'Attempted Murder of Your Post Office': Outrage as Trump Crony Now Heading USPS Moves to Slow Mail

"The deliberate delaying of Americans' mail delivery would be a stunning act of sabotage against our Postal Service."

Postal workers and their allies in Congress are vowing to fight back after the new head of the U.S. Postal Service—a major donor to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party—moved this week to impose sweeping changes to the popular government agency as it faces a financial crisis manufactured by lawmakers and exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Washington Post reported late Tuesday that Postmaster General (PMG) Louis DeJoy, who took charge last month, issued memos announcing "major operational changes" to the USPS "that could slow down mail delivery, warning employees the agency would not survive unless it made 'difficult' changes to cut costs."

"Analysts say the documents present a stark reimagining of the USPS that could chase away customers—especially if the White House gets the steep package rate increases it wants—and put the already beleaguered agency in deeper financial peril as private-sector competitors embark on hiring sprees to build out their own delivery networks," the Post noted.

According to the internal USPS memos (pdf) obtained by the Post, "DeJoy told employees to leave mail behind at distribution centers if it delayed letter carriers from their routes," a change critics said could threaten access to absentee ballots at a time when vote-by-mail is more important than ever.

"If the plants run late, they will keep the mail for the next day," reads a document titled, "New PMG's expectations and plan."

"The deliberate delaying of Americans' mail delivery would be a stunning act of sabotage against our Postal Service," Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) said in a statement. "If these reports are accurate, Trump and his cronies are openly seeking to destroy the Post Office during the worst public health crisis in a century."

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So it seems Ted Cruz refused to wear a face mask at the airport and on an American Airlines

flight and that he was allowed to put lives at risk whilst displaying such a malicious disregard for human life. Congress needs to investigate this!

Florida Sending kids back to school, I don't like our new driver

I get to watch a mass tRumpster meltdown Monday

My Gov signed an executive order requiring individuals to wear a face covering whenever they are in an indoor public space. It also requires the use of face coverings in crowded outdoor spaces. She has done this before but because of cases rising again & most people ignoring the order she is now requiring any business that is open to the public to refuse entry or service to people who refuse to wear a face covering. A $500 fine is also in place.

The tRumpsters will be going nuts including many business owners who ignored her the last time. I'm going on my 2 week shopping trip & I will be reporting any store that isn't following the rules. Local cops have already came out & said they won't respond to mask calls which I understand actually, tying up resources and such, but I will be reporting directly to the local health department.

Fake News Anti tRump ad by Really American

A poem about Betsy DeVos, tRumps corporate tool secretary

Operation Warp Speed commits $1.6 billion to Covid-19 vaccine maker Novavax

Source: cnn

(CNN)"Operation Warp Speed," the federal government's Covid-19 vaccine program, on Tuesday announced the largest government Covid-19 vaccine contract to date -- a $1.6 billion contract with Novavax, a Maryland biotech company.

"It speaks to the confidence that they have in our platform to be able to develop a vaccine," Stanley Erck, Novavax's president and CEO, said Monday in an interview with CNN.
Erck said Novavax's vaccine could be on the market by the first quarter of next year.
early data for some, a trial delay for another and more research ahead
Coronavirus vaccines: 'Encouraging' early data for some, a trial delay for another and more research ahead
Novavax is the fourth company to receive federal funds to conduct large-scale Phase 3 clinical trials and manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine. Each trial is expected to include 30,000 people.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/novavax-covid-19-operation-warp-speed-funding/index.html

Can we all finally agree that Elon Musk is a fucking fascist piece of shit that sells overpriced

crap, lives off corporate welfare, thinks covid is a hoax & loves him lots of tRump.

Happy 4th of July from John Fugelsang

Emily has breathing problems, she wears a mask on the job, no excuse tweet