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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Meadows has said no more machines will be removed but the ones that have already been removed have been scrapped.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.One of the GameXplain crew took a picture of a locked USPS mailbox in Seattle.
They may not be taking mailboxes, but they'll find other ways to keep the mail slow.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Trump has put his face on absentee ballot requests.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.I know Stupid Evil doesn't have a Real Life section for a lot of very good reasons, but... come on! <facepalm>
Can't c/p all the important bits atm but it's an emergency hearing set for August 24 and the USPS leadership have been requested to show up and testify.
Edited by Karxrida on Aug 16th 2020 at 5:56:22 AM
This is insane. It is so insane I cant even think of the correct term, legally for what is happening. Control Fraud is when your executive officer is looting the operation, but that is not what the post master general is doing, he is just.. sabotaging it. Worse, since fucking with the post is a federal crime, if he does get arrested, Trump will just pardon him.
Honestly, at this point, I am just waiting for the announcement that Trump has ordered the statue of liberty to be dismantled for scrap.
Edited by Izeinsummer on Aug 17th 2020 at 12:06:00 PM
This plus election trampering I think the dems are in huge trouble.
Edited by Memers on Aug 17th 2020 at 12:53:01 PM
It's one poll. And besides, this kind of shrinkage is to be expected as the election draws closer.
I don't ignore polls, but I also don't like putting too much significance on any one poll.
As for the attempted election tampering via gutting the USPS...I've already pointed out multiple times that mail voting doesn't actually favor either party in a significant way. It's bad no doubt about it, but it's not bad because it'll give the GOP an insurmountable advantage. It's bad because placing obstacles for voting is bad in principle.
To say nothing of the fact that the USPS does tons of other things besides mail voting. So gutting it would fuck over so many people over so many things.
Edited by M84 on Aug 18th 2020 at 3:56:43 AM
Disgusted, but not surprisedNormally it doesn’t, but we have no idea what the vote-by-Mail demographics will be this election. If it has moved from enfranchisement for a specific group (normally older people thus slightly favouring republicans) to general enfranchisement (which we know favours democrats) than it very much could have an impact on democrats.
Your point about a single poll however is spot on, look at the polling averages people, which yes have been narrowing slightly recently.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran> And they are not locked up in asylums?
The asylums was closed down years ago due to most being considered inhumane,in any case your comment is a little tasteless
Anyway,when I see polls predicting a massive Trump win I have to wonder if the person making the poll badly wants Trump to win for whatever reason
Edited by Ultimatum on Aug 17th 2020 at 8:49:42 AM
have a listen and have a link to my discord server

This is like the police unions stating that they won't back Biden, a terrible person publicly opposing you is an endorsement to everyone who's decent.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang