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'Our big fear': How Trump’s plan to privatize USPS could have 'disastrous consequences'
1 week, 2 days ago

'Our big fear': How Trump’s plan to privatize USPS could have 'disastrous consequences'

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is considering major reforms to the U.S. The Washington Post's Jacob Bogage, Jacqueline Alemany and Jeff Stein wrote recently that Trump has expressed a "keen interest" in privatizing the USPS in conversations with transition co-chair and Commerce Secretary-designate Howard Lutnick. Trump floated the idea in response to hearing of USPS' $9.5 billion in losses as …

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Trump considering United States Postal Service privatization: report
1 week, 3 days ago

Trump considering United States Postal Service privatization: report

Salon  

Donald Trump is mulling privatization for the United States Postal Service, according to insiders who spoke to the Washington Post. Related A dismantled post office destroys more than mail service Trump said the federal government should not step in to subsidize the service’s losses – which totaled $9.5 billion last fiscal year – a move that could potentially destroy the …

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Jasmine Crockett forces Trump-appointed official to admit DOGE cuts won't solve problems
1 week, 6 days ago

Jasmine Crockett forces Trump-appointed official to admit DOGE cuts won't solve problems

Raw Story  

Under questioning from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general appointed during President-elect Donald Trump's first administration, admitted that cuts planned by the Department of Government Efficiency would not help the United States Postal Service. "There has been mention of DOGE and how that is going to come into play, and I'm curious to know, just yes or no, …

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Your holiday mail is at risk as USPS copes with alarming rise of theft and security issues
4 weeks ago

Your holiday mail is at risk as USPS copes with alarming rise of theft and security issues

Raw Story  

As Americans flood the mail with holiday cards and gifts, their valuables and personal information remain at risk for theft due to internal bad actors and issues with deploying modernized technology, according to two recent reports from the United States Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General. Postal Service employees spiked to 1,790 closed cases in fiscal year 2023, and totaled …

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US Postal Service Reopens All Processing Centers in Hurricane-Hit Areas
2 months ago

US Postal Service Reopens All Processing Centers in Hurricane-Hit Areas

Associated Press  

The U.S. Postal Service has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina hit by recent hurricanes. The agency has assured voters and election officials that it is ready to handle mail ballots and that 99.7% of the election-related mail was delivered within three days for the last presidential election in 2020.

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Column: Will the Postal Service be up to the task of delivering ballots on time? Election officials are worried
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Will the Postal Service be up to the task of delivering ballots on time? Election officials are worried

LA Times  

Postal Service keeps promising that things are getting better — more efficient operations, more reliable mail delivery, improved finances, a more climate-friendly truck fleet and so on. Among the service’s critics are state election officials coast to coast, who expressed concerns earlier this month about its “ability to deliver election mail in a timely and accurate manner.” Despite numerous meetings …

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Voters are advised to return their ballots early because of mail delay concerns
3 months ago

Voters are advised to return their ballots early because of mail delay concerns

NPR  

Voters are advised to return their ballots early because of mail delay concerns toggle caption Nati Harnik/AP This June, the final count in Utah’s Iron County left Jon Whittaker feeling ill. Whittaker, a county clerk who runs elections in the southwestern Utah county, received more than 400 mail-in ballots for the primary that were postmarked after the state’s legal deadline …

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Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks more control over postmaster general after mail meltdown
3 months ago

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks more control over postmaster general after mail meltdown

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Wednesday he wants Congress to have more control over selecting the U.S. postmaster general after a mail-service breakdown in his state. Postal Service in Georgia has been a failure of leadership and a failure of management, and it has reflected the incompetent leadership and the incompetent management of the postmaster …

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Trump is already threatening to sue post office because they’ll ‘maybe purpose-ly’ lose mail-in ballots
3 months ago

Trump is already threatening to sue post office because they’ll ‘maybe purpose-ly’ lose mail-in ballots

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump has suggested that he may sue the post …

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The best Bill Pascrell takedowns of 'lowlife' Trump and his 'soulless goons'
4 months ago

The best Bill Pascrell takedowns of 'lowlife' Trump and his 'soulless goons'

Raw Story  

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, a longtime congressman from New Jersey and unflinching critic of former President Donald Trump, died at 87 years old on Wednesday, his family announced. "The joy of Bill Pascrell is you never walked away from Bill Pascrell saying he was undecided," Rep. Richard Neal, his colleague on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said in …

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'Nobody wants this drama': MTG admits hostility to ousting speaker — but will plow ahead
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Nobody wants this drama': MTG admits hostility to ousting speaker — but will plow ahead

Raw Story  

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene admitted that "nobody" wanted the drama she was creating by trying to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson — but she's doing it anyway. Following a press conference Wednesday where Greene vowed to trigger a "motion to vacate" the Speaker's chair next week, she spoke to conservative podcaster Steve Bannon. "And we have Mike Johnson going in …

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DeJoy faces pain over postal 'crime wave’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

DeJoy faces pain over postal 'crime wave’

Raw Story  

Amid nonstop grilling by U.S. senators about the nation’s shambolic mail system, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy had jokes. But he emphasized that the Postal Service’s own uniformed police force, known as postal police officers, “protect our facilities where our people are and the mail is” — not on the streets. DeJoy, who maintained the Postal Service has “done a lot …

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US Postal Service seeking to hike cost of first-class stamp to 73 cents
8 months, 2 weeks ago

US Postal Service seeking to hike cost of first-class stamp to 73 cents

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service signaled plans Tuesday for a rate increase that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents, part of an overall 7.8% increase to take effect this summer. U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy previously warned postal customers to get used to “uncomfortable” rate hikes as the Postal Service seeks …

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Postal Service, once chided for slow adoption of EVs, announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Postal Service, once chided for slow adoption of EVs, announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Associated Press  

Postal Service announced sweeping plans Tuesday to reduce greenhouse emissions by diverting more parcels from air to ground transportation, boosting the number of electric vehicles, cutting waste sent to landfills and making delivery routes more efficient. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy described a mix of environmental initiatives and cost-cutting business practices that together would combine to reduce the Postal Service’s contribution …

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Lauren Boebert whines Trump's postmaster ignored her: 'I reached out to you and was denied a meeting'
1 year, 7 months ago

Lauren Boebert whines Trump's postmaster ignored her: 'I reached out to you and was denied a meeting'

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's handpicked postmaster, Louis DeJoy, is still in office, and now he's angering the members of the far right. At the hearing with the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Lauren Boebert complained that people in her district don't get their mail in a reasonable amount of time. DeJoy countered that a very high percentage of Americans in rural and …

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US Postal Service touts performance during 2022 election
1 year, 11 months ago

US Postal Service touts performance during 2022 election

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service delivered more than 54 million ballots for the midterm election, with nearly 99% of ballots delivered to election officials within three days, officials said Monday. By the end of the Dec. 6 Georgia Senate runoff, the Postal Service had delivered 54.4 million ballots to and from voters, officials said. “The American people can continue …

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Federal judge faults Postmaster General DeJoy in mail delays
2 years, 2 months ago

Federal judge faults Postmaster General DeJoy in mail delays

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has set limits on one of the U.S. Postal Service’s cost-cutting practices that contributed to a worrisome slowdown of mail deliveries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan concluded that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s actions delayed mail deliveries and that he acted without obtaining an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory …

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DeJoy may have violated conflict of interest law by profiting off USPS Covid tests: watchdog group
2 years, 8 months ago

DeJoy may have violated conflict of interest law by profiting off USPS Covid tests: watchdog group

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. The Project on Government Oversight discovered DeJoy's Abbott Laboratories holding in an examination of the scandal-plagued postmaster general's financial filings, which the group notes "show no evidence of him having fully divested that stock," leaving him positioned to profit off Abbott's partnership with the White House. POGO argued that by failing to relinquish …

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USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles
2 years, 10 months ago

USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles

Associated Press  

Postal Service said Wednesday it cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles — and getting some of them on delivery routes next year — despite pushback from the Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental groups have pushed back because only 10% of the vehicles would be electric-powered under the Postal Service contract with the manufacturer, Wisconsin-based Oshkosh …

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USPS mail time will be slower from Friday and Louis DeJoy is to blame
3 years, 2 months ago

USPS mail time will be slower from Friday and Louis DeJoy is to blame

The Independent  

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‘Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Louis DeJoy is uninterested in the niceties of Washington. “Postmaster General DeJoy would not be in his job if he worked for any other company,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat who chairs the House oversight committee. DeJoy became postmaster general shortly after Trump declared the post office “a joke.” DeJoy implemented cost-cutting mechanisms he said …

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Democrats call for Trump ally and postmaster general Louis DeJoy’s firing as FBI investigation revealed
3 years, 6 months ago

Democrats call for Trump ally and postmaster general Louis DeJoy’s firing as FBI investigation revealed

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Democratic lawmakers are reviving their calls for postmaster general Louis …

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Postal Service looks to raise first-class stamp to 58 cents
3 years, 6 months ago

Postal Service looks to raise first-class stamp to 58 cents

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service wants to raise rates on first-class stamps from 55 cents to 58 cents as part of a host of price hikes and service changes designed to reduce debt for the beleaguered agency. DeJoy said the increases are necessary to “achieve financial sustainability and service excellence” and will allow the postal service to “remain viable …

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Senate OKs Biden nominees to postal board amid mail changes
3 years, 6 months ago

Senate OKs Biden nominees to postal board amid mail changes

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Postal Service have been approved by the Senate increasing Democratic influence over the agency …

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