That’s awesome, Lauri!! You never know how, when you put something out into the world, it will resonate and be passed on! Amazing! Thank you and bless you and your friends!! ?
I have already made up my mind.... If I have to crawl naked under blazing midday sun over broken glass all the way to the polls to vote... I will do it wearing my mask and making my mark to VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO. "Not wearing a mask is a poor hill to die on" but voting to save my country? is a good one if it need be.
The Lincoln Project lists who to call to save the USPS on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thelincolnproject.us/
Ugh. Disappointing. I guess that's why it said to "sound like a Republican" in the email. Sorry about that. :(
Just read that two of them are Democrats. Ron Bloom and Donald Moak.
For those who are interested, here is a summary of the recommendations (page 64) for achieving sustainability for the USPS that was issued in 2018. The USPS board of governors didn't have enough members to reach a quorum, until 2019.
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/USPS_A_Sustainable_Path_Forward_report_12-04-2018.pdf
Jeanne and others, I plan to write today to the heads of the companies or heads of the boards of the companies that employ members of the USPS Board of Governors–or of the nonprofits/companies on whose boards the Governors sit–asking them if they tolerate an employee/board member who is aiding and abetting the subversion of the postal service.
These affiliations are from the bios on the USPS Board of Governors page so I'm not sure how current they are:
https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/board-governors/
John Barger: NorthernCross Partners
Ron Bloom: Brookfield Asset Management; sits on the boards of Westinghouse Electric Company and Clarios
Roman Martinez: Sits on the boards of New York Presbyterian Hospital, the International Rescue Committee, Cigna, Bacardi, and Orbital ATK
Donald Moak: The Moak Group
William Zollars: Sits on the boards of Cerner Corporation, ProLogis, C2FO, Restone Logistics, and Main Street Data
USPS inspector general reviewing policy changes by chief Louis DeJoy - Axios
"Detais: A group of Senate Democrats led by Warren wrote a letter to the inspector general last week asking her to look into DeJoy's policy changes, which include eliminating overtime for USPS workers, and whether DeJoy has "met all ethics requirements."
DeJoy — a former Trump donor and fundraiser — still owns at least $30 million in equity in his former company, which is a USPS contractor, and recently bought stock options for Amazon, a USPS competitor, CNN first reported Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the USPS watchdog confirmed to CNN the office has "initiated a body of work to address the concerns raised, but cannot comment on the details."
It is unclear if the inspector general has launched "a full-scale investigation into possible politicization at USPS by DeJoy," or if it is just reviewing the matter for Congress, according to CNN."
https://www.axios.com/usps-inspector-general-dejoy-mail-160aa2fd-b664-44de-a758-2042948fe6cf.html
Those of us living in Oregon were the first state in the nation to approve a vote by mail program and have used it without anyf real problems for over 20-years!
Whil
Clarno, in a statement she released with the USPS letter on Friday, noted that voting by mail is nothing new to Oregon.
“Fortunately, Oregon has two decades of experience working with our local contacts at the United States Postal Service and has an excellent partnership with them to ensure ongoing support for our elections.
We will of course continue to work with them and monitor any potential impact to both the mailing out of ballots to voters and the return of ballots.
We at the state level are meeting with our USPS partners to ensure we are ready for November. The USPS recognizes that Oregon leads the nation with Vote by Mail and that we are using the latest USPS technology to streamline the process.”
U.S. Postal Service says Oregon vote-by-mail appears compatible with its delivery standards - Portland Business Journals.
And you may have seen this, i can't keep up with all the multi-thread postings, in multiple threads here ?
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, said the Postal Service under the postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, a major donor to the Trump campaigns, had “informed some states that they may need to pay a first-class rate to deliver ballots rather than the normal rate — nearly tripling the cost.”
At issue is whether states choose to categorize their mail-in ballots as first-class mail or marketing mail, the latter of which carries about one-third of the cost but gets lower priority.
“At a time when people will have to vote by mail in record numbers because they can’t or won’t go vote in person, the postmaster general is saying we should triple the rate of cost to vote by mail?” Mr. Schumer said. “What a despicable derogation of democracy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/post-office-mail-in-voting.html
What's interesting to me about this Post Office debacle is the enormous margin for error. Not only is it making a ton of voting Americans furious (and screwing it up when it comes to their mail order meds and mail/packages), but we can simply show up and vote in person.
I intuit this is going to be another situation where his hubris will be his downfall. I think when he sees the numbers voting ON Election Day, his jaw will hit the floor, and my cards still show a bad ending for him and a good ending for Biden (and the Empress card for Kamala, so what a great choice for VP!).