The USPS has an approval rating of 91% (Pew).
It's long been understood that Republicans wanted to privatize the USPS. Back in 2006, Congress passed legislation to cripple the USPS. They were ordered to prefund their retirement plan for 75 years....within 10 years. (Damn you, GW Bush).
Now Trump put in a campaign donor in as the new Postmaster General who is slowing down delivery and is firing people left and right. Why? Is this also to suppress the vote, delegitimize mail-in ballots to keep Trump in office?
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It's long been understood that Republicans wanted to privatize the USPS. Back in 2006, Congress passed legislation to cripple the USPS. They were ordered to prefund their retirement plan for 75 years....within 10 years. (Damn you, GW Bush).
Now Trump put in a campaign donor in as the new Postmaster General who is slowing down delivery and is firing people left and right. Why? Is this also to suppress the vote, delegitimize mail-in ballots to keep Trump in office?
Gloom of right - Digby's Hullabaloo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/ In 2016, the Russian Internet Research Agency worked behind the scenes to get elected Vladimir Putin's chosen U.S. presidential candidate. A federal grand jury later indicted 13 Russians and three Russian...
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