Speed of Life

Lauren Onkey on Backstreets writes  "Gonna Be a Long Walk Home," as Bruce introduces the new song later in the set, raises another question: how we start fixing the mess that happens when you fool enough of the people enough of the time. A centerpiece of the  Magic  album and the 2007-08 tour, the new song is fully formed here, with the vocal chorus adding a sense of wistful sadness around the words "long walk home" that's missing from the E Street Band version. On E Street, it feels like "everybody has a neighbor, everybody has a friend, everybody has a reason to begin again." But here, the Sessions music, which carries in it so many stories of racial injustice and the abuse of power, conjures up a town of rank strangers. As I write this, we are gearing up for what will be the most bizarre and divisive election season I've ever seen. We can't agree on facts. We've lost more than 160,000 people to the coronavirus. People have lost their j...

. @JoeBiden has struggled with a stutter since he was young. Tonight, a 12-year-old boy named Brayden Harrington told the world how the Democratic nominee inspired him after a meeting in February. pic.twitter.com/nHh6ehMQUa — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 21, 2020

Thank you Bruce! Biden Harris 2020

When we stand united, we can overcome anything. That’s why Americans of all backgrounds are joining us tonight to kick off the #DemConvention 🇺🇸 Tune in at 9pm ET https://t.co/NEJtNqxFPV pic.twitter.com/IlKOW2I9br — 2020 #DemConvention 🇺🇸 (@DemConvention) August 17, 2020

by Gregg Chadwick  Locked Off Mailbox in Seattle, Washington on Aug 15, 2020 18 U.S. Code   § 1701. Obstruction of mails generally Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Is Trump Really Crippling the Post Office Before the November Presidential Election?  Yep! The United States Postal Service is currently removing 671 high-speed mail-sorting machines across the country, the Washington Post Reports. This will eliminate 21.4 million items per hour’s worth of processing capability from the agency’s inventory. On August 14, 2020, the USPS began removing public mail collection boxes in locations in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Montana.  Ryan Cooper in The Week writes that "New Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who met with Trump last week and is undeniably a partisan lackey, is slashing the...