ADIt’s not his first effort to cripple the Postal Service, one of the most essential — and popular — institutions in America. “Things are already going wrong,” Philip F. Rubio, an expert on the Postal Service and history professor at North Carolina A&T State University (and a former letter carrier himself), told Politico. There are “widespread mail slowdowns of all kinds of mail — first-class, marketing mail, parcels. But if journalists don’t keep the pressure on Postal Service problems, they will be abdicating their duty. Now, with the Postal Service threats, a new wrinkle: How do you deal with a scandal when the president himself has no shame about admitting to it?

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2020 11:04 UTC