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Jane, Dara, and Matt on the health and history of the postal service, the political games being played, and what it means for November's election.
Resources:
"The Post Office Mess Is Meant to Exhaust You. Don’t Let It." by Charlie Warzel, New York Times
"On the Post Office 'sabotage'" by Jay Caruso, The Monday Notice
"Why We Should Love The Post Office" by Addison Del Mastro, The American Conservative
"USPS badly needs an overhaul, but not smack in the middle of the Trump-Biden campaign" by Paul Brandus, USA Today
"State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears about mail voting" by Amy Gardner and Seung Min Kim, WaPo
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Statement
White paper
Hosts:
Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, Vox
Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, Vox
Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica
Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer
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Jane, Dara, and Matt on the health and history of the postal service, the political games being played, and what it means for November's election.
Resources:
"The Post Office Mess Is Meant to Exhaust You. Don’t Let It." by Charlie Warzel, New York Times
"On the Post Office 'sabotage'" by Jay Caruso, The Monday Notice
"Why We Should Love The Post Office" by Addison Del Mastro, The American Conservative
"USPS badly needs an overhaul, but not smack in the middle of the Trump-Biden campaign" by Paul Brandus, USA Today
"State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears about mail voting" by Amy Gardner and Seung Min Kim, WaPo
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Statement
White paper
Hosts:
Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, Vox
Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, Vox
Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica
Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer
The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production
Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts
About Vox
Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.
Follow Us: Vox.com
Facebook group: The Weeds
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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