February 23, 2021House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing Wednesday, 24th.
October 28, 2020This already blows away the 47 million who voted early in 2016, with a week and a day to go. And that tells you approximately nothing about the outcome of the presidential election or any other race on the ballot. Continue reading
October 7, 2020The directives of Louis DeJoy have harmed the ability of the Postal Service, including with what they call the on-time departure, meaning on-time departure without your mail. And Louis DeJoy said he didn’t forbid overtime, that he just restricted it. Okay. Well, that restriction had a huge impact on the on-time delivery of the mail. Continue reading
September 11, 2020One of America’s leading trial lawyers has taken Donald Trump to court, to stop what he describes as a conspiracy by the president, the postmaster general, and the Postal Service itself to rig the coming election. Continue reading
September 8, 2020Documents obtained by The Guardian shows evidence sorely lacking.
August 25, 2020On August 24, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy faced tough questioning from the House Oversight Committee. DeJoy has come under fire in recent weeks for cost-cutting measures, such as the removal of hundreds of mail sorting machines, that are causing postal … Continue reading
August 19, 2020What’s behind the Trump administration’s drive to kill off the post service? Expert Lisa Graves says the move began in earnest in the early 1970s. That’s when billionaire Charles Koch began to turn his money and effort toward privatization of the USPS — he is using the Koch empire to push his political agenda to this day, when the postal service is ripe for taking. Continue reading
August 17, 2020The president and his obeisant postmaster general are out to destroy voting by mail – and democracy
August 12, 2020As the pandemic rages throughout the country, voting by mail has become a particularly appealing option. But a big turnout is Donald Trump’s electoral enemy, so his administration has launched an attack on the US Postal Service — making it a central player in the preservation of American democracy. Continue reading
August 8, 2020"America is in a dead sprint to authoritarianism. The man is pulling out all the stops to prevent the citizens of this country from holding a legitimate election in which he might face removal from office."
For the past few weeks the media and congress have been looking at radical changes to the US Postal Service under the administration and the new Trump-appointed Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy. President Trump himself has been about how these changes to the postal service could affect mail-in voting and the election result itself. Lisa Graves has been studying the effort to privatize the post office for decades. Listen to the back story here and take a cautionary look at the fine print of the administration’s back-track.
