dangerous Ratings, not people, matter to the president. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   In fighting covid-19, remember that America's WWII mobilization was hardly flawless Past fumbles, failures and even an occasional fiasco can inform our current struggle. By Richard B. Frank ●  Read more »   'Wolf Hall' book club: Meet Thomas Cromwell Post writers try to make sense of our watchful hero. By Eugene Robinson and Alyssa Rosenberg ●  Read more »   Biden angst is overblown Biden is in no danger of being forgotten. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The Trailer for news and insight on political campaigns around the country, from David Weigel. 435 districts. 50 states. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings. Sign up »

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