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Chainfire

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11. This will be know as the no holds barred election

Fri Jul 31, 2020, 10:01 AM

Jul 2020

There is no dark path that the President and the Republicans will be unwilling to tread to retain power. If they win, they can clean up the mess and bury the bodies in unmarked graves after the election. The Republicans know that they are one Supreme Court nomination from permanent one party rule, they are going to go all in.

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The U.S. Postal Service is experiencing backlogs of mail after a top Trump donor running.... [View all] steve2470 Jul 2020 OP

Anything and everything to rig the election dalton99a Jul 2020 #1

Not to mention that delivering bills paid by mail on time. no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #2

That is my concern for the moment! Delmette2.0 Jul 2020 #22

And delivery delays PatSeg Jul 2020 #36

You're so right! I have all my bills on auto-pay by check and moonscape Jul 2020 #44

Jes' doin' his job for Uncle Vlad. Turbineguy Jul 2020 #3

What's the penalty for interfering with an election? C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #4

"Penalty"? You mean "Reward". JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2020 #5

I signed up for "Informed Delivery" which shows me what mail is coming each day. phylny Jul 2020 #6

They're not going to be paid overtime any more for working overtime. That would be a disincentive.nt pnwmom Jul 2020 #23

If your supervisor tells you to do something leftieNanner Jul 2020 #24

They aren't going to work for free. Mariana Jul 2020 #29

The very reason said donor was placed in charge of the usps spanone Jul 2020 #7

Exactly. nt crickets Jul 2020 #49

I believe they're unionized. Why not strike? blueinredohio Jul 2020 #8

It is illegal for Postal Workers to strike because the work they do is considered "essential". Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #40

Thanks, you learn something new every day. blueinredohio Jul 2020 #54

My own righteous indignation at this MF45 maladministration takes me ... MFGsunny Jul 2020 #9

My experience awesomerwb1 Jul 2020 #10

This will be know as the no holds barred election Chainfire Jul 2020 #11

It appears so pandr32 Jul 2020 #46

So, Trump tweets that mail-in voting is open to fraud, but absentee voting Frustratedlady Jul 2020 #12

KNR Lucinda Jul 2020 #13

Options: vote early in person or hand carry your mail in ballot to the ballot box Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #14

Many counties/townships have drop off boxes or points. roamer65 Jul 2020 #15

That's what I'm doing as well. It's also important to request your ballot early. Luciferous Jul 2020 #27

The problem here in Oregon leftieNanner Jul 2020 #25

His ass should be hauled before the Senate committee New Breed Leader Jul 2020 #16

Do anything, say anthing, punish those that stand in his way and reward those ffr Jul 2020 #17

more negligence RT Atlanta Jul 2020 #18

Not negligence. Deliberate sabotage. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #33

Can postal workers just sort out ballots for delivery first? dreamland Jul 2020 #19

Theoretically, yes. Ballots will be first class mail, which is already to be delivered before all Nay Jul 2020 #30

Can we go to court and sue? kimbutgar Jul 2020 #20

What can we, out here in the peanut gallery, do? jeffreyi Jul 2020 #31

Called my reps. jeffreyi Jul 2020 #41

Can the Postmaster General be impeached? Martin Eden Jul 2020 #21

Isn't he just "acting" leftieNanner Jul 2020 #28

There will be a delay in receiving our mail in ballots AND Delmette2.0 Jul 2020 #26

If they screw up my mail in ballot, I plan to brave the polls. roamer65 Jul 2020 #34

Make sure your polling place will accept your mail-in ballot. Delmette2.0 Jul 2020 #51

Same here. roamer65 Jul 2020 #52

I have Rebl2 Jul 2020 #32

Why would they ever think slowing the postal service is a good idea? lettucebe Jul 2020 #35

Trump and his cronies are scumbags. TeamPooka Jul 2020 #42

We have gotten no mail for the past two days. In fact, our Ring doorbell camera Grammy23 Jul 2020 #37

This is already backfiring badly for trump , duforsure Jul 2020 #38

I just had a first class package from 1k away arrive in 3 days yet a priority package a state away yaesu Jul 2020 #39

This is a big campaign ad opportunity. USPS is a big thing for older citizens. TeamPooka Jul 2020 #43

Good idea. klook Jul 2020 #48

Just more tRump fascist bullshit!!! augyboston Jul 2020 #45

So the Con man Trump, BlueJac Jul 2020 #47

No much worse than that. triron Jul 2020 #53

Piling on the misery. Baked Potato Jul 2020 #50

See what holding up Amazon Prime deliveries does for popularity ThoughtCriminal Jul 2020 #55

Tampering with mail is illegal Blue Owl Aug 2020 #56