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Could the pandemic help push the oil industry into irrelevance?; No Internet access means no school. Here's how the FCC can help.; The coming GOP plot to sabotage a Biden presidency; The American people don't believe in fairy tales; America 'has been abused by this president,' former RNC chairman Michael Steele says; Australia's leader is winning the argument on the coronavirus; What Trump's nonsensical immigration gambit shows; Trump's new immigration ban is a scam. Don't pretend otherwise.; Suspending immigration would only hurt America's post-coronavirus recovery; Earth Day is back, to try one more time; Here's a better foreign policy for Biden; Amy Klobuchar gives a telling audition for vice president; In a global emergency, women are showing how to lead; Beards and things that go chirp in the night; It's all about testing; A disastrous presidency; The protesters aren't the only ones on the wrong side of lockdowns ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Chloe Cushman for The Washington Post) 'The fear in the air around us': Stories of tough jobs and the loneliness of quarantine "I'm existing, not living," one reader writes in a submission to The Post. Read this collection of stories. Read more »   Could the pandemic help push the oil industry into irrelevance? Renewable energy technology, already competitive with oil, might soon simply leave fossil fuels behind. By Francisco Toro ●  Read more »   No Internet access means no school. Here's how the FCC can help. Too many of the poorest families fail to qualify for the free Internet programs supposedly designed for them. By Arne Duncan ●  Read more »   The coming GOP plot to sabotage a Biden presidency Republicans are already working to keep people from realizing how damaging anti-government philosophy has been. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   The American people don't believe in fairy tales They understand the stakes and the lack of a quick fix. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   America 'has been abused by this president,' former RNC chairman Michael Steele says "It doesn't make sense for us to continue to pretend that this is the man who's gonna get us through the next six months." Podcast ●  By Jonathan Capehart ●  Read more »   Australia's leader is winning the argument on the coronavirus It's Team Australia in a way that would have seemed impossible just two months ago. By Richard Glover ●  Read more »   What Trump's nonsensical immigration gambit shows Trump is losing, and he knows it. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Trump's new immigration ban is a scam. Don't pretend otherwise. It's just another propaganda device designed to create the impression of action. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Suspending immigration would only hurt America's post-coronavirus recovery The thought that America without immigrants would be on a faster path to economic recovery is absurd. By Dany Bahar ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Earth Day is back, to try one more time Does it have something to do with us? By Tom Toles ●  Read more »   Here's a better foreign policy for Biden There are several critical initiatives that the presumptive Democratic nominee should embrace. By Katrina vanden Heuvel ●  Read more »   Amy Klobuchar gives a telling audition for vice president You can tell she has run for president. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   In a global emergency, women are showing how to lead Will voters finally pay heed? By Zoe Marks ●  Read more »   Beards and things that go chirp in the night Catch up on the transcript of my latest live chat. Live Chat ●  By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »   It's all about testing Catch up on the transcript of my latest live chat. Live Chat ●  By Eugene Robinson ●  Read more »   A disastrous presidency Trump's golf company tweets a video of golfer John Daly suggesting drinking a bottle of vodka to "kill" coronavirus By Ann Telnaes ●  Read more »   The protesters aren't the only ones on the wrong side of lockdowns Trump is badly out of step with the country. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »     Opinions Video 'We are not sacrificial lambs': A nurse's message to other nurses Produced by Joy Sharon Yi   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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