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Save 20% before paywall goes back up

Hi all! I’m writing to remind you the paywall is going back up tomorrow. May 20 is the somewhat arbitrary date of economic reboot in my state of Connecticut. Taking the paywall down during a pandemic was the right thing to do, but it’s unwise to keep it down. But before free time ends, please…

Do Republicans think Trump will lose?

The Post’s Paul Waldman thinks the Republicans are preparing for Donald Trump to lose. That’s why they are talking up deficit reduction and cost cutting when they should be talking about doing everything—anything—possible to save the president. If you thought Trump could still win, your best move would be to give the economy the biggest…

A 9/11 every single day

More than two thousand people have died since I posted this afternoon today’s edition of the Editorial Board, and it’s not even suppertime on the west coast yet. Even as the president and his confederates move to “reopen” the economy, the frequency of death from Covid-19, which is caused by the new coronavirus, is getting…