As I’m sure you all know we have a major crisis unfolding with Trump’s too effective destruction of the USPS. His fundraiser Louis DeJoy is Postmaster General and has instituted a number of measures that are significantly delaying postal service.
Elimination of overtime meaning that many items are left in the post office overnight and longer that would formerly have been delivered.
The elimination and destruction of sorting machines worth millions of dollars. The plan is to eliminate 671 – mostly from urban centers i.e. Democratic districts.
Staff reductions we don’t know how many or how much only that mail is not being delivered on time – medicine is not being delivered. Late payment charges are occurring because bills and payment for them don’t arrive on time.
46 states received a letter today from the post office stating that there wasn’t going to be enough time to handle the ballots for the November election.
All of this is being done with the aim of screwing up mail ballots so that Democrats will not have their votes counted.
DeJoy met with Trump in the Oval office last week. This is being coordinated from the top.
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Mailboxes were being removed from city streets and rural areas without explanation. Someone in Montana alerted Senator Jon Tester who persuaded two Republican colleagues to complain to the Postmaster General Dejoy. That stopped the removal of more mailboxes in Montana and eventually by the end of the day in the whole country. PRESSURE WORKED So there is hope that we can do something about this.
We now need to apply pressure on both Senators and Congresscritters to get them to force Dejoy to reverse the sabotage.
We need to make calls asking:
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT THE USPS? – Indivisble’s Ezra Klein suggested we ask that question.
Force the congress to push through the emergency funding necessary for the post office to handle the huge amount of mailed in ballots.
I urge everyone to call tomorrow and Sunday when you can leave a voice mail. Call your senators, your congressperson and additional Republican senators in other states complaining and insisting that something be done immediately. I am planning to say that my husband is a veteran (true) and is not getting his medicine on time. We are both old enough to be in danger of voting in person and must vote by mail. Maybe something about late fees or not receiving checks – but expressing outrage. I intend also to say that because of Covid I have moved to (pick a state ) with Republican senators and must receive ballots, medicine etc etc.
This is all happening because Trump knows he will lose the election if he doesn’t do something drastic to prevent Democratic votes from being counted. Unfortunately for us DeJoy is competent enough to make that happen.
Sorry to unload this on you for the weekend but….. you really don’t get to keep democracy unless you fight for it.