Source: USPS.com

Over the weekend, #postalservice began trending on Twitter. That’s weird, seeing as the Post Office is, well, the Post Office. And I say that as someone who has spent 17 years studying postal policy. (Thank you for your sympathy.)

The Twitter-steria stemmed from a report that the Trump administration opposed giving the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) a bailout. House of Representatives Democrats had tried to slip a more than $30 billion bailout into the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Trump and company rejected the bill and told Congress they beleaguered agency could have a $10 billion loan instead…(Read more)