David Plouffe on Twitter:

[elleng]

"1) Prime time hearings, now.
2) Subpoenas to Trump WH and camp officials. This is a RICO case
3) Visit local post offices with cameras - show people what is happening.
4) Events with those getting Rx late
5) Involve governors
5) No rest, no vacation. Go to war for our country."

Link to tweet

[Me.]

1. Just Called Cuomo's Office

Phone Number: 518-474-8390. Left a message

[elleng]

2. Saying what?

[Me.]

18. I Said I JUst Heard They Are Removing Mailboxes From Manhattan

and I would like him to get involved and bring his influence to bear.

[elleng]

22. Thanks.

Seems like something that would get his attention.

[Me.]

23. ...

[calimary]

35. EXCELLENT!

I already made notes about an ask, when my Indivisible Research & Writing group gets together tomorrow to put the next Call to Action email together for next week. FIRST NOTE I wrote was "SAVE OUR POSTAL SERVICE!

[Doremus]

3. THANK YOU. THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE.

No more hand wringing "there's nothing they can do" strongly worded letter bullshit.

David Plouffe has it exactly right.

[hlthe2b]

4. I want all 50 state AG's to file an immediate suite for an injunction

that requires all sorting machinery to be returned and overtime and all other changes nullified until well into 2021.

[elleng]

5. Good idea. I think some state AGs are working together on the matter.

[Me.]

20. Good Idea

Just wrote NYS Attorney General Letitia James

Contact email

https://ag.ny.gov/contact-attorney-general-letitia-james

[hlthe2b]

21. +1

[Maven]

6. YES. WE NEED ACTION, NOT LONG-WINDED STATEMENTS

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Why is this not obvious to our leadership?

[elleng]

9. I suspect 'our' leadership is getting the message.

[Maven]

10. Are they?

Here's another long-winded statement that simply calls on Trump to stop what he's doing:

Link to tweet

[Cha]

12. I don't think you're helping by referring to our Dem Leadership

as "long winded". I am sure they are doing everything they can to stop this.

[elleng]

13. Thanks, Cha.

[Cha]

15. You're Welcome, Ellen. Thank you for David's Tweet. Rt.

[Me.]

19. Hands Tied

Because of Senate & White House. Nancy has been calling them out for months but it's just in the last weeks that people are finally paying attention. She had a bill passed months ago.

Happy Day After...

[Cha]

25. Yes, Nancy was on it from the beginning &

I was telling my friend & family members about it when it may have seemed a little far fetched to people who aren't paying attention like we are.

Now they're seeing it play out in real time.

Mahalo, Me.. I have post Birthday Blues.. I had such a good time. lol

[Normanart]

48. Belated

Hauʻoli la hanau!

[Cha]

59. Mahalo & Aloha, Normanart! i remember

you from the primaries!

How are you?

[Normanart]

69. Mahalo for asking

We are fine here, dealing with our new normal. Not many cases on the Big Island, and people are wearing masks. I only go out when necessary. Hope all is well with you and yours. Aloha

[Cha]

70. I saw that about The Big Island.. Good on ya!

My friends & family are all doing well on Kauai and across the Mainland.. all Mask Wearers, Mahalo!

Aloha, no

[sheshe2]

58. OMG!

I forgot your Birthday, Cha.

I am so sorry. Things are a little crazy here.

[Cha]

60. LOL.. you are

Forgiven!

The birthdays/candles are sure piling up!

I had a great day hearing from all my loved ones across the world.. even got a private message from my grandson in Melbourne Australia.. he said "I love you Grandma Cha".. Wow!

And, that was today.. so we're good!

Tim's getting me a specially made mask from MaskUpKauai.com. A B&B that had to change livelyhoods.

[sheshe2]

63. So glad you had a good day.

Perfect gift from Tim in these times. It is proof of love and caring in these times.

I love you.

[Cha]

64. Thanks she..

I needed it!.. we all have our individual unique crap that we have to go through and I've had my share lately.

So it was good timing that all I had/have to do is talk to loved ones and catch up!

I love you, she

[malaise]

66. Belated Happy Birthday Cha

[StarfishSaver]

24. Thank you

[Cha]

26. You're welcome, StarfishSaver.. Thank you.

[Maven]

51. Yes it's my use of an adjective that's the problem here.

What action are they taking?

[Cha]

53. It's your insult that isn't helping and I'm not the

only who thinks that.

[Maven]

54. So...

Can you answer my question? Or just engage in more tone policing?

[Cha]

57. strawman.. it's not the "tone" it's the insult.

The answer to your question is.. I don't know.. the Dem leaders don't invite me to their meetings but I trust them. They've proven they're out there on the front lines fighting for us time & time again.

It's not the Dems who are "long winded" it's the fucking asshole magats who are lying and gaslighting the American People.

[Maven]

52. P.S. Please explain what your quotation marks are meant to insinuate.

Thanks.

[elleng]

55. Not to insinuate anything,

quoting from your post #6.

[Maven]

56. Really? Then why not put the quotation marks around 'leadership' also?

Because I think it's curious that you would choose to focus on the word 'our'. Almost like you were expressing skepticism about my right to claim Democratic leadership as my own?

[radius777]

62. Agree. Dems should be raising hell about this.

Imagine if it was the other way around?

This also is an issue that could be the final nail in Trump's reelection hopes, since most people respect and depend upon the USPS and can see this clearly as a direct attemp to suppress the vote. Unlike the Russian/Ukraine stuff (which is complex 'foreign affairs' for many) this is more tangible - Trump is removing mail boxes to slow the mail and steal the election.

Our leadership (I think) believes Trump is bluffing... trying to scare Dems into giving him the Covid relief bill he and the GOP wants.. and that by telling us to pressure our leaders Dems want the public to rise up and have it backfire on him.

[uponit7771]

7. AMEN AND AMEN!!!

[Bleacher Creature]

8. Highlighting people whose prescriptions are delayed is key.

There needs to be nonstop coverage of that issue as it perfectly demonstrates how he doesn't give a damn about anyone else so long as he can we an election.

[elleng]

14. Yes. VoteVets does this well too.

[Cha]

11. Rt! TY, David Plouffe!

Link to tweet

[ecstatic]

16. I so agree! What is with people insisting

that nothing more can be done? This is EXACTLY what rethugs would be doing if they were in our shoes.

[elleng]

17. Right! Seen too much of that here.

I try to be polite, in response.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

27. #4 - events w/ those getting Rx late. A close relative is near 80 & depends on

USPS delivered prescriptions. If they are late or he runs out - I'm sure he'll just start conserving what he has left or not take any. He has always been independent, but this makes him less so. He'll make his phone calls, get frustrated with long waits, call his doctor, get frustrated with long waits, and maybe get in his car (not a good idea) & drive to the pharmacy (not a good idea). I'm sure I'll be helping him with this one.

#4 - events w/ those getting Rx late - He, nor I, could probably safely participate in any event gathering.

[zentrum]

28. Right on! Just heard

….Democratic Senator John Tester from Montana on NPR and he sounded merely concerned. No sense of passion or urgency about how serious this is. Plouffle's got it right.

[elleng]

34. NO lack of passion in Montana:

'At 3:10 Friday afternoon, NBC Montana confirmed that the removal of USPS collection boxes has been put on hold statewide. A union leader says the decision came after Friday's pressure.

In an email, a USPS representative said, "The normal operational procedure of adding/removing collections boxes based on the analysis of increases/decreases in mail volume have been placed on hold."

We first reported Friday morning that 68 United States Postal Service collection boxes are set to be removed across Montana.

Sen. Jon Tester sounded the alarm Thursday evening, sending a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, demanding answers about how many collection boxes have been removed in Montana and the rationale behind those directives.'

https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/dozens-of-montana-usps-drop-boxes-removed?

[zentrum]

36. So glad to hear it.

Maybe, for whatever reason, he just sounded a little mild.

I guess I'm not sure a letter has teeth. Maybe I needed to hear that the Dems will be meeting tonight or tomorrow or asap to come up with a full-court response. Not just letters. DeJoy will ignore all such. Tester seemed tired, but perhaps I heard it wrong.

[marlakay]

29. Yes where are the investigative reporters?

They should be all over this. Use up whole hour on 60 minutes show.

[bronxiteforever]

30. Kick and recommend!

[MontanaMama]

31. Excellent tweet.

This is war. We need to act like it. It really is now or never. October is too damned late. Next week might be too late.

[marie999]

32. I have been told by the VA that as soon as I receive any medication

I should place a refill order. It will go into the computer and be filled 10 days before it is due.

[Fiendish Thingy]

33. Yup- this is war. Reps should be doing this now, not campaigning nt

[liberalla]

37. YES !!!

[warmfeet]

38. K & R

Hope we survive this election.

[dem4decades]

39. John Flannery on Ari said the states should bring the charges against those obstructing

the right to vote by knee capping the postal service. Trump and Barr can't stop them and they are breaking State laws preventing obstructing voting.

[Cha]

61. Sounds good!

[LisaL]

40. Apparently sorting machines costing a lot of money have been destroyed.

Somebody needs to give an answer for that.

[bucolic_frolic]

41. I posted this same tweet 6 hours previously and it went nowhere

DU is amazing!

[elleng]

43. More like 'unpredictable!'

[Sugarcoated]

42. Make it happen, Madame Speaker!!!!

Should we go to Post Offices ourselves or media? Can P.O. workers take pics/videos and get them to media?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. Finally...a Dem who knows how to run a campaign

[diva77]

45. K&R with urgency.

The blue mailboxes have been disappearing in LA neighborhoods and collection times have been cut. Mail delivery doesn't seem to be happening everyday either.

[JoeOtterbein]

46. K n R ! Thanks for posting!

6) Impeachment 2.0!

[czarjak]

47. So...

Take our country back?

[elleng]

49. Damn right!

[GoCubsGo]

65. Some of this seems to be starting.

ABC was reporting it last night, as was NBC Today this morning, where it was their lead story. The latter didn't mention Rx, but they did point out that the military has always voted b mail with no problems. Some light IS being shined on the cockroaches.

We see what you are doing, GOP, and the rest of the country is getting a glimpse of it, too.

[onetexan]

67. Bravo David P! Time for all hands on deck. Senators need to get back to work. Democracy at stake!!

[Grasswire2]

68. Not bold enough.

Trump must be set back on his heels with bold action by Dems in House. Charge him. Criminal Conspiracy to Circumvent an Election by Abuse of Executive Power. Compel testimony with inherent powers. Test that oppressive DoJ memo in the court, asking for immediate relief. Ask for freeze of assets, gag order, and ankle bracelet (extreme flight risk).

ACT BOLDLY. SCARE HIM.

Or lose the republic.