Federal Judge Blocks Postal Services Changes That Could Hamper Election Mail | Talking Points Memo

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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A U.S. judge has blocked Postal Service changes that slowed mail and prompted concerns about absentee voting.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1332726
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Great news!

Now if we can just find a Postmaster General with the slightest interest in following a court order.

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Covid Death Rate = 4%

  • GOP: ”Open up the schools!”

Vote-By-Mail Fraud Rate = 0.0025%

  • GOP: ”Shut down the post office!”

(h/t Nick Jack Pappas)

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Judge Stanley Bastian, Obama appointee. Now on to the appellate court! Or maybe not, since it’s unlikely that court would do anything before Nov 3rd.

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Yay! Wash state judge!!!

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If only the judge could get them to reinstall all the mail-sorting equipment DeJoy had them dismantle. (The sorting equipment was for “flats”…what we all call letters. You know, stuff that looks like “ballots”. The sorting equipment wasn’t for boxes.) For all the claims of missing pieces during reassembly, just remove them from DeJoy’s hide.

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And yay for WA AG Ferguson!

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WH Spokesperson: “AG Bill Barr has uncovered and identified yet another ‘Enemy of the State’ and ‘Deep State’ member. He is to be shot at dawn tomorrow, and all of his past rulings declared null and void by DOJ. Details to follow in a late evening tweet.”

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I’m not sure how this ruling helps get the toothpaste back into the tube, but at least it will provide legal support for individuals in post offices nationwide to not make things worse.

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Here is proof that President Trump learned nothing from the Ukraine events that led to his impeachment:
“The U.S. Treasury Department “demand[ed] operating control” of the U.S. Postal Service as a condition for approving a $10 billion loan to the agency.”
“I see President Trump’s fingerprints all over. It’s clear from the president’s public comments, and the actions of his administration, he has a major agenda for the post office – and we see a lot of it in black and white here.” – Austin Evers

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Hate to say it but I don’t think NoJoy or the tRump crime family will reverse course. They’re lawless. They won’t follow what the court tells them to do and while defying it they’ll dare the judge to do something more. It’ll be like the judicial orders on immigrant detention. They just ignore them.

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It won’t bring back the million dollar sorting machines that were intentionally broken into bits so they can’t be fixed…and it takes more time than we have to have them built and put back. But they should put back all the mailboxes they removed. Period.

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Woot woot!! Rachel just read the order. Apparently if any Post office location has trouble delivering and they need the equipment back, the court said it will have to be acquired!! And they are to go to the court so the court can make sure its done!! Plus no more leaving mail behind. Plus other good stuff including anything that slowed the mail down has to be stopped! Woo hoo, a change is gonna come!!
I feel fresh air coming in. The DOJ and FBI are apparently blowing off barr BS enough so that he is complaining. The CDC head is firmly saying wear a mask. They all sense it!

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