| Today, we're highlighting 10 of the most popular stories we published in 2020. The biggest: Francis Wilkinson's take on the early days of the battle against Covid-19, which was viewed more than 2 million times. In April, California Governor Gavin Newsom took certain matters — the federal government's listless response, acquiring PPE for hospitals — into his own hands, rekindling the debate over states' rights in the depths of a national crisis. California this week declared its independence from the federal government's feeble efforts to fight Covid-19 — and perhaps from a bit more. The consequences for the fight against the pandemic are almost certainly positive. The implications for the brewing civil war between Trumpism and America's budding 21st-century majority, embodied by California's multiracial liberal electorate, are less clear. The experience of states battling Covid-19 while the White House devotes its energy to winning the news cycle may be instructive. What is the difference, conceptually, between a state deploying its power to protect its population's health and a state using it to protect its population's democratic rights? Read the whole thing. Get Ready, A Bigger Disruption Is Coming — Pankaj Mishra Amy Coney Barrett Deserves to Be on the Supreme Court — Noah Feldman The FBI's Investigation Into Trump and Russia Now Looks Even Worse — Eli Lake Amend the Constitution to Prevent Another Trump — Rohit Aggarwala As the Country Burns, Trump Gives Up — Bloomberg's editorial board A Crash in the Dollar Is Coming — Stephen Roach Europe Just Declared Independence From China — Andreas Kluth Why Trump Fears Leaving the White House — Timothy L. O'Brien 401(k) Plans No Longer Make Much Sense for Savers — Aaron Brown This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. | 
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