Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's investments in @USPS competitors were already deeply problematic. But his purchase of @Amazon stock options after his appointment is inexcusable. The @OIGUSPS must investigate this corruption. https://t.co/Dlmsk25Ul8
Everyone depends on the USPS. Seniors for their Social Security, veterans for their prescriptions, small businesses trying to keep their doors open. They can't be collateral damage for an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus.
If you're in a state where you have the option to vote early, do that now. The more votes in early, the less likely you're going to see a last minute crunch, both at polling places and in states where mail-in ballots are permitted. Then tell everyone you know.
Barack Obama to David Plouffe on Kamala Harris: "I think it was a terrific decision, and indicative of the kind of decision making Joe is going to display once he gets to the White House. He chose somebody who would be prepared on day one."
As someone who came up through local government, I know how important it is to have bold, forward-thinking leaders fighting for change at the local level.
Today I'm proud to endorse our first slate of People First local candidates from across the country. Take a look!
We know Trump is trying to destroy @USPS by having DeJoy remove sorting machines, cut back hours and increase the cost of stamps for mail in ballots. We also know DeJoy can be removed by the USPS BOG. But how did we GET here? You may not like the answer….
@USPS BOG is supposed to have 9 members, but they operated w/ an emergency committee & without a quorum for YEARS because several Obama appointees to the committee were blocked. Who were they blocked by? Senator Bernie Sanders https://t.co/pk7TOCZdZd
Sanders was concerned that the @USPS BOG would continue to slash services & hurt employees so he was widely reported as blocking Obama's nominees. So much so that by Dec 2016, there was only ONE BOG member left. Trump has filled the positions in subsequent years
It was well meaning policy on the Sander's part, the problem is 4 years later it's given Trump almost total control of the only oversight that could stop DeJoy from rigging the fall elections. The Inspector General for the USPS can't remove him, and the BOG is loyal to Trump
Absolutely NOTHING “well meaning” about undermining a fundamental institution and its oversight body. Another short-sighted stupid stunt by St. Bernie. UGH.
I always wondered about Sanders. I can’t say I am surprised, the far left imo want to ‘bern’ everything down … and consider the ‘establishment’ to be the issue. How is this helpful , to split the votes etc?
It will only ensure Repubs winning. Nothing wrong in wanting progressive change … work together to make the change, even if takes longer.
If he was on the ticket … he would be mighty regretful now.
Bernie successfully blocked Obama’s nominee, but was unsuccessful (or didn’t block) Trumps Nominee. The disrespect shown Obama was staggering. No allowance that Obama’s nominees would have been in the USPS best interests. No allowance for Obama’s consideration of options. Just a short sighted “finger” salute to Obama. And complete capitulation to Trump. What a POS.
“Four ways William Barr is already subverting the 2020 elections”
“Safeguarding the vote would be the top priority of a normal attorney general. It’s the opposite now.”
“He’s letting off the hook those who contributed to interference in the last election;
he’s undermining confidence in the government’s ability to protect the coming election;
he’s signaling to bad actors that helping President Trump win will garner them special treatment under the law; and he’s spreading disinformation about the potential for voter fraud.”
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/barr-attorney-general-election/2020/06/26/7ad4fc7e-b6fb-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html)
Trump diminishing public trust in serial ways, by continuous lying, by undermining the safety of the election, and our precious beloved USPS. We can fill out ballots at homes, if we get them. Take them to designated ballot drops, if they haven’t removed them. Or to mail boxes, if they have not been removed.
Or to the Courthouse, if open.
–Anyone asked Trump or Barr directly about their open election fraud?
Today marks 85 years since the Social Security Act was signed into law, providing protection for the most vulnerable. Now we’re living in a moment where we must strengthen our commitment to Social Security — not defund it.
“What the Nazis Learned from Jim Crow:
Author Isabel Wilkerson on the U.S. Racial Caste System”
In her extensively researched new book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,”
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson argues the United States’ racial hierarchy should be thought of as a caste system, similar to that in India. In a wide-ranging interview, she describes how she also looks at
the ways Nazi Germany borrowed from U.S. Jim Crow laws.”
(https://www.democracynow.org/2020/8/12/caste_isabel_wilkerson)
“The Nazis needed no one to teach them how to hate,”
Wilkerson says. “But what they did was they sent researchers to the United States to study Jim Crow laws here in the United States, to study and to research how the United States had managed to subordinate and subjugate its African American population.”
–evil under the microscope.
McConnell left town with his posse until Labor Day, September 7th = 24 days hence.
No coronavirus relief = mass evictions, hunger, ongoing covid deaths.
We need a Chef José in every city.
Eh no mercy on these sadistic killers when we win.
NBC Politics @NBCPolitics · 14m
BREAKING: Former President Obama says that President Trump is trying to “actively kneecap the Postal Service” to affect mail-in voting in the 2020 election, and urges lawmakers and citizens to take actions to “protect the integrity” of the election.
This is an article full of eye-opening information and shows that our Senators “are” sending letters to DeJoy. We need to send letters and postcards to him too!
Facts:
1) “The USPS doesn’t belong to the Postmaster General, the Board of Governors, or even Donald Trump.
Trump can “task” all he wants- but he and his underlings can’t sell what they don’t own. The USPS was established by an Act of Congress. The new PMG and BOG may very well push for privatization- but they don’t have the legal authority to make it happen.
2) Bottom line- privatizing the USPS would require a new Act of Congress.
That means that the same House of Representatives that just impeached Trump would have to approve the elimination of a couple hundred thousand union jobs with decent wages and benefits in every state and every House district in the country.”
(https://postalnews.com/blog/2019/12/27/usps-could-privatize-as-early-as-2020-really-no/)
Their plan:
“Once the new leadership is in place,
the board will also be tasked by the Trump administration with creating a package of large, structural changes intended to help the ailing Postal Service. Those changes will likely include privatizing and selling pieces of the public service off, according to the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which represents more than 200,000 current and retired postal employees.”
The corporate plan to slash and burn and privatize has been in the works for some time:
“USPS Could Privatize As Early As 2020”. (Fortune)
–This article now unavailable.
May we find creative and legal ways to counter Trump and Barr’s election fraud.
The only thing Doom is not doing is lining us up and shooting us. What he is doing now with our Postal Service is unequivocally the act of an authoritarian.
Paging all lawyers who want to prevent Trump’s postal coup: Forget DOJ. All states have laws against election interference. Because mail-in ballots include candidates for state office, AGs and DAs have standing to bring criminal cases against USPS. Start with PA, WI and MI.
Time for multiple state AGs to collectively file a lawsuit demanding immediate equitable remedies including restoration of the $.20 rate for mailing absentee ballots.
President Obama:
‘Unheard of’ for Trump to try to ‘actively kneecap the postal service’
“In an interview with his former campaign manager David Plouffe, Obama said the GOP “for quite some time has actively tried to discourage people’s votes from counting in all kinds of ways, whether it’s voter ID laws or…blatant gerrymandering, [or] making it difficult for people in certain precincts to find their polling places.”
“What we’ve never seen before is a president say, ‘I’m going to try to actively kneecap the postal service to encourage voting, and I will be explicit about the reason I’m doing it,’” Obama said.
“That’s sort of unheard of, right? And we also have not had an election in the midst of a pandemic that is still deadly and killing a lot of people and…we still don’t know.”
(https://thehill.com/homenews/news/512027-obama-unheard-of-for-trump-to-try-to-actively-kneecap-the-postal-service)
President Obama tweeted:
“Everyone depends on the USPS. Seniors for their Social Security, veterans for their prescriptions,
small businesses trying to keep their doors open. They can’t be collateral damage for an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus.”
President Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, 72, has been hospitalized in New York, according to the White House. The president is expected to visit his brother today at the hospital. Officials say Robert Trump is seriously ill. https://t.co/tBRZwG7qRn
I keep up these tweets each day because it is unacceptable for a Commander in Chief to leave our troops behind when a foreign adversary may have offered bounties for their deaths.
Until Donald Trump speaks up, I'll keep speaking out. Day 49.
The president’s confession yesterday is stunning. He has now openly admitted to an agenda of undermining America’s postal system in order to make it harder for Americans to vote.
Everyone depends on the USPS. Seniors for their Social Security, veterans for their prescriptions, small businesses trying to keep their doors open. They can't be collateral damage for an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus.
Since Republicans seem to have a really hard time pronouncing “Kamala” maybe it would be easier if they just started referring to her as Madam Vice President.
If you're in a state where you have the option to vote early, do that now. The more votes in early, the less likely you're going to see a last minute crunch, both at polling places and in states where mail-in ballots are permitted. Then tell everyone you know.
🚨The Montana Letter Carriers Union just confirmed the removal of 13 in Missoula, 9 in Bozeman, and orders to remove 3 in Lewistown and 30 in Billings. #mtnews#USPS
Heard this morning from a postal worker in ME that yesterday there was 80,000 pieces of mail left behind in ME. Boxes are also being removed in OR. Don’t tell me to no panic and get all hysterical. THIS IS SERIOUS and he has flat out told the country what he is going to do. ACT, Dems, ACT. There are some things they CAN do.
– Says he's done more for women than any president – He's assaulted more women than any president – Goes to visit Robert Trump – Has to be ulterior motive – GAO invalidates Chad Wolf DHS appointment – Trump is going to prison – It's still only 12:37pm
1) Prime time hearings, now. 2) Subpoenas to Trump WH and camp officials. This is a RICO case 3) Visit local post offices with cameras – show people what is happening. 4) Events with those getting Rx late 5) Involve governors 5) No rest, no vacation. Go to war for our country.
A reporter asked Kamala Harris about Trump’s VP eligibility claim and true to form, she gives an answer that refuses to diminish the meaning of this moment. pic.twitter.com/Ti56QH9BMp
Rachel Maddow on Belarus:
“We’ve seen women in all white peacefully flooding the streets calling for the security forces to stop shooting, stop beating people. But what they’re doing to people that they’re taking inside these police stations and these police vans. These hostage style videos of people who have been beaten and injured, obviously terrified, in monotone renouncing their participation in the protests. BBC news has captured video of holding centers and these unmarked vans, where the visual part of the tape is essentially a static image. But you can hear in the audios people beaten, and screaming, and begging for their lives. This is happening this week. This is Europe! In 2020!
This is not a joke. This is not a game. This is happening right now. That country has got this terrible leader who has been in control of that country and its economy for 26 years. And he is now pulling out all of the stops to remain in power, and we see how violent that very quickly becomes.”
Maddow:
“Authoritarianism means rule by force and not by law.
If you have power that’s what entitles you to keep power, under authoritarian rule. And corruption and authoritarianism always go hand in hand. Because if you rule by force and not by law, well there’s nothing to constrain you. There’s no such thing as legitimate opposition to you. And there’s no legitimate check or limit on your power within Government. And so if you’ve got authoritarian control, you turn the power of the state to your own purposes. Whether it’s making you, and your family, and your staff, and your cronies rich. Whether it’s using the power of the Government that you control to ensure that nobody else will ever be allowed to replace you at the top.”
Maddow:
“I mean an example of that type of effort is to use the power of the prosecutors in your Government.
Use the power of the Justice Department in your Government to punish political enemies, to threaten political enemies. To bring trumped up investigations in prosecutions of your political enemies. And to reward and protect people who criminally cover up for you or do your dirty work. President Trump in a new interview with Fox Business, just chastised Attorney General William Barr for potentially being too politically correct to want to bring charges against the people who investigated the Russian attack on our last election to benefit him. He says he doesn’t want Bill Barr to be ‘too politically correct’ to do that, Bill Barr could be “one of the greats”….The president saying publicly he wants those charges brought, effectively.”
Maddow:
“Using your current control of the Government to stay in power could also take the form of sabotaging the Postal Service. Block access to voting in your re-election effort when your re-election effort is being held in the midst of an out-of-control pandemic, which means people may not be able to vote safely any other way other than through the Postal Service. The president as of today is getting very, very blunt about the fact that he really is messing with the Postal Service on purpose to prevent them from being able to handle ballots in the election. I mean that is far-fetched right? But that is happening.”
The postal workers union endorses Biden-Harris. Never forget roughly 100,000 US Veterans work for USPS and their livelihoods are on the line. https://t.co/xVS0X4maYU
I keep up these tweets each day because it is unacceptable for a Commander in Chief to leave our troops behind when a foreign adversary may have offered bounties for their deaths.
Until Donald Trump speaks up, I'll keep speaking out. Day 49.
Yesterday was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into 2020 Black women have to work on average to earn what their white male counterparts made in 2019.
This is an injustice and it deserves our attention every day of the year. It's got to change.
Rachel Maddow:
“There is a reason there’s no such thing as an ex-authoritarian leader, right?
Ex-dictator is not a job title. There’s no retirement plan for the Alexander Lukashenkos and the Vladimir Putins
of the world. There’s nothing else you can do after you’ve done that. If you’ve spent your time in power, your years in power undermining the democratic institutions of your country, rendering all opposition criminal, corrupting all profitable enterprise in your country, so that instead it is feeding you instead of your country’s economy. “
Maddow:
“If you’ve spent your years in power defying any perspective transition of power away from you as a ‘revolution’ or a ‘coup’ that must be quelled with force. If you have used your time in office helping yourself to the spoils of state power, well practically speaking then – you have to stay in power!
Because if you ever left, unless some sympathetic or allied foreign power is going to spirit you away in the night and shelter you in exile. I mean if you ever leave power, the people in your country are going to find out everything you did. And they’re going to hold you to it. Especially if some of what brought you to power and some of what you did in power constitutes clear criminal behavior. I mean it’s nice I’m sure if you’re President, to have presidential immunity from prosecution. It’s sort of an esoteric benefit of the U.S. presidency that most presidents don’t use. And never seriously need to contemplate using.”
Maddow:
“But if you are Individual One. If you have been found as President to have committed crimes and directed the commission of crimes for which other people in prison. Then presidential immunity is the most important thing in your life. And as Michael Cohen says in his new book, we now know, that means you’ll do ANYTHING to keep it. Which means you’ll do anything to keep yourself fin power.”
Breaking via WaPo: The U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to *46* states and D.C. warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted.https://t.co/Z3EOzpdbCf
Fmr AG Loretta Lynch speaks with Joy Reid:
GOP is now fueling birtherism conspiracies against Senator Harris: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/loretta-lynch-on-gop-fueling-birtherism-conspiracies-against-harris-we-saw-it-so-vividly-with-obama-90039877615
“Republicans immediately lodged criticisms of Kamala Harris shortly after Joe Biden picked her as his running mate, with some going ‘full birther.’ Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch says, “Once again, a highly qualified, outstanding, Black candidate has risen to the fore. And this always generates a backlash …
We saw it so vividly with President Obama and unfortunately, it’s come to roost again.”
NEW: @jacobbogage got USPS data showing at least 671 USPS mail sorting machines have been removed across the country since June. Represents a reduction in national mail sorting capacity of 21.4 million pieces of mail per hour. https://t.co/6lOGfByZBCpic.twitter.com/FGV1nto0kn
“Let’s not forget Tribal history as we complete the Census”
By Kayla Hilario,
Tribal Affairs Specialist.
“For thousands of years, the Miwok people lived throughout Northern and Central California – spread over a hundred villages along the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers and north of the San Francisco Bay area, east into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Then came sudden and drastic change – when an influx of European settlers in the 19th century invaded Miwok lands based on promises of riches overnight. In 1839, John Sutter built his fort and raided around the area. Then the California Gold Rush brought an onslaught of non-Native people into the area.
As many say, the rest is history – and has followed with many years of regaining the right to these historical lands and official recognition of the abuses faced.
This history is not new to Indian Country – we all have come to know this through the years and as other tribes have encountered the same struggles.
The Miwok story is personal for me – I am a descendent of the Blue Family.
My late grandmother, Dorothy (Blue) Olvera, and late father, Henry Sonny Olvera,
were very proud members of this Tribe.
I now take my family history with me to the work I do on behalf of the state.
As the Tribal Affairs Specialist for the California Complete Count – Census 2020 Office, I work with Tribal Governments and tribal outreach to encourage the hardest-to-count Californians to take the Census.
It’s hard for me to admit, but prior to this role, I had little knowledge about how important the Census is for Indian Country. I think back to the 2000 Census when someone knocked on my front door to count me. I didn’t understand why this person wanted to know my name and who lived with me – I was suspicious.
This is a similar situation other Californians face today – understanding why the Census is important and how exactly it’s important for them and their family.”
(https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/08/13/kayla-hilario-lets-not-forget-tribal-his.asp)
🚨🚨🚨@realDonaldTrump is working to dismantle @USPS and Republicans are following his lead. We can't let democracy suffer at the hands of state inaction or presidential intimidation.
We need more ballot drop boxes to ensure every vote counts in November.https://t.co/KAjDIN0saR
The removal of mailboxes to sabotage mail-in voting is about as un-American as it gets. The administration isn't even trying to hide its brazen willingness to cheat and make it harder for American citizens to cast their ballots (more)
people like @KamalaHarris because she is smart and tough. people love Kamala Harris because she demonstrates how much she cares about helping people who are struggling every single day.
Good morning to the #khive & everyone who is ready for a Biden & Harris administration. When Trump and Republicans call Kamala "mean" and "nasty", I think back to all the heart warming interactions she had with children during the primaries. Enjoy 💕💛 #BidenHarris2020pic.twitter.com/F62kB2OTzI
— MADAME VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS 💛🐝 (@molspink) August 14, 2020
.@molspink What's really touching in the full interaction (saw it elsewhere) is that extremely shy little girl's bigger sister tries to get her to look up+meets resistance. Then @KamalaHarris, tho a stranger, in a crowded place, focuses on the child, who then adorably responds.😊 pic.twitter.com/uMRlkOKOlN
Senator Kamala Harris Stresses The Importance Of The 2020 Election: 'When We Vote, Things Get Better” in her interview with @emarvelous | MSNBChttps://t.co/vzlPoUfbFz
Happy Birthday to me!! I'm feeling 1000% of your love today. 💞🙏🏾
Thank you, thank you, thank you for always lifting me up when I need encouragement. You keep me going and I won't stop anytime soon.#64aintreadypic.twitter.com/hVKIf7vwBh
My sincere belief is that it's far worse than you think and will get worse than most imagine. I pray I'm wrong. But the next several months will determine the fate of the world, and you have the privilege of deciding that fate with your actions. You won't get a second chance.
After US Postal Service cites concerns on delivery standards, Pennsylvania asks court to extend mail-in voting deadlines
Following a warning from the US Postal Service about delays in delivery times, Pennsylvania called on the state Supreme Court to extend deadlines for mail-in ballots to be received in the November election. It comes after Donald Trump said in an interview that he will block funding requested by Democratic lawmakers for the USPS, citing his intention to prevent universal mail-in voting. Pennsylvania is a key swing state in the upcoming election.
Photo via @Gizmodo
If you're in a state where you have the option to vote early, do that now. The more votes in early, the less likely you're going to see a last minute crunch, both at polling places and in states where mail-in ballots are permitted. Then tell everyone you know.
Voting by mail is safe and secure. And don't take my word for it: Take it from the President, who just requested his mail-in ballot for the Florida primary on Tuesday.
It’s not too late to do your part to ensure an accurate Census count. If you haven’t, visit https://t.co/whFpDBt2pa to fill out the questionnaire. Remember that not only is it safe to participate, but it’s critical so your community receives the resources it needs.
NEW from @USPS: “We are suspending the removal of collection boxes at this time. All postings on collection boxes will be removed, as we will no longer be pulling any boxes.”
Tonight I’ve made a criminal referral to the New Jersey Attorney General asking him to empanel a grand jury to look at subversion of NJ election laws by donald trump, louis dejoy, and other trump officials in their accelerating arson of the post office. pic.twitter.com/mxqbV8EmVn
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and his deputy Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to serve in their current roles because their appointment violated federal law, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled today.
One of my random thoughts. Why the heck does Orange Idiot today thinks he’ll win NY? Come on now! NY?! Only thing I can think of is that they’ve figured a way to disenfranchise NY voters. Or he’s throwing more spaghetti against his wall (pun intended) to see what shit sticks.
And can he & ignoramus appendage get an absentee ballot from FL? That shithole of his is a business not a residence.
Ok, going back to my corner chair. Overuse of words (mostly in my head) not yet in my Webster’s. 😜
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President Obama on the USPS
I love that Julian is highlighting local races across the country. Great thread of endorsements for down ballot races.
Well damn.
“Well meaning” hmmpf
I’m so shocked. WTAF
This is total snark btw
Sanders has always been a torn for me with his “my way” or the highway attitude.
Absolutely NOTHING “well meaning” about undermining a fundamental institution and its oversight body. Another short-sighted stupid stunt by St. Bernie. UGH.
OMG.
I always wondered about Sanders. I can’t say I am surprised, the far left imo want to ‘bern’ everything down … and consider the ‘establishment’ to be the issue. How is this helpful , to split the votes etc?
It will only ensure Repubs winning. Nothing wrong in wanting progressive change … work together to make the change, even if takes longer.
If he was on the ticket … he would be mighty regretful now.
Bernie successfully blocked Obama’s nominee, but was unsuccessful (or didn’t block) Trumps Nominee. The disrespect shown Obama was staggering. No allowance that Obama’s nominees would have been in the USPS best interests. No allowance for Obama’s consideration of options. Just a short sighted “finger” salute to Obama. And complete capitulation to Trump. What a POS.
This!
“Four ways William Barr is already subverting the 2020 elections”
“Safeguarding the vote would be the top priority of a normal attorney general. It’s the opposite now.”
“He’s letting off the hook those who contributed to interference in the last election;
he’s undermining confidence in the government’s ability to protect the coming election;
he’s signaling to bad actors that helping President Trump win will garner them special treatment under the law; and he’s spreading disinformation about the potential for voter fraud.”
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/barr-attorney-general-election/2020/06/26/7ad4fc7e-b6fb-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html)
Trump diminishing public trust in serial ways, by continuous lying, by undermining the safety of the election, and our precious beloved USPS. We can fill out ballots at homes, if we get them. Take them to designated ballot drops, if they haven’t removed them. Or to mail boxes, if they have not been removed.
Or to the Courthouse, if open.
–Anyone asked Trump or Barr directly about their open election fraud?
“What the Nazis Learned from Jim Crow:
Author Isabel Wilkerson on the U.S. Racial Caste System”
In her extensively researched new book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,”
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson argues the United States’ racial hierarchy should be thought of as a caste system, similar to that in India. In a wide-ranging interview, she describes how she also looks at
the ways Nazi Germany borrowed from U.S. Jim Crow laws.”
(https://www.democracynow.org/2020/8/12/caste_isabel_wilkerson)
“The Nazis needed no one to teach them how to hate,”
Wilkerson says. “But what they did was they sent researchers to the United States to study Jim Crow laws here in the United States, to study and to research how the United States had managed to subordinate and subjugate its African American population.”
–evil under the microscope.
And podcast “Why Is This Happening?” with Chris Hayes.
“Caste in America with Isabel Wilkerson”,
(August 11)
McConnell left town with his posse until Labor Day, September 7th = 24 days hence.
No coronavirus relief = mass evictions, hunger, ongoing covid deaths.
We need a Chef José in every city.
Eh no mercy on these sadistic killers when we win.
Moscow Mitch is an honourable man. Living up to his self given name of Grim Reaper.
NBC Politics @NBCPolitics · 14m
BREAKING: Former President Obama says that President Trump is trying to “actively kneecap the Postal Service” to affect mail-in voting in the 2020 election, and urges lawmakers and citizens to take actions to “protect the integrity” of the election.
Maybe this is what PP and his master were chatting about on the phone all these times
This is an article full of eye-opening information and shows that our Senators “are” sending letters to DeJoy. We need to send letters and postcards to him too!
YES WE CAN!!!!
Whooo Hoooooo!
Facts:
1) “The USPS doesn’t belong to the Postmaster General, the Board of Governors, or even Donald Trump.
Trump can “task” all he wants- but he and his underlings can’t sell what they don’t own. The USPS was established by an Act of Congress. The new PMG and BOG may very well push for privatization- but they don’t have the legal authority to make it happen.
2) Bottom line- privatizing the USPS would require a new Act of Congress.
That means that the same House of Representatives that just impeached Trump would have to approve the elimination of a couple hundred thousand union jobs with decent wages and benefits in every state and every House district in the country.”
(https://postalnews.com/blog/2019/12/27/usps-could-privatize-as-early-as-2020-really-no/)
Their plan:
“Once the new leadership is in place,
the board will also be tasked by the Trump administration with creating a package of large, structural changes intended to help the ailing Postal Service. Those changes will likely include privatizing and selling pieces of the public service off, according to the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which represents more than 200,000 current and retired postal employees.”
The corporate plan to slash and burn and privatize has been in the works for some time:
“USPS Could Privatize As Early As 2020”. (Fortune)
–This article now unavailable.
Nerdy my sister, my Queen, thank you for Posting Trevor Noah! I learned more information. The audacity to arrest the protesters! Damn!!!!
We must put our collective weight on this – call the DA, comment on the state website, Facebook, whatever. Just worry the phuck out of Kentucky!!! 😡
Please everyone, retweet Dudette’s tweet (thanks Dudette 😘) and post it on FB.
If we stay together and VOTE in November, January 2021 we will have lady Karma dancing at the Inauguration.
May we find creative and legal ways to counter Trump and Barr’s election fraud.
The only thing Doom is not doing is lining us up and shooting us. What he is doing now with our Postal Service is unequivocally the act of an authoritarian.
Yes send letters to the AGs
President Obama:
‘Unheard of’ for Trump to try to ‘actively kneecap the postal service’
“In an interview with his former campaign manager David Plouffe, Obama said the GOP “for quite some time has actively tried to discourage people’s votes from counting in all kinds of ways, whether it’s voter ID laws or…blatant gerrymandering, [or] making it difficult for people in certain precincts to find their polling places.”
“What we’ve never seen before is a president say, ‘I’m going to try to actively kneecap the postal service to encourage voting, and I will be explicit about the reason I’m doing it,’” Obama said.
“That’s sort of unheard of, right? And we also have not had an election in the midst of a pandemic that is still deadly and killing a lot of people and…we still don’t know.”
(https://thehill.com/homenews/news/512027-obama-unheard-of-for-trump-to-try-to-actively-kneecap-the-postal-service)
President Obama tweeted:
“Everyone depends on the USPS. Seniors for their Social Security, veterans for their prescriptions,
small businesses trying to keep their doors open. They can’t be collateral damage for an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus.”
President Obama:
Interview with David Plouffe.
David Plouffe: “Campaign HQ” on Spotify.
(https://open.spotify.com/episode/7z6qn5Ym5B9PbB7M9Quw6c?si=XrpCwuDITgaBwQASS_xN9A)
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Heard this morning from a postal worker in ME that yesterday there was 80,000 pieces of mail left behind in ME. Boxes are also being removed in OR. Don’t tell me to no panic and get all hysterical. THIS IS SERIOUS and he has flat out told the country what he is going to do. ACT, Dems, ACT. There are some things they CAN do.
Balls to the wall.
LOLOLOLOL!!!! 😆😆😆😆
Yes We Kam! 💛
Not sure the consequences of this
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2020/08/13/us-post-counters-trump-attacks-on-mail-in-voting-with-a-new-blockchain-patent/
Rachel Maddow on Belarus:
“We’ve seen women in all white peacefully flooding the streets calling for the security forces to stop shooting, stop beating people. But what they’re doing to people that they’re taking inside these police stations and these police vans. These hostage style videos of people who have been beaten and injured, obviously terrified, in monotone renouncing their participation in the protests. BBC news has captured video of holding centers and these unmarked vans, where the visual part of the tape is essentially a static image. But you can hear in the audios people beaten, and screaming, and begging for their lives. This is happening this week. This is Europe! In 2020!
This is not a joke. This is not a game. This is happening right now. That country has got this terrible leader who has been in control of that country and its economy for 26 years. And he is now pulling out all of the stops to remain in power, and we see how violent that very quickly becomes.”
Maddow:
“Authoritarianism means rule by force and not by law.
If you have power that’s what entitles you to keep power, under authoritarian rule. And corruption and authoritarianism always go hand in hand. Because if you rule by force and not by law, well there’s nothing to constrain you. There’s no such thing as legitimate opposition to you. And there’s no legitimate check or limit on your power within Government. And so if you’ve got authoritarian control, you turn the power of the state to your own purposes. Whether it’s making you, and your family, and your staff, and your cronies rich. Whether it’s using the power of the Government that you control to ensure that nobody else will ever be allowed to replace you at the top.”
Maddow:
“I mean an example of that type of effort is to use the power of the prosecutors in your Government.
Use the power of the Justice Department in your Government to punish political enemies, to threaten political enemies. To bring trumped up investigations in prosecutions of your political enemies. And to reward and protect people who criminally cover up for you or do your dirty work. President Trump in a new interview with Fox Business, just chastised Attorney General William Barr for potentially being too politically correct to want to bring charges against the people who investigated the Russian attack on our last election to benefit him. He says he doesn’t want Bill Barr to be ‘too politically correct’ to do that, Bill Barr could be “one of the greats”….The president saying publicly he wants those charges brought, effectively.”
Maddow:
“Using your current control of the Government to stay in power could also take the form of sabotaging the Postal Service. Block access to voting in your re-election effort when your re-election effort is being held in the midst of an out-of-control pandemic, which means people may not be able to vote safely any other way other than through the Postal Service. The president as of today is getting very, very blunt about the fact that he really is messing with the Postal Service on purpose to prevent them from being able to handle ballots in the election. I mean that is far-fetched right? But that is happening.”
We don’t need a damn statue. We need you in prison for the rest of your life.
Rachel Maddow:
“There is a reason there’s no such thing as an ex-authoritarian leader, right?
Ex-dictator is not a job title. There’s no retirement plan for the Alexander Lukashenkos and the Vladimir Putins
of the world. There’s nothing else you can do after you’ve done that. If you’ve spent your time in power, your years in power undermining the democratic institutions of your country, rendering all opposition criminal, corrupting all profitable enterprise in your country, so that instead it is feeding you instead of your country’s economy. “
Maddow:
“If you’ve spent your years in power defying any perspective transition of power away from you as a ‘revolution’ or a ‘coup’ that must be quelled with force. If you have used your time in office helping yourself to the spoils of state power, well practically speaking then – you have to stay in power!
Because if you ever left, unless some sympathetic or allied foreign power is going to spirit you away in the night and shelter you in exile. I mean if you ever leave power, the people in your country are going to find out everything you did. And they’re going to hold you to it. Especially if some of what brought you to power and some of what you did in power constitutes clear criminal behavior. I mean it’s nice I’m sure if you’re President, to have presidential immunity from prosecution. It’s sort of an esoteric benefit of the U.S. presidency that most presidents don’t use. And never seriously need to contemplate using.”
Maddow:
“But if you are Individual One. If you have been found as President to have committed crimes and directed the commission of crimes for which other people in prison. Then presidential immunity is the most important thing in your life. And as Michael Cohen says in his new book, we now know, that means you’ll do ANYTHING to keep it. Which means you’ll do anything to keep yourself fin power.”
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Just caught the last half of this interview. As expected Kamala was excellent. When I can find it, I will post the video.
46 states.
Fmr AG Loretta Lynch speaks with Joy Reid:
GOP is now fueling birtherism conspiracies against Senator Harris:
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/loretta-lynch-on-gop-fueling-birtherism-conspiracies-against-harris-we-saw-it-so-vividly-with-obama-90039877615
“Republicans immediately lodged criticisms of Kamala Harris shortly after Joe Biden picked her as his running mate, with some going ‘full birther.’ Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch says, “Once again, a highly qualified, outstanding, Black candidate has risen to the fore. And this always generates a backlash …
We saw it so vividly with President Obama and unfortunately, it’s come to roost again.”
Important thread. Please help spread the word.
“Let’s not forget Tribal history as we complete the Census”
By Kayla Hilario,
Tribal Affairs Specialist.
“For thousands of years, the Miwok people lived throughout Northern and Central California – spread over a hundred villages along the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers and north of the San Francisco Bay area, east into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Then came sudden and drastic change – when an influx of European settlers in the 19th century invaded Miwok lands based on promises of riches overnight. In 1839, John Sutter built his fort and raided around the area. Then the California Gold Rush brought an onslaught of non-Native people into the area.
As many say, the rest is history – and has followed with many years of regaining the right to these historical lands and official recognition of the abuses faced.
This history is not new to Indian Country – we all have come to know this through the years and as other tribes have encountered the same struggles.
The Miwok story is personal for me – I am a descendent of the Blue Family.
My late grandmother, Dorothy (Blue) Olvera, and late father, Henry Sonny Olvera,
were very proud members of this Tribe.
I now take my family history with me to the work I do on behalf of the state.
As the Tribal Affairs Specialist for the California Complete Count – Census 2020 Office, I work with Tribal Governments and tribal outreach to encourage the hardest-to-count Californians to take the Census.
It’s hard for me to admit, but prior to this role, I had little knowledge about how important the Census is for Indian Country. I think back to the 2000 Census when someone knocked on my front door to count me. I didn’t understand why this person wanted to know my name and who lived with me – I was suspicious.
This is a similar situation other Californians face today – understanding why the Census is important and how exactly it’s important for them and their family.”
(https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/08/13/kayla-hilario-lets-not-forget-tribal-his.asp)
Why are any of them gone?
I got your mean and nasty, right here.
😭😭😭
Beauty Break – Halle!
64 – Jackee
Kerry
That’s a gorgeous wrap! Go Kerry! 💞
I agree!
LOL! He got Denzel down pat! 😆
For context, here’s the original SWV song from 1993 😊
Cali TODers
Yes
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https://twitter.com/i/events/1294150933828395009
After US Postal Service cites concerns on delivery standards, Pennsylvania asks court to extend mail-in voting deadlines
Following a warning from the US Postal Service about delays in delivery times, Pennsylvania called on the state Supreme Court to extend deadlines for mail-in ballots to be received in the November election. It comes after Donald Trump said in an interview that he will block funding requested by Democratic lawmakers for the USPS, citing his intention to prevent universal mail-in voting. Pennsylvania is a key swing state in the upcoming election.
Photo via @Gizmodo
LISTEN TO HIM
Hmmmm……….Couldn’t take the blowback.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/make-a-voting-plan/
Any AKAs out there, this is for you.
One of my random thoughts. Why the heck does Orange Idiot today thinks he’ll win NY? Come on now! NY?! Only thing I can think of is that they’ve figured a way to disenfranchise NY voters. Or he’s throwing more spaghetti against his wall (pun intended) to see what shit sticks.
And can he & ignoramus appendage get an absentee ballot from FL? That shithole of his is a business not a residence.
Ok, going back to my corner chair. Overuse of words (mostly in my head) not yet in my Webster’s. 😜