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How to bring institutional change to a police force impervious to reform; The retired generals are defending America from our greatest threat: The president; Trump's latest eruption just showed that Jim Mattis is entirely right; Revolt of the generals; Mattis finally spoke out. It's time for any principled Republicans to do the same.; Black Canadians are suffocating under a racist policing system, too; Tom Cotton's ugly screed hints at the terrible backlash to come; We can make this the tipping point; After this crisis, policing should never be the same; This moment cries out for us to confront race in America; Trump's authoritarianism in the streets is being matched in the courts; What Richmonders should do to move toward racial justice; Here's the real story on Trump's security bunker; Trump explains his favorite Bible stories; How the United States might have condemned the Trump regime; We need smart solutions to mitigate the coronavirus's impact. Here are 43. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Washington Post illustration/iStock images) Shut down all police movies and TV shows. Now. Police procedurals have a long, fraught history. I don't know if it's possible for them to find a way forward. By Alyssa Rosenberg ●  Read more »   How to bring institutional change to a police force impervious to reform In Minneapolis, the department is a state within a state. That must change. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   The retired generals are defending America from our greatest threat: The president Jim Mattis speaks with the moral authority that Trump lacks. By Max Boot ●  Read more »   Trump's latest eruption just showed that Jim Mattis is entirely right Trump is incapable of affirming support for higher ideals, because he doesn't have any. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Revolt of the generals The military is more faithful to the Constitution than the president. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Mattis finally spoke out. It's time for any principled Republicans to do the same. Those Republicans who tolerate the president's excesses can no longer have it both ways. By Brian Klaas ●  Read more »   Black Canadians are suffocating under a racist policing system, too Mythologies of Canada as the "promised land" at the end of the Underground Railroad ignore the reality. By El Jones ●  Read more »   Tom Cotton's ugly screed hints at the terrible backlash to come Conservatives are being told that the protests are an insurrection that must be put down with even more force. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   We can make this the tipping point The stars are aligned. The country is pulling together. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   After this crisis, policing should never be the same Leaders in law enforcement must begin the hard process of reshaping their profession. By Tracie L. Keesee ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   This moment cries out for us to confront race in America Protests will take our country only so far. The road to healing must continue with respectful but honest conversations about who we were and who we want to become. By Condoleezza Rice ●  Read more »   Trump's authoritarianism in the streets is being matched in the courts This is the other side of the same coin, if less vicious in form. By Joshua A. Geltzer, Neal K. Katyal, Jennifer Taub and Laurence H. Tribe ●  Read more »   What Richmonders should do to move toward racial justice 'An open ear is an open heart, and it shows the public that you can do more than just govern.' By Norman Leahy ●  Read more »   Here's the real story on Trump's security bunker It's well-stocked. By Tom Toles ●  Read more »   Trump explains his favorite Bible stories Job is treated almost but not quite as badly as Donald Trump gets treated every day. By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »   How the United States might have condemned the Trump regime Treat this president as we would any repressive autocrat. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   We need smart solutions to mitigate the coronavirus's impact. Here are 43. Fresh ideas are needed for dealing with this crisis. Here's a running list. 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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