Trump's USPS defunding efforts prove 2020 fix is already in. Democrats need to act like it.

[orangecrush]

By David Rothkopf, host of "Deep State Radio"
These are times unlike any other we have faced in our lives. A pandemic is ravaging our population, 1 in 5 households in the U.S. are food -insecure, and tens of millions of our neighbors worry that they will not be able to pay the rent. Now, President Donald Trump has admitted to seeking to rig our elections and undermine democracy by sabotaging the U.S. Postal Service.

Trump has shown us how much danger he can do to the courts, the rule of law, the free press and the environment in four years. A second Trump term would be far worse.

Trump has shown us how much danger he can do to the courts, the rule of law, the free press and the environment in four years. A second Trump term would be far worse. For these reasons and many others, the stakes in this election feel higher than they have in any other since the Civil War. A defeat could leave the president and others close to him vulnerable to prosecution for crimes from tax fraud to obstruction of justice. For our enemies around the world, this is the best hope to further weaken a foe that has challenged and contained them for decades.


For these reasons, what is unfolding is not simply an election but an existential struggle between two ideas of who we are and what we should be. But, as of now, it is not shaping up as a fair fight.


One side has vastly more resources and capabilities and a take-no-prisoners mentality that has it operating outside and perhaps at odds with the law. The other side has strongly worded complaints that it shares on social media. One side is taking action to gain an unfair advantage right now. The other side is at risk of not taking concrete steps to stop it until it is too late, the damage has been done and former Vice President Joe Biden's lead in the polls is lost amid the quirks of our electoral system and a firestorm of vote count challenges.

Nowhere is this clearer then in the fight over mail-in voting. Trump and his administration are right now attacking the Postal Service. He is promoting unsubstantiated assertions that voting by mail is suspect. He is pressuring voters to vote in person even as the threat of COVID-19 makes that especially dangerous to the elderly and minorities.


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[frazzled]

1. We should take Michelle Obama's advice from last night

Try to vote early in-person, if you are able. (Additional benefit: we can run up the tally to insurmountable leads on election night.)

Here is a link with map-graphic and specifics for each state:
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/early-voting-in-state-elections.aspx

[ananda]

2. That's what I'm doing.

Taking my ballot down to the voting clerk's office
during early voting!

[NCjack]

3. I suspect that the attack on USPS was conceived and put into action about 10 years ago.

Perhaps design by Karl Rove.