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The U.S. Postal Service is considering closing post offices across the country

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Postal Service Mulls Downsizing: Senator and Union Leader | Time

(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) — The U.S. Postal Service is considering closing post offices across the country, sparking concerns ahead of an anticipated surge of mail-in ballots in the 2020 elections, U.S. Sen Joe Manchin and a union leader said Wednesday.

Manchin said he has received numerous reports from post offices and colleagues about service cuts or looming closures in West Virginia and elsewhere, prompting him to send a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy asking for an explanation.

The possible cutbacks come as DeJoy, a major donor to President Donald Trump who took control of the agency last month, moves to eliminate overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers, potentially causing a delay in mail deliveries. A recent document from the Postal Service, obtained by The Associated Press, described the need for an “operational pivot” to make the cash-strapped agency financially stable.

“It’s just asinine to think that you can shut something down or throttle it back in terms of the pandemic when basically the lifeline for voting and democracy is going to be in the hands of the Postal Service,” Manchin, a Democrat, told reporters Wednesday.
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This is going to be one ugly election.
 
If there’s a coherent thought going through Trump’s head, it might be that Democrats are mostly using mail-in votes, which creates an impression on Election Day that Trump is winning at first. Then, when the mail-in ballots are slowly counted and the initial results start turning against him, he’ll claim the election was rigged.

And of course, adding more dysfunction to the USPS makes the counting of the mail-in ballots that much more delayed and dysfunctional.

There’s really no part of elections anymore that isn’t defined by Republican cheating.
 
Any changes to USPS operations should be shelved until after the November election.

But we know that Trump will do everything he can to suppress mail-in voting.
 
Cardinal said:
If there’s a coherent thought going through Trump’s head, it might be that Democrats are mostly using mail-in votes, which creates an impression on Election Day that Trump is winning at first. Then, when the mail-in ballots are slowly counted and the initial results start turning against him, he’ll claim the election was rigged.

And of course, adding more dysfunction to the USPS makes the counting of the mail-in ballots that much more delayed and dysfunctional.

There’s really no part of elections anymore that isn’t defined by Republican cheating.
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Successfully defined by the results.
 
Cardinal said:
If there’s a coherent thought going through Trump’s head, it might be that Democrats are mostly using mail-in votes, which creates an impression on Election Day that Trump is winning at first. Then, when the mail-in ballots are slowly counted and the initial results start turning against him, he’ll claim the election was rigged.

And of course, adding more dysfunction to the USPS makes the counting of the mail-in ballots that much more delayed and dysfunctional.

There’s really no part of elections anymore that isn’t defined by Republican cheating.
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Cute and completely ass backwards.

Cheating is the lifeblood of liberals in every aspect of their lowly lives.
 
Erod said:
Cute and completely ass backwards.

Cheating is the lifeblood of liberals in every aspect of their lowly lives.
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Republicans are paranoid about cheating because they’re doing all the cheating.
 
Erod said:
Cute and completely ass backwards.

Cheating is the lifeblood of liberals in every aspect of their lowly lives.
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I don't think you're paying attention to what Trump and his fascist supporters and political allies are trying to do.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Any changes to USPS operations should be shelved until after the November election.

But we know that Trump will do everything he can to suppress mail-in voting.
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Trump, Trump's political allies, and Trump supporters will do everything they can to cheat.

They are now openly discussing delaying the election.

This is going to be a very tough election.

Trump critics will have to fight like hell.
 
Conservatives are against businesses and services being operated by the government and believe these should be provided in a capitalist free market which includes the delivery of parcels by UPS, FedEx, and other courier delivery services which they believe should also be delivering letters. Republicans must wonder why the U.S. Post Office continues to be operated by the government and must believe it is time to close its doors. It smacks of socialism.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Any changes to USPS operations should be shelved until after the November election.

But we know that Trump will do everything he can to suppress mail-in voting.
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The USPS has been under attack/siege since Bill Clinton's administration. Bush followed suit.

Signs of fascism.
 
Cardinal said:
If there’s a coherent thought going through Trump’s head, it might be that Democrats are mostly using mail-in votes, which creates an impression on Election Day that Trump is winning at first. Then, when the mail-in ballots are slowly counted and the initial results start turning against him, he’ll claim the election was rigged.

And of course, adding more dysfunction to the USPS makes the counting of the mail-in ballots that much more delayed and dysfunctional.

There’s really no part of elections anymore that isn’t defined by Republican cheating.
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We are all too familiar with the shenanigans democrats play when they physically recount votes and there is an autentication question about accepting millions of mail in ballots. People have legitimate cause to be wary about the validity of mail in votes accuracy.

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Have to suppress that vote. It's the Republican way.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Any changes to USPS operations should be shelved until after the November election.

But we know that Trump will do everything he can to suppress mail-in voting.
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The probably are. One of our two real post offices had a notice up it was closing and people got upset and magically the sign disappeared and the postmaster said they had never really planned to close it :roll:

Anyway contract post offices generally suck in my experience. We had a few after the local great postal office consolidation and they were horrible to deal with. Seldom staffed; seldom had much in the way of stamps; and wouldn't take anything but cash. They didn't last long.
 
trouble13 said:
We are all too familiar with the shenanigans democrats play when they physically recount votes and there is an autentication question about accepting millions of mail in ballots. People have legitimate cause to be wary about the validity of mail in votes accuracy.

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Cool story bro.
 
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