Current Events > Trump Admin Attempts Murder Of Post Office

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/15/attempted-murder-your-post-office-outrage-trump-crony-now-heading-usps-moves-slow

Postal workers and their allies in Congress are vowing to fight back after the new head of the U.S. Postal Servicea major donor to President Donald Trump and the Republican Partymoved this week to impose sweeping changes to the popular government agency as it faces a financial crisis manufactured by lawmakers and exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Washington Post reported late Tuesday that Postmaster General (PMG) Louis DeJoy, who took charge last month, issued memos announcing "major operational changes" to the USPS "that could slow down mail delivery, warning employees the agency would not survive unless it made 'difficult' changes to cut costs."

"With our states now reliant on mail voting to continue elections during the pandemic, the destabilizing of the post office is a direct attack on American democracy itself."
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr.

"Analysts say the documents present a stark reimagining of the USPS that could chase away customersespecially if the White House gets the steep package rate increases it wantsand put the already beleaguered agency in deeper financial peril as private-sector competitors embark on hiring sprees to build out their own delivery networks," the Post noted.

According to the internal USPS memos (pdf) obtained by the Post, "DeJoy told employees to leave mail behind at distribution centers if it delayed letter carriers from their routes," a change critics said could threaten access to absentee ballots at a time when vote-by-mail is more important than ever.

"If the plants run late, they will keep the mail for the next day," reads a document titled, "New PMG's expectations and plan."

This administration can't fuck off fast enough

Is USPS still obligated to fund the pensions of employees who aren't born yet?

Hold on. The linked article explains this better, rather than being an "orange man bad" rant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/

trumps plan to win the election, make it impossible for votes to be counted.

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Fuck Donald Trump and fuck his administration.

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It's 2020. Like, if people are depending on snail mail for serious stuff, they need to have their heads examined. Let's just let the private sector take over.

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this dude doesn't even give a fuck about changing people's minds. soon he'll be full-on meddling in plain view.

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Caution999 posted...

It's 2020. Like, if people are depending on snail mail for serious stuff, they need to have their heads examined. Let's just let the private sector take over.

now all the dumb shit you buy costs 20 dollars more because I have to pay twice as much for shipping and also pay someone to come pick it up

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Republicans have been trying to sabotage USPS for a while

josifrees posted...

now all the dumb shit you buy costs 20 dollars more because I have to pay twice as much for shipping and also pay someone to come pick it up

dont take Caution seriously its his gimmick, he ran a discord solely so he and the rest of some users here could spout racial slurs

josifrees posted...

now all the dumb shit you buy costs 20 dollars more because I have to pay twice as much for shipping and also pay someone to come pick it up

Not necessarily. Let DHL, FedEx and UPS compete in the free market and you won't be bamboozled by a monopoly.

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soulunison2 posted...

dont take Caution seriously its his gimmick, he ran a discord solely so he and the rest of some users here could spout racial slurs

also dont quote him, lots of people have him blocked.

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Caution999 posted...

It's 2020. Like, if people are depending on snail mail for serious stuff, they need to have their heads examined. Let's just let the private sector take over.

Those private sector couriers are openly using the post office as a "last mile" carrier.
https://upsmailinnovations.com/

Caution999 posted...

It's 2020. Like, if people are depending on snail mail for serious stuff, they need to have their heads examined. Let's just let the private sector take over.

You do know that stuff like driver's licenses and voter registration cards come by USPS, right?

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Caution999 posted...

Not necessarily. Let DHL, FedEx and UPS compete in the free market and you won't be bamboozled by a monopoly.

they are competing in the free market and that is what it costs. I know all about it.

DHL is great and much better for international shipping though

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Remember back in the 90s when Kramer from Seinfeld proved how useless the USPS was? And this was back in the 90s.

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Caution999 posted...

Not necessarily. Let DHL, FedEx and UPS compete in the free market and you won't be bamboozled by a monopoly.

The only monopoly is on letters and other "first-class" mail.
Parcels are not.

soulunison2 posted...

dont take Caution seriously its his gimmick, he ran a discord solely so he and the rest of some users here could spout racial slurs

monkmith posted...

also dont quote him, lots of people have him blocked.

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Seems to me that they don't want to get screwed over by mail-in voting, which is a possibility. Trump sees through the nonsense.

Also, the left have set themselves up to have an excuse to lose.

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CableZL posted...

You do know that stuff like driver's licenses and voter registration cards come by USPS, right?

Precisely why republicans want it dead.

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Were_Wyrm posted...

Precisely why republicans want it dead.

Republicans want it dead because they feign "fiscal responsibility" only at election time, and USPS is regular punching-bag every time this happens.

Caution999 posted...

josifrees posted...

now all the dumb shit you buy costs 20 dollars more because I have to pay twice as much for shipping and also pay someone to come pick it up

Not necessarily. Let DHL, FedEx and UPS compete in the free market and you won't be bamboozled by a monopoly.

Yeah because that works so well for phone companies and ISPs......
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Were_Wyrm posted...

Precisely why republicans want it dead.

hopefully they don't fuck with it for another month or two. i need to get my ID for my apartment manager so everything stays current.
getting the next step done is going to take my wrist and foot to get better.
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The USPS is literally the only organization other than the military that is sanctioned explicitly by the constitution to be run by the federal government.

Destroying the USPS is literally just shitting on the constitution straight up.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

The USPS is literally the only organization other than the military that is sanctioned explicitly by the constitution to be run by the federal government.

Destroying the USPS is literally just shitting on the constitution straight up.

Well Trump and his supporters are anti constitution.

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Commondreams is a terrible source for news.
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So with this in mind, why was it reported that a USPS worker changed peoples ballots to republican?

FinalFantasy462 posted...

So with this in mind, why was it reported that a USPS worker changed peoples ballots to republican?

Maybe this is the President's long term plan to drain the swamp?

Hop103 posted...

Commondreams is a terrible source for news.

THIS! GREAT POST!

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so what about military not stationed in their home state? slow mail means your vote won't count if it can't get there on time

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KnightofShikari posted...

so what about military not stationed in their home state? slow mail means your vote won't count if it can't get there on time

If this was the case couldn't somebody file an injunction with the courts to allow votes from overseas to have an extended acceptance time?

Also this would probably only matter if the vote total was really close

MachineJaipur posted...

If this was the case couldn't somebody file an injunction with the courts to allow votes from overseas to have an extended acceptance time?

Also this would probably only matter if the vote total was really close

if you suppress votes enough it won't look close. then they'll just shred all the mail in ballots and call it a "clean election"

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MachineJaipur posted...

If this was the case couldn't somebody file an injunction with the courts to allow votes from overseas to have an extended acceptance time?

So long as we demand that election night be a real-time spectator sport or something, this will never change.