Mail sorting equipment is being removed from U.S. Postal Service (USPS) offices amid a slew of operational changes implemented by new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, according to the head of the Iowa Postal Workers Union.
Numerous reports have detailed how changes made by DeJoy, a top donor to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party [he gave $2 million and was given a job for which he has no qualifications], have cut overtime and changed policies, which have slowed down mail delivery across the country. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said last week that DeJoy had "confirmed that contrary to prior denials and statements minimizing these changes, the Postal Service recently instituted operational changes" shortly after he assumed office.
NEW: @jacobbogage got USPS data showing at least 671 USPS mail sorting machines have been removed across the country since June. Represents a reduction in national mail sorting capacity of 21.4 million pieces of mail per hour. https://t.co/6lOGfByZBC pic.twitter.com/FGV1nto0kn— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) August 14, 2020
The removals represent about 10 percent of the USPS stock of sorting machines. Removals are happening in every state but Alaska.https://t.co/6lOGfByZBC— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) August 14, 2020
The USPS initially proposed removing 20 percent of letter sorting machines before revising its plans weeks later, reducing the number to closer to 15 percent. https://t.co/xMvu1OE8Lx— Motherboard (@motherboard) August 14, 2020
According to local union officials, USPS hasn't announced any policy, explained why they're doing this, nor what will happen to the machines and the workers who operate them. https://t.co/UnxGqkteZG— Motherboard (@motherboard) August 14, 2020
"The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation or reason given...In many cases, these are the same machines that would be tasked with sorting ballots" https://t.co/YeTCPOJgED— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) August 13, 2020
A number of cities in key swing states -- Houston TX, Pontiac MI, and Columbus OH -- have been affected by some of the biggest losses in sorting capacity. https://t.co/6lOGfByZBC— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) August 14, 2020
According to this, machines are actually being destroyed--meaning that they can't be put back into service even if the funding issue is resolved. https://t.co/65GN9Xlp5Y pic.twitter.com/1jflQDQJhw— Ally (@newscat44) August 14, 2020
“Multiple sources within the postal service told Motherboard they have personally witnessed the machines, which cost millions of dollars, being destroyed or thrown in the dumpster.” https://t.co/bzdgHvED9A— Kelly Weill (@KELLYWEILL) August 14, 2020
For 6 cities with the largest reductions in sorting capacity, I ran the Clinton/Trump 2016 vote split.⁰— Taking Charge (@takingcharge) August 14, 2020
NYC: 79% Clinton / 19% Trump
LA: 60% / 32%
Houston: 54% / 42%
Philadelphia: 82% / 15%
Pontiac: 51% / 43%
Columbus: 60% / 34%
Coincidence, I’m sure. pic.twitter.com/YQz25y1pN3
Trump has brazenly announced one facet of his comprehensive plan (this, he has a plan for) to disrupt the upcoming election, to disenfranchise tens of millions of voters (with a focus on Democratic strongholds), to create such chaos that he can simultaneously claim the election was unfair and he was victorious, and therefore will not be leaving office.Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to *46 states and D.C.* warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted. https://t.co/Wx5H7lXZac— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) August 14, 2020
Trump is admitting his crimes months before he plans to commit them. Why should he go to the trouble of hiding his plans, since the Democrats are doing nothing but watching him shred the Constitution and lay the foundation for a stolen election?
I'm sure Trump gets an extra thrill by admitting all of this and sneering: "So what are you going to do about it?"Trump: I am illegally defunding the Post Office so less people can vote.— Michael Green (@andmichaelgreen) August 13, 2020
Democrats: *fewer
So far, no one is doing a damn thing.
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Forget ads, speeches, poll numbers — this election will be determined by whether Trump can steal it
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President Quid Pro Quo strikes again https://t.co/3gpYI8ZTPP— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
when I get tacos via Uber Eats and they forget to include salsa pic.twitter.com/N5RICxZX3p— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
The first question Trump receives during his August 14 press briefing is about him dismantling the Postal Service. He immediately changes the topic to bashing Democrats. pic.twitter.com/d8lzHPKY7w— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
Trump refuses to answer a question about whether he embraces the lunatic QAnon conspiracy theory pic.twitter.com/j1GPDznrxl— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
Say "We'll Be Looking At That Very Carefully And Will Have An Important Announcement In Two Weeks." Repeat For Four Years.
Trump has been hyping big new announcements about coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics "in the not too distant future" for months now pic.twitter.com/ibUhfmU7NE— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
Trump takes a question from the far right Gateway Pundit conspiracy site that basically invites him to bash Joe Biden and then ends his very short news conference pic.twitter.com/Bt6tRGhXxP— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 14, 2020***
Trump smeared Kamala Harris using appallingly racist, misogynistic language last night and it's not even a story https://t.co/YUXiNd2JRU— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
The most recent RCP average has Biden up by 24 points in New York so, no, Trump isn’t “going for” it https://t.co/xrvkI9hOIj— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
Justin Wolfers: We tried what Stephen Moore wanted and it turns out Stephen Moore is not very good epidemiologist pic.twitter.com/qyUyeqwGJl— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 14, 2020
I love his framing of this: "Every live is precious, and sacred, and must be guarded with vigilance, BUT..." https://t.co/Wa1SBc1O7s— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) August 14, 2020
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