". . . absentee good. Universal mail-in, very bad."¹
Pop quiz: What's the difference between an absentee ballot and a mail-in ballot?
Being the smart folks you all are, everyone answered "none," right?
Precisely. That's a test the Jackass-in-Chief couldn't pass, because he thinks they're two separate things.
He also calls mail-in voting "universal mail-in," which isn't on anybody's radar except the states that have voting exclusively by mail: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Washington.
Here's the point: Tyrannical Trump has essentially said in so many words that he intends to disable the functionality of the U. S. Postal Service so that mail-in ballots won't go anywhere.
Of course Congress is into its August break, which I frankly find unconscionable. Right now they're the one group of people who might be able to do something about the Psycho-in-Chief and they're on vacation, treating the run-up to the most important election of our lifetimes like business as usual.
But the August break means your Congress critters will probably be near home, so it might be easier than usual to reach them. Please reach out, preferably by phone, and let them know in no uncertain terms that you want them to save the Postal Service. This will be especially important to you if you live in one of the vote-by-mail states.
We need to be fighting and making noise now if we expect success in November.
--- Diogenes, 8/14/2020
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¹ That absurd quote comes from an 8/13 "press conference" that was nothing but a campaign talk. Here's the link to the transcript: https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-coronavirus-task-force-press-conference-transcript-august-13
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Amen. He has even had the new Postmaster General order post offices remove their sorting machines. Is this even legal??
ReplyDeleteGood question. I think, in theory at least, that Congress has oversight of the postal service. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power "To establish Post Offices and post Roads," but how far that power extends in the modern world I don't know. I do know there's at least one investigation into DeJoy going on, and that Trump has begun to distance himself from him, so that should be good.
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