Poll: Is Trump and his new Postmaster General sabotaging the Postal Service to effect the upcoming election?

[K1052]

USPS is unwinding DeJoy's changes for now after judges issue injunctions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1309304835641151488

 

[MtnMan]

USPS is unwinding DeJoy's changes for now after judges issue injunctions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1309304835641151488

He can make them reinstate overtime back, but he can't make them put back the sorting machines, they have literately been scrapped.

 

[hal2kilo]

He can make them reinstate overtime back, but he can't make them put back the sorting machines, they have literately been scrapped.

Scrapped as fast as confirming a new hack to the SCOTUS.

 

[K1052]

He can make them reinstate overtime back, but he can't make them put back the sorting machines, they have literately been scrapped.

My understanding is that the worst of the delays was caused by the prohibition on overtime, requirements for trucks to meet schedule, and the limiting of extra trips.

 

[MtnMan]

My understanding is that the worst of the delays was caused by the prohibition on overtime, requirements for trucks to meet schedule, and the limiting of extra trips.

DeJoy had 711 sorting machines removed. A sorting machine can sort up to 55,000 #10 envelopes per hour. That is the loss in capacity of 39 million pieces of mail per hour.

 

[Thump553]

Robert Mercer financed organization plans to dispatch “peaceful protesters” to vote counting centers to make sure they count the votes properly.

GOP Operative Says He's Building System to Dispatch Protesters Where Ballots Are Counted | Right Wing Watch

Republican political operative Ali Alexander, who previously went by the name Ali Akbar, is floating the possibility of revamping a 2018 effort to

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Hopefully most if not all states have laws barring them from entering the polling place. My state does.

 

[K1052]

DeJoy had 711 sorting machines removed. A sorting machine can sort up to 55,000 #10 envelopes per hour. That is the loss in capacity of 39 million pieces of mail per hour.

I'm not defending the action however the volume of this type of mail has fallen dramatically over the years suggesting excess machine sorting capacity. It is unclear to me why the machines would be removed in that case anyway since mothballing them for future needs would seem more prudent. More investigation is needed of those decisions. Though DeJoy may not be around much longer if 1) Trump looses or 2) he gets indicted for campaign finance fraud in NC.

The volume of mail ballots compared to USPS processing capacity is still pretty low. The timely delivery of ballots and their return seem more closely linked to the logistical changes forced upon the company that are now being withdrawn.

 

[MtnMan]

I'm not defending the action however the volume of this type of mail has fallen dramatically over the years suggesting excess machine sorting capacity. It is unclear to me why the machines would be removed in that case anyway since mothballing them for future needs would seem more prudent. More investigation is needed of those decisions. Though DeJoy may not be around much longer if 1) Trump looses or 2) he gets indicted for campaign finance fraud in NC.

The volume of mail ballots compared to USPS processing capacity is still pretty low. The timely delivery of ballots and their return seem more closely linked to the logistical changes forced upon the company that are now being withdrawn.

First class mail volume probably has gone down. I receive all my bills electronically, and pay bills electronically via my CU's billpay. If anything the standard postage stuff seems to have gone up, even without the political crap, I get an average of 3 pieces a day. They are currently delivering 470 million pieces of mail per day, of which 182 million are first class mail.

However the USPS was installing new machines, as one of the machines scrapped had never been used as it was still in the assembly and testing phase.

AND THEY FUCKING KNEW THE ELECTION WAS COMING DURING A PANDEMIC.

 

[cytg111]

USPS is unwinding DeJoy's changes for now after judges issue injunctions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1309304835641151488

Really?

https://news.yahoo.com/postmaster-dejoy-sorting-machines-stripped-for-parts-120053250.html

 

[MtnMan]

Really?

https://news.yahoo.com/postmaster-dejoy-sorting-machines-stripped-for-parts-120053250.html

Back in the 80's I installed and maintained high speed check sorters in banks, and in the Federal Reserve. They have many similarities with mail sorting machines. They are electro-machanical monsters. They take days to setup, test, debug, and then ongoing maintenance. From the pictures I have seen where they were ripped apart, cables cut, etc., they are nothing but scrap.

I did make a lot of overtime during that time ...