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AmyStrange

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101. You are so damn cynical, but...

Thu Aug 13, 2020, 01:03 AM

Aug 2020

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I must be too, because I agree.

It usually takes five days tops to get to her, but this going on nine days now is freakin’ ridiculous.

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'A conspiracy': Alarms sound after postal worker reports removal of sorting machines [View all] LiberalArkie Aug 2020 OP

Jesus nycbos Aug 2020 #1

Exactly. BarbD Aug 2020 #59

Mail Sorting LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #2

A Discworld sorting machine was so efficient that letters got delivered before they were written. tclambert Aug 2020 #58

Remember: you cannot send a clacks Sealed With A Loving Kiss Hekate Aug 2020 #75

My Dad was one of the postal workers using those pigeon hole sorters. QED Aug 2020 #78

my dad did that as well. yellowdogintexas Aug 2020 #89

I sent the Rawstory post shanti Aug 2020 #3

I'm surprised the media is not jumping all over this. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #7

On edit: shanti Aug 2020 #79

Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #96

They're too busy showing video footage and live coverage of Trump Lasher Aug 2020 #86

Yeah, I guess they think that's where the ad money is right now or something. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #97

OK qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #4

"List of big businesses that use USPS?" That would be all of them. tclambert Aug 2020 #61

Actually qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #87

Not sure why the sarcasm. qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #88

I'm serious, too. Every single large business that does business in the United States uses the USPS. tclambert Aug 2020 #102

Then why aren't they fighting this? qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #116

I did the same a week or more ago by phone. KPN Aug 2020 #108

It's treasonous behavior to get the dictator in to cede some type power, benefits, control to Russia RKP5637 Aug 2020 #5

this is terrible and I am sure similar efforts are to underway SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #6

It's the US Postal Service -- that includes all KPN Aug 2020 #109

nonetheless. CA mails ballots out plenty early SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #112

Drop boxes are the safest approach. But even KPN Aug 2020 #113

K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #8

Exactly! I'm surprised there is not more screaming about this bullshit!!! It highlights RKP5637 Aug 2020 #11

dems need to make clear it will cost dejoy - legally and financially certainot Aug 2020 #107

And They Are Doing This Right Out In The Open For All To See..... global1 Aug 2020 #9

No matter what they do, just about, there are no repercussions for the most part. The founders RKP5637 Aug 2020 #16

Wow you called it. All that "living breathing document" bs is out the window. ResistantAmerican17 Aug 2020 #23

They know how to play the game and the ass in the WH is a master at it PLUS RKP5637 Aug 2020 #28

And who can forget Moscow Mitch. Dean of the senate my ass. Traitor. ResistantAmerican17 Aug 2020 #41

Plus a number of senators are traitors too! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #47

Remember when Republicans used to say they were the party of accountability? tclambert Aug 2020 #63

Speaking of Amazon.. Mike 03 Aug 2020 #10

Not so sure "Jeff Bezos hates Donald Trump". There's a lot of bluster and feints among thieves. erronis Aug 2020 #17

Haha. Good points, good post. Mike 03 Aug 2020 #49

Just about an hour ago I was thinking the same. Amazon may be able to step in here and help out RKP5637 Aug 2020 #18

I mostly have good feeling about Bezos too, but I've never been rewarded in life Mike 03 Aug 2020 #51

Amazon is building its own delivery service. Why would they help a competitor? scarletwoman Aug 2020 #44

Thanks for the info. nt Mike 03 Aug 2020 #50

Private package delivery companies Leith Aug 2020 #54

Amazon will likely hire a contractor for those remote deliveries - it just may not be the USPS. scarletwoman Aug 2020 #64

Fair point Leith Aug 2020 #68

You're very welcome - I learned new stuff, too! I've posted an additional paragraph below: scarletwoman Aug 2020 #71

Delivery in the city yes.. But they do not check your mailbox to see if you have anything outgoing? LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #73

What happens to anything Donny touches? Blue Owl Aug 2020 #12

Yeah, and one can tell that just looking at his face! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #20

Self-deliver mail in ballots whenever possible. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2020 #13

This a violation of their contract, according to our postal carrier, who Pathwalker Aug 2020 #14

Letter carriers are in a different union. Scruffy1 Aug 2020 #26

lansing area. She didn't specify which machines. Pathwalker Aug 2020 #53

Let's see: theft of government property, sabotaging national infrastructure, crickets Aug 2020 #15

It sounds like DeJoy is overplaying his hand. patphil Aug 2020 #19

But we are just removing the old ones so that the new faster machines can be installed later in LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #32

Joe, Kamela, Elizabeth... zentrum Aug 2020 #21

It's so unreal and so incredibly crooked LymphocyteLover Aug 2020 #22

postal workers know that is tampering and would result in some very bad consequences yellowdogintexas Aug 2020 #91

they could target ballots from Dem-rich zip codes and likely would invent some LymphocyteLover Aug 2020 #105

Why aren't delays to Medication for Veterans biting this douchebag in the ass? ResistantAmerican17 Aug 2020 #24

I think this is at the station level, like your local PO. soothsayer Aug 2020 #25

The piss poor journalism in this country is maddening. Scruffy1 Aug 2020 #27

K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #31

Yeah it's a really huge difference. soothsayer Aug 2020 #37

How about having to hire more people to sort, thus run up that trust fund about and the price LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #45

When I track an Amazon package coming via USPS, it seems to slow down at the district LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #33

The mail never stops. Those automated machines ran 24 hours. soothsayer Aug 2020 #46

I have had a package go back and forth between the Distribution Center and Annex 3 or for times. LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #48

Wow just sending them back and forth endlessly? soothsayer Aug 2020 #52

It isn't that big of a deal as they just about always be the date listed on Amazon LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #57

Ok soothsayer Aug 2020 #60

I jsut got a package today Kaiserguy Aug 2020 #65

Write to your local paper. Write to the various news anchors & hosts on viewer comment lines. Hekate Aug 2020 #29

Make some noise! Your nearest Indivisible group is a good place to start. calimary Aug 2020 #74

And you'll meet people worth knowing and sharing activism. calimary Aug 2020 #76

I called my member of Congress about an undelivered certified letter csziggy Aug 2020 #99

Kind of odd.... Don't trump supporters vote by mail? Chakaconcarne Aug 2020 #30

Yeah, that's what I'm wondering all the time. You'd think the older GOP would be more... LAS14 Aug 2020 #40

It's not about voting by mail. That is a distraction. It's about Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #70

ersnt senate seat is in trouble...willing to bet that's why they started in IA Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #34

If I threw a paint balloon at a post office I would be arrested. This guy NBachers Aug 2020 #35

This is what Roy Cohn would do Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #36

Does anyone know what rationale DeJoy has come up with for this craziness?????? nt LAS14 Aug 2020 #38

Geez. When will this hit the big time news. Kablooie Aug 2020 #39

So what happens after Trump steals the Election? LiberalLovinLug Aug 2020 #42

IMHO this is infinitely more probable than him refusing to leave Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #103

We need hundreds and hundreds of drive-by ballot boxes set up in the following places: LaMouffette Aug 2020 #43

courthouses, city halls, public libraries. These drop boxes would be yellowdogintexas Aug 2020 #92

Offices that register peop!e for WIC and EBT LuvNewcastle Aug 2020 #94

Blatant sabotage by Trump and his stooges. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #55

Democratic leadership should be screaming about this!!! NOW! nt Quixote1818 Aug 2020 #56

Who has standing? The courts are needed. BadgerMom Aug 2020 #62

Good question. Do States have standing? Do State Election Boards have standing? KPN Aug 2020 #110

DEJOYS AND WIFE.... louzke9 Aug 2020 #66

Squeaky wheels get the most attention. BarbD Aug 2020 #67

Isn't there ANYTHING we can do about this criminal activity???????????? Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #69

k&r BSdetect Aug 2020 #72

What conspiracy? Kid Berwyn Aug 2020 #77

I mailed a first class letter to my sister last Tuesday (2020-08-04), and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #80

Pretty simple really. USPS has a contract with Amazon TexasBushwhacker Aug 2020 #98

You are so damn cynical, but... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #101

Weakening it for the election, to diminish public confidence and profitability, for privatization bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #81

Almost sounds like selling off the technology for imminent privatization bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #82

I honestly think that is the plan. yellowdogintexas Aug 2020 #93

Some states, like VA, are printing scannable codes on mail-in ballots to track them out and in. JudyM Aug 2020 #115

One thing Trump sure as hell can't say when he leaves office, world wide wally Aug 2020 #83

Don't believe in a new civil war? warmfeet Aug 2020 #84

This is no conspiracy! randr Aug 2020 #85

Election interference is a federal crime. Why hasn't the Idiot's lackey installed @USPSbeen charged? onetexan Aug 2020 #90

Isn't treason a capital offense? cstanleytech Aug 2020 #95

Protests Needed leighbythesea2 Aug 2020 #100

The devil is always one devious step ahead. He's got his Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #104

This reeks of putin The Blue Flower Aug 2020 #106

Post Office Nyleve Aug 2020 #111

Treachery with intent to subvert a national election is treason under the Alien&Sedition Act. ancianita Aug 2020 #114

The corruption is so obvious & out iin the open! There must be something that can be done Illumination Aug 2020 #117