<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-has_copy"><div class="gmail-has_copy_copy gmail-copy">
                    <p>Dear Subscribers,</p><p>We're still having problems with users of our 
site, including both the editor and readers, intermittently being denied
 access and given error messages. We've been working with our system 
host, LMI, to figure out what's happening and fix it, but so far no 
luck. Readers could help by sending email reports when this happens to<a href="mailto:%20editor@berkeleydailyplanet.com"> editor@berkeleydailyplanet.com</a>, and if that doesn't work to <a href="mailto:support@lmi.net">support@lmi.net</a>. And then try again after just a few minutes, because it is intermittent, not permanent.  Here are the links for this weekend:</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Editorial:</h4><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48660?headline=Build-Back-Better-with-a-Berkeleyan--Becky-O-Malley" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Build Back Better with a Berkeleyan</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-29-2020</i></p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The Editor's Back Fence:</h4><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48671?headline=Technical-Problems-Persist--Becky-O-Malley" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Technical Problems Persist</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-30-2020</i></p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Public Comment:</h4><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48665?headline=The-US-Senate-Where-Is-Democracy----Harry-Brill" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">The US Senate: Where Is Democracy?</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Harry Brill</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-29-2020</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48668?headline=Why-White-People-find-it-Difficult-to-Talk-about-Race--Steve-Martinot" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Why White People find it Difficult to Talk about Race</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Steve Martinot</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-30-2020</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48670?headline=Trump-s-realty-RNC-show--Jagjit-Singh" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Trump’s realty RNC show</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jagjit Singh</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-30-2020</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48669?headline=Russian-Interference-in-2016l--Tejinder-Uberoi" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Russian Interference in 2016l</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Tejinder Uberoi</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-30-2020</i></p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Columns:</font></h2><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48664?headline=THE-PUBLIC-EYE-2020-Republican-Convention-10-Takeaways--Bob-Burnett" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">THE PUBLIC EYE:2020 Republican Convention: 10 Takeaways</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Bob Burnett</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-29-2020</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48666?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-I-Am-Not-Your-Lab-Rat--Jack-Bragen" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">ON MENTAL ILLNESS: I Am Not Your Lab Rat</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jack Bragen</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-29-2020</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48667?headline=ECLECTIC-RANT-On-the-Trump-National-Convention--Ralph-E.-Stone" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">ECLECTIC RANT:On the Trump National Convention</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Ralph E. Stone</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-30-2020</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48662?headline=SMITHEREENS-Reflections-on-Bits-Pieces--Gar-Smith" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Gar Smith</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-29-2020</i></p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Arts & Events</font>:</h2><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-08-28/article/48661?headline=The-Berkeley-Activist-s-Calendar-August-30--September-6--Kelly-Hammargren" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, August 30- September 6</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Kelly Hammargren</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">08-29-2020</i></p>
                  </div>
                </div></div></div>