Trump Post Office Shutdown Upside

That annoying jury summons never arrives.

Your eviction notice never arrives.

No more junk mail.

Switch to credit card mail delivery. “I didn’t get my bill”

No more worries about prescription drug side effects.

It’s already too late to bother with Christmas cards.

No repeat of 2000 overseas military ballots that won Florida for Bush.

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Author: craigcrawford

Trail Mix Host. Lapsed journalist, author & retired pundit happily promoting nothing but the truth for Social Security checks.

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  2. beside screwing up the election, another upside the Rump envisions is delaying amazon orders on tell-all books.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/13/michael-cohen-book-donald-trump-disloyal

    “In some ways, I knew him better than even his family did because I bore witness to the real man,” he writes, calling Trump a con man, a predator, a racist, a bully and a liar.
    […]
    In the forward to the book, Cohen writes: “My insatiable desire to please Trump to gain power for myself, the fatal flaw that led to my ruination, was a Faustian bargain: I would do anything to accumulate, wield, maintain, exert, exploit power. In this way, Donald Trump and I were the most alike … soulmates.”

     
     

  3. philly inquirer:

    The U.S. Postal Service has warned Pennsylvania that some mail ballots might not be delivered on time because the state’s deadlines are too tight for its “delivery standards,” prompting election officials to ask the state Supreme Court to extend the deadlines to avoid disenfranchising voters.
    The warning came in a July 29 letter from Thomas J. Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president of the Postal Service, to Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, whose department oversees elections. That letter was made public late Thursday in a filing her Department of State submitted to the Supreme Court, asking it to order that mail ballots be counted as long as they are received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election date.
    If the court agrees, that could increase the likelihood that the results of the presidential race between President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden won’t be known for days after the election.
    The Postal Service’s letter came amid false attacks on mail voting by Trump, and as concerns mount nationally about how the coronavirus pandemic could disrupt the 2020 election. For Pennsylvania, a battleground state that was decided by less than 1% of the vote in 2016, the letter warned that “certain deadlines for requesting and casting mail-in ballots are incongruous with the Postal Service’s delivery standards.”
    “This mismatch creates a risk that ballots requested near the deadline under state law will not be returned by mail in time to be counted under your laws as we understand them,” Marshall wrote.
    Marshall’s letter represented “a significant change to the outlook for voting by mail in the general election,” the Department of State told the court in its filing. Before the July 29 warning, the department said, “the Postal Service had not indicated the likelihood of widespread, continuing, multiple-day mail-delivery delays presenting an overwhelming, statewide risk of disenfranchisement for significant numbers of voters utilizing mail-in ballots.”

    [continues]

  4. Wo Ho?
    You guys are so predictable, falling again for the mastery of the news cycle.  President Donald J Trump stated he would approve an appropriate bill from the Congress to support the USPS.  Do not include bailout for states that had huge economic issues pre covid.
    The key issue is the sloppy approach by some states to rush together a vote by mail system that does not have appropriate and reasonable safe guards, that could impact either party.  No issue with those states that have a proven method.  President Donald J Trump also stated the concern that this USPS issue could impact all voters from each party.  
    And by the way, do you have a USPS account?  It will show you the mail that should arrive to your address.  Surprise, I have filed complaints as many times my mail is not delivered.  Big Problem.  USPS needs to perform at a better level.
    Happy Friday

  5. more excerpts from cohen book by the hill:

    “Trump had colluded with the Russians, but not in the sophisticated ways imagined by his detractors. I also knew that the Mueller investigation was not a witch-hunt,” Cohen wrote.  
    “Trump had cheated in the election, with Russian connivance, as you will discover in these pages, because doing anything — and I mean anything — to ‘win’ has always been his business model and way of life,”
    […]
    In the book, Cohen also portrays himself as a “bad guy” who helped the president, who he said acted “like a mob boss.”
    “From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump’s clandestine lovers, I wasn’t just a witness to the president’s rise—I was an active and eager participant,” he wrote.

  6. Hey Pogo,
    From last night – I hope you are correct and that NYC has hit bottom.  Such a great city, great place to visit and so important to our country.
    Hope you have a good day

  7.  “…he would approve an appropriate bill from the Congress to support the USPS”

    mr. pong,  if so, why hasn’t he told mitch?  why isn’t he demanding mitch keep the senate working on much needed legislation (over 300 house passed bills languishing in mitch’s senate)  instead of going home until after labor day?  

  9. Something SFB did that is coming back to bite him is to try to destroy USPS.  The imbecile and idiot (per Steve Schmidt) has it in his addled brain stem that Amazon ships via USPS.  He has no clue, because he does not know from any experience, that Amazon mostly uses its contract carriers, those white vans or grey Prime vans, to deliver.  Some of the third party sellers use USPS, and some of the Chinese suppliers ship USPS as the customs process is easier that way.  For rural Amazon ships UPS, which shares three of four initials of USPS.  That could confuse the three year old very easily.
     
    Now that his mercenary is running USPS and actually destroying operations, SFB cult followers and greedy old perverts are freaking out.  The vision of grandmother dying because her medications are sitting in a parking lot is a very strong image, even for non-mask wearers.  Florida voters not voting scares the republicans a lot more than shouting that voting kills.  The idiocy of him voting by mail and it not arriving in time is real.
     
    There is some rumbling that he is doing it to get a “deal” on COVID-19 benefits for the rich and his FBI headquarters.  I do not think Speaker Pelosi will go there.

  10. It’s interesting that Trump had to be reminded that Republicans also vote by mail.  Also, USPS is a major employer of veterans.  This is not a great time to piss off the military.

     

  12. I’ve given up most of what I used to order on Amazon….  which was mostly books.  I now order from our local independent bookstore.  They got me a copy of Mary Trump’s book long before Amazon could have done it.
     
    Being in a rural area…  I know a lot of people here depend on the post office when they order stuff online.  Slowing those order down will piss a lot of people off…  but then…  Republicans are so stupid.

  14. Ping,
    Let’s look at numbers and trends.  
    Florida
    4/21 –  Reporting 744 cases per day
    4/21 – reporting 44 deaths per day (7 day trend) 
    5/4 began reopening
    6/3 – reporting 1300 (est.) new cases per day (7 day trend)
    6/2 – reporting 37 deaths per day
    7/12 – (Peak new cases) Reported 15,300 new cases, weekly average about 12,000
    7/17 – reported 11466 new cases per day
    7/30 – 257 deaths reported, weekly average about 187
    7/30 – 9956 new cases reported, weekly average – 9000 new cases per day
    Now – weekly average deaths are at 180 and rising  (daily reports over past 4 days – 93, 277, 213, 149)
    Death rate per 100k – .86 (No. 3 behind Georgia and Mississippi)

    New York 
    4/6 – 8658 new cases reported, average new cases/day about 10000 (7 day average) (New York peak)
    4/6 – 862 deaths reported – average daily about the same
    4/11 – (peak) average deaths about 1000/day (7 day average)
    4/14 – (peak) 1250 deaths reported 
    4/15 – (peak) 11,571 new cases, 8505 daily average  
    5/9 began reopening
    6/3 – 1045 new cases, average about 1000/day (7 day average)
    6/3 – 55 deaths reported, average about the same (7 day average)
    7/12 – 7 deaths reported, average about the same
    7/17 – 776 new cases reported, average about the same
    7/30 – 777 new cases reported, average about the same
    7/30 – 13 deaths reported, average about the same
    Now – weekly average deaths are about 7 and trending slightly downward
    Death rate per 100k – .05 (No. 40)

    Bottom line is that Cuomo’s management has resulted in a dramatic reduction in new cases, deaths and deaths per 100k people.  Desantis’ has resulted in a dramatic spike in new cases and deaths as well as rising to No. 3 in death rate per 100k, 17.2 times that of New York.
     
    And what is startling to me is that this has been foreseeable.

    The overall daily death toll had declined from April through early July, largely because of a sharp decrease in New York and New Jersey. But by July 10, after all states had begun reopening, death numbers had begun to tick up again for the first time since March.

    Health officials anticipated the rise because the virus had been accelerating through populous states such as Texas, Florida and California for weeks. Localities reported not only a surge in new cases but also large increases in hospitalizations, crowded ICUs, and a jump in the percentage of positive tests.

    The United States topped 50,000 new cases in one day for the first time on July 1, two days after the country’s top infectious disease expert, Anthony S. Fauci, warned that the country could begin to see 100,000 new cases a day “if this does not turn around.”

    The US has been above 50,000 new cases per day since it crossed that threshold on July 1.  It’s averaging about 53,00 new cases per day at present with the curve flat for the past 10 days, but the silver lining is that is down from the peak of around 65,000 in mid July.
     
    And Desantis, like Trump, fiddles as the flames rise.
     
     

  15. First point
    New York City got hit before we knew much about the virus and their Mayor made some major mistakes as a result it got out in the general NYC commuting area (new jersey, Connecticut, ect. it is a small world with lots of people) Cuomo did a good job of containing it to that world but as it was an unknown virus, he made mistakes. To be expected. 
    But the slack we cut for Cuomo we can’t for governors who aren’t dealing with a new virus and have numerous examples of correct workable procedures from all over the world.
    The difference between Florida and New York. In New York the virus started in NYC and they contained it there and brought down the numbers. 
    In Florida (being able to draw on experience from all over the world), Desantis let the out break in Miami get out and spread across the state. It does no good to compare numbers because Florida’s numbers haven’t flattened out let alone lowered. We have no idea where the Florida experiment will end.
    Jack

  17. UPS depends on USPS for final delivery via a method called,  “UPS sure post.”   Donald J. tRUMP wants to slow down delivery of your purchases.  

  18. BTW, I got hit with the trump tariff , I buy a heavy duty string for my string trimmer. I can’t get it at the local stores so I order it on Amazon. It is a large spool and last me over a year. The last 2 times I bought it the price was around $18, This time the price had doubled to $37.   There was no alternative, so I grumbled and paid it.
    Jack  

  22. I’m in what I’d refer to as a semi-rural area (it might be suburban although the “urb” of East Bumfuck hardly qualifies as urban), and get mail and packages from USPS, UPS and FedEx from numerous online (Amazon, EBay,…) and television retailers. I’ve seen some slowdown in things coming via USPS, but not with UPS or FedEx. I sent a disc by mail to the next town up the road – 15 miles away as the crow flies. It went into the mail on Friday, deposited in the lobby drop at the post office, and was delivered the following Thursday – the 5th delivery day following deposit. That’s what I call ridiculous. 

  23. When I left for Vietnam in ’65 Kumcho took my old bedroom in mom&dad’s Cleveland Heights home to which they moved in anticipation of my pre-ww2 birth. (They had a marvelous relationship!). Meanwhile, the USPS became Kumcho’s and my lifeline. We each wrote every day adhering to our understanding that our letters would always be upbeat as whatever trivialities of the day would be long solved by the time our letters crossed our continent and the Pacific. She paid six-cents for the airmail letters she sent and I simply wrote “Free” in the corner of my envelopes. When Kumcho wasn’t in school or shopping with mom, she would meet Mr Bossard as he made the postal rounds of our street. He would console her when the inevitable delays occured in my daily letters. Obviously, SFB would know nothing of such familial matters during war- or peace-time.
    Oh, I voted by mail while I was in Vietnam; it was my duty. Don’t mess with the USPS!

  24. My mailing address is a PO Box number….  Amazon will send some things to it (like books)… and other things I have to give them my physical address.  If I have to do the later…  I don’t bother to complete the order.  I constantly see posts on the private FB page for my town of people saying…  hey does anyone recognize this house cause Amazon said it left my package there… but it ain’t my house.  I guess GPS has a hard time with some rural places.

  25. BiD. I get stuff through UPS by both last mile and direct delivery. I have yet to see more than a day delay for packages. So far it’s only sorted flat mail that I’ve noticed delays on. 

  26. Post office is another distraction….they’ll push it till they hit the inevitable wall and then having sown the seeds of doubt they’ll go somewhere else.

  27. Ping, 
     
    Please, explain in your cheery way how two urban terrorists illegally took over the Dep’t of Homeland Security and sent Federal Agents to riot in Portland, Oregon. 
     
    Please tell us how that happened right under trump’s and barr’s noses.

  29. Please explain the republican conservative War On Christmas, and why vets like Flatus can’t get the meds they need to live through the Post Office.
     
    Why do you republicans hate Santa Claus and Flatus ?

  30. trump’s CDC now says, more than 212,000 Americans died of the republican Plague. How many dead will satisfy trumputin ?

  31. Admitting that oneself is wrong must be very difficult for Americans, which is why these Republican loons are wedded to trump whether they recognize he is inept or not.  God forbid they were wrong, because then what else have they been wrong about?   
    Ah!  Cognitive dissonance! 

  32. trump could punch a veteran, shoot a bald eagle, and shit in an apple pie, and Republicans would say “that vet deserved it, that bald eagle is fine, and that pie tastes much better!”

  33. A Republican pal, pre-Covid, said to me once “oh, Trump could cure cancer and the media wouldn’t give him any credit”
     
    To which i had to inquire, “Do ya really think that’s likely?”
     
    Ah, the last days of Empire.  Fun times.
     
    🙄❤️🇺🇸

  34. Asked today if he’ll accept billions in postal funding if the Democrats will give him some of what he wants on other matters, Trump says, “Sure, if they give us what we want.”

  36. ABEBooksellers informs me that shipments are delayed in my area, deep Blue St Paul, MN and the deep Blue inner ‘burps. 

  37. Bink….  there was a very interesting article in The Atlantic several months ago about how hard it is for some people to admit they’re wrong even in the face of contradictory facts.  Several psychologists wrote that one of the most frightening things that can happen to a human being is to have their world view come crumbling down around them.  Especially if their world view tends toward the more authoritarian side (i.e. trump supporters and/or very religious people).  I don’t try to debate such people…  for me, it’s not worth the effort.  But I do understand that some have fun doing it…  so if it’s for you…  go for it!

  38. Jack, haven’t seen any Amazon direct deliveries here yet – they’re USPS or UPS and the occasional FedEx.  I think I had a couple of DHL deliveries of stuff shipped direct from China, but so far no smiling box trucks at our door.

  39. They’re here, Pogo, along with UPS and USPS, whichever is the most cost/time effective. I have Amazon drivers coming to the house in sedans in order to make 9pm deadlines.

  40. republican family values 
    “Women, you have to treat ’em like shit,” Trump said in the article to friend Philip Johnson, who responded, “You’d make a good mafioso.”
    Trump’s response: “One of the greatest.” – NY Magazine, 1992

  42. Mr Flatus,
     
    You have good taste. I watched a few minutes of his game show once, because the daughter of a pal was a contestant. Despite, I had to turn it off. The premise of the show was sadism. ‘Our’ kid was not a ‘winner,’ but got close enough to smell it. She wouldn’t discuss the experience either.

  49. Our polling station is less than a block away. Sweetie and I will cast ‘live’ votes. Besides, it’s great incentive to live ’til the 3d.

  50. IMPEACH DEJOY NOW!!!
     
    Throw in a second impeachment for Lardius while you’re at it. Let him have another first for his “presidency”.

  53. Too bad there isn’t an additional bar code on ballots to track their delivery.  

  54.  there still beat bipartisan hearts in the heartland

    USnews:

    FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky voters concerned about being at risk of contracting COVID-19 will be able to cast mail-in ballots under a bipartisan agreement reached by the state’s governor and secretary of state
    Rules for the November general election also include three weeks of in-person early voting, including Saturdays, to prevent a crush of Election Day voting, according to the plan unveiled Friday by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams.
    “It shows that Democrats and Republicans can still agree on something,” the governor said at their joint press conference.
    Beshear signed an executive order outlining procedures in the agreement, which he said was “easy to reach” with the state’s chief election officer.
    Adams recently offered a preliminary plan to Beshear, and the governor praised him for “putting ideology on the shelf” in reaching a deal he said focuses on protecting health and access to voting.
    State officials are preparing for a large turnout for the high-stakes November election. Kentuckians will be making their choices for president and a hotly contested U.S. Senate race as well as congressional and state legislative races.
    The election plan stops short of the no-excuse absentee voting by mail for all voters as in the state’s June primary. But it still gives Kentuckians wide latitude in requesting absentee ballots.
    It allows Kentuckians of any age or health condition who believe they’re at risk from COVID-19 to vote by mail-in absentee balloting. That eligibility to vote absentee also applies to people in contact with others who are especially vulnerable to the virus.

  56. Well, well Billy Bob’s joint in Ft. Worth has opened as a restaurant.  They said they’ve scaled it down.   Still having concerts, etc. Working around the system to continue to spread the virus.
    I sent a contribution to Biden through the post office.  It cost something like $4.00 to be able to track it online.  I asked if I could do this with a mail in ballot.  She said yes as long as the envelope does’t say ‘business’ on it.
     

  57. Why not?  Might as well include you, should you be so inclined.  Keeping it mellow, tonight.

  59. so, people do synth-funk covers of Neil Young, now.  

    …it’s a good cover because it’s a good song.

  60. i’ll let good Sir Redding bring it home until the algorithm kicks in.  Have a mellow evening 😎❤️🇺🇸 

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