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This members-only episode was originally published on August 16, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.

Delayed prescriptions, mailboxes being toted away, Americans dying and families wondering if they\\u2019ll get evicted. Seems like a great time for the Senate to go on vacation, at least in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell\\u2019s eyes. In this members-only episode of The New Abnormal, Sen. Gary Peters, Sr. (D-MI,) who is leading the investigation into the United States Postal Service backlog, explains this postal shitshow to co-host Molly Jong-Fast and producer Jesse Cannon\\u2014and how Mitch McConnell is screwing over the American people from a comprehensive COVID relief package. \\u201cSo the negotiations started finally,\\u201d says Peters, \\u201cbut not in the room was Mitch McConnell.\\u201d And neither was another Very Important Person: \\u201cPresident Trump was on the golf course,\\u201d says Peters. Then, there is the postal service situation. \\u201cThere was a major spike in comments coming in\\u201d about post office delays, he explained. That\\u2019s when he kicked off his inquiry, which hasn\\u2019t been easy with a Postmaster General who is \\u201cnot very forthcoming.\\u201d But he does have some ideas on what\\u2019s happening (hint: it\\u2019s pretty messed up.) Plus! The group touches on where polling is for Joe Biden in Michigan (which makes Molly\\u2019s heart race) and what those who are furious about what is going on with the post office can do.

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