The coronavirus has forced innovations that have improved our lives, and are likely to stick around post-pandemic, Orion Rummler reports.

• Remote work cuts out the commute, giving us back time, money, and satisfaction, while reducing fuel use.
• More movies will be streamed.
• Alcohol and grocery delivery.
• Telehealth and teletherapy.
• More Americans are venturing into the great outdoors, due to few socially distant vacation options and many countries barring U.S. travelers.
• Outdoor dining and pedestrian-friendly streets let city dwellers escape the isolation of home. Eating al fresco is safer than mingling indoors.
• Broadband is getting new investments to support remote learning and telemedicine.
• Smaller classes, after big lectures made sub-par Zoom lessons. And teachers and parents are communicating more, Kim Hart points out.

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Never before has a sitting president been hit by so many blistering books, so many times, in a one-month period. 

• Why it matters: President Trump's niece and his former fixer paint a devastating portrait of a corrupt, racist, dishonest commander in chief, just two months before the election. Michael Schmidt, a top N.Y. Times investigative reporter, begins with a quote from King Lear in his new book reporting that Trump's Russia ties have never been fully investigated.

What's next: Bob Woodward, armed with a reported 17 interviews with Trump himself, will be out Sept. 15 with "Rage," which Trump is already attacking.

The latest ... Michael Cohen — the longtime fixer who used to instantly put reporters on the phone with Trump — writes in "Disloyal," out Tuesday, that Trump admired Vladimir Putin because he "had the balls to take over an entire nation and run it like it was his personal company."

• "I will never get the Hispanic vote,” Cohen quotes Trump as saying, per AP, which obtained an early copy. "Like the blacks, they’re too stupid to vote for Trump. They’re not my people."

The White House calls the book "fan fiction," saying in a statement that Cohen "readily admits to lying routinely but expects people to believe him now so that he can make money from book sales."

• "It’s unfortunate that the media is exploiting this sad and desperate man to attack President Trump."

Update ...

In our Deep Dive about virus-era voting that hit your in-box just after 4 p.m. ET yesterday, we helped you prepare for a protracted and chaotic count.

In today's WashPost Outlook section, Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown law professor and co-founder of the Transition Integrity Project, tells the inside story of post-election simulations that included veteran operatives from each party:

In each scenario, Team Trump — the players assigned to simulate the Trump campaign and its elected and appointed allies — was ... unconstrained right out of the gate, and Team Biden struggled to get out of reaction mode.

In one exercise, ... Team Trump’s repeated allegations of fraudulent mail-in ballots led National Guard troop[s] to destroy thousands of ballots in Democratic-leaning ZIP codes, to applause on social media from Trump supporters. Over and over, Team Biden urged calm, national unity and a fair vote count ...

Team Trump repeatedly attempted to exploit ambiguities and gaps in the legal framework. (There are more than you might think.) Team Trump repeatedly sought ... to persuade state GOP allies to send rival slates of electors to Congress when the popular vote didn’t go its way.

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In conjunction with the Kentucky Derby in Louisville yesterday, Dylan Stevens — a Trump supporter who goes by "The Angry Viking" — was part of a pro-police counter-protest to demonstrators demanding justice for Breonna Taylor.

• The Angry Viking's webpage warns it has explicit content, so if you're a "snowflake" whose "feelings are easily hurt it's probably best you move along!"

Members of the NFAC ("Not F----- Around Coalition"), a Black militia, march to Churchill Downs.

In Portland on the 100th day of protests, demonstrators ignite fireworks.

In a Portland park, Chelsea Jordan spray paints the names of slain Black men.

Joe Biden's campaign, seizing on new accusations about President Trump insulting veterans, is investing heavily in ads to sway voters around military bases in five swing states, Alexi McCammond reports.

• "Protect Our Troops" — an ad that debuted earlier this year, highlighting Biden connections to the U.S. military, and plans to support troops — will relaunch this week as part of a $47 million ad buy across TV, digital and radio.

Voters living near bases like Fort McCoy in Wisconsin or Fort Bragg in North Carolina will see the ad on Facebook and Instagram.

• The campaign is targeting households in a 50-mile radius of military bases in those states + Arizona, Pennsylvania and Florida.

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Above, a boat is engulfed in waves from the large wakes of a Trump flotilla yesterday on Lake Travis, west of Austin.

• At least four boats sank, the N.Y. Times reported. The Travis County sheriff’s office told AP "several" sank. No injuries were reported. The weather was calm.

Here's what happened, from the Austin American-Statesman's Hojun Choi:

On pontoon boats, sailboats and yachts flying "Trump 2020" flags, hundreds took to Lake Travis on Saturday in a boat parade in support of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign — but some boats were swamped by choppy water and needed rescue. ...

The occasional sound of an airplane carrying Trump banners also could be heard above the gathering. During one point in the parade, five people made a parachute jump over the lake.

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Today's print New York Times includes a 24-page, black-and-white section, "Unsung History: 75 Years After World War II," recounting "lesser-known stories both personal and profound [about] the end of the fighting and its aftermath."

• Why it matters: Dan Saltzstein, deputy editor for special sections, said in a behind-the-scenes piece about the accounts from eyewitnesses: "This is probably the last chance we’re going to be able to hear from them."

Tom Hanks — who has chronicled the war with "Saving Private Ryan," "Band of Brothers," "The Pacific" and "Greyhound" — writes in an introduction:

Most of the victors are gone ... After the War ... will never end, not in any equal measure of satisfaction.

Disinformation is now a weapon and a currency. Tyrants reign around the world. Wars are waged in stalemates. Seventy-five years ago, it seemed that a grand contract had been agreed upon by all the nations of the world, that our common efforts had created a common purpose, born of the horrible lessons learned in World War II.

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People gather in Lents Park in Portland yesterday to mark Day 100 of protests.