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Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Wait a second. How could the White House push schools across the country to open,

vowing it's safe to gather? Well, at the same time, cancel the Republican convention in Jacksonville saying it's not safe to gather.

Our colleagues, Eisenstatt,

Mac Dixon and Gary find out had the latest behind the scenes at why Trump canceled his

convention this summer in Jacksonville. Washington is often accused of inefficiency. So how about

this for an idea? The government shuts down in 68 days. Why not use this COVID package to keep

it funded until after the election?

It's an idea that has bounced around a bit.

Maybe only among reporters and a few Hill and administration aids.

But why not?

The Wall Street Journal editorial board agrees, writing that the larger problem for Republicans in the Trump era is that they don't know what they stand for, and that right now,

Republicans are running as Pelosi light.

The APs reporting China is telling the U.S. to close its consulate in Shang-Doo in the growing spat

between the U.S. and China.

John Lewis will lie in state in the Capitol next week.

His public viewing will be on the steps of the East Front.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports the Lewis funeral will be Thursday in Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, culminating a

nearly week-long celebration of life that will include stops in Troy, Selma, Montgomery, and Washington.

The post has a write-up about how baseball's return in the middle of a pandemic was nothing short of

a miracle. And ESPN captured Anthony Fauci's wide opening pitch.

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