{"id":4227,"date":"2020-08-20T19:56:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4227"},"modified":"2020-08-20T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:08:17","slug":"5-myths-about-the-postal-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/5-myths-about-the-postal-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"5 myths about the postal crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" data-attachment-id=\"4230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/5-myths-about-the-postal-crisis\/kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1262,834\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1-300x198.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1-1024x677.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1-1024x677.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1-1024x677.png 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kosar-postal-crisis-08-20-2020-1.png 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly everyone seems to be worried about the U.S. Postal Service. Mail delays during Covid-19 were already stoking fears that the agency is collapsing right when we need it most. Then President Donald Trump stoked even bigger fears by telling Fox Business News that he might deliberately starve it of money to block mail-in voting&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2020\/08\/20\/5-myths-about-the-postal-crisis-399584\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suddenly everyone seems to be worried about the U.S. Postal Service. Mail delays during Covid-19 were already stoking fears that the agency is collapsing right when we need it most. Then President Donald Trump stoked even bigger fears by telling Fox Business News that he might deliberately starve it of money to block mail-in voting&#8230;. 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