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  • Okay, do I have this straight: Donald Trump admits he opposes additional funding for the United States Postal Service in order to make it more difficult to deliver mail-in ballots, while at the same time he and the first lady request mail-in ballots? And simultaneously, the USPS is sending out warnings four months before the election to several states, including electoral battlegrounds like Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan, saying it may not be able to meet their deadlines for delivering last-minute mail-in ballots?
  • CNN reports that the internal watchdog at the USPS is reviewing "controversial policy changes recently imposed under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and is also examining DeJoy's compliance with federal ethics rules."
  • Sheesh, after all that, I need to cleanse Extra Extra with this beautiful Instagram video of January Jones playing with dolls of characters she's portrayed.
  • Here's how the Fresh Kills Landfill went from being a noxious dump to a "green oasis" on Staten Island.
  • First Dr. Pepper, now this: are we due for a pepperoni shortage?!
  • Mel Magazine has an oral history of Abercrombie and Fitch's softcore porn magazine, A&F Quarterly.
  • A top government watchdog agency says that Trump's top two officials at the Department of Homeland Security are illegally serving in their positions, not that it's going to change anything most likely.
  • Some pols are steamed after discovering that NYC's DSA chapter made a survey asking City Council candidates if they will pledge to not visit Israel.
  • Titian's masterpiece "Bacchus and Ariadne" is an iconic portrayal of falling in love, but the BBC writes "it could also contain one of the greatest depictions of breaking wind."
  • Maybe socially distanced concerts can be done safely and still be fun.
  • And finally, marriage: