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Going Postal
🕑 Added 2020-08-29 00:19:01 +0000 UTCMatt and Sam breakdown the rightwing assaults on the United States Postal Service—and find it to be an emblematic crisis of Trump's presidency. What does it say not just about Trump but the forces that gave rise to him? In answering these questions and more, they circle back to their recent conversation with Samuel Moyn and discuss Never Trumpers, #TheResistance, and the upcoming election.
Recommended Reading:
Alex Shephard, "Why the Media is Uniquely Terrible at Covering the U.S. Postal Service" (The New Republic)
Comments
David Turner
Yeah, I'm 28 and it's impossible for me to pretend that people from the George W. Bush years are in fact our friends and we want them on our side. Get outta here. I'm scared for a number of reasons of a Biden administration but I hope the left takes the first punch at Biden, cause I can already imagine the far right protesting Biden just like the #TheResistance did to Trump (thinking back to the travel ban protests) over any issue. I very much fear the February 2021 Obama x Biden Black History month programming that is counteracted by far right/QAnon national protests and liberals are left confused as to why the country isn't suddenly in back to normal.
Lou Guberti Ng
Re: Matt's comments on constructing the electorate and youth energy at around minute 50; the liberals will sneer that "young people don't vote" ignoring all the structural obstacles in place. That's why they can't be bothered with the figures that fire up people under 40
