Topic: Letter Carrier

Mail carriers in Oakland, California, are facing a surge in armed robberies, leading the USPS to offer a $100 daily bonus for carriers willing to work in the city. The situation is so severe that carriers from the Sacramento region are being recruited to fill shifts. The hosts suspect that a missing envelope containing listener donations may have been a victim of these thefts.

Captain Brett Crozier was removed from command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after a five-page letter pleading for help with a COVID-19 outbreak was leaked to the media. President Trump and Navy officials argue that allowing such a letter to leak undermined the chain of command and signaled weakness to adversaries. While sailors were filmed cheering for Crozier as he departed, the administration stands by the decision to relieve him of duty.