"The August 2020 US Politics Thread is highly thought of, but nobody likes me. It can only be my personality. That's all."

xpost - There sure is. And believe me, I'm not proud of feeling so doomed this afternoon, I get it. But this isn't the first time folks in these politics threads have been shamed for playing out their worst case fears and anxieties. There's a lot of just "calm down, things will be fine" going on when, clearly, re: USPS, not everything is going to be fine. At least not today, not tomorrow, not in the near future.

have you considered not "playing out your worst fears and anxieties" on this thread?

There's a lot of just "calm down, things will be fine" going on when, clearly, re: USPS, not everything is going to be fine. At least not today, not tomorrow, not in the near future.

this is not what's happening.

good piece about the markey ad https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/ed-markeys-incomprehensibly-thrilling-2020-election-ad.html.

feel like they could sell biden like that (it would be a lie, but fine).

Don't worry caek, your condescending attitude is doing a great job of chasing me away from these threads. I forgot about the rolling Trump containment thread and shouldn't have posted here, gotta make sure I toe the line in the appropriate thread.

i don't think it's a good idea to "play out your worst fears and anxieties" in any thread fwiw.

jon, it's not a matter of toeing the line, and your fears are justified imo - it's just that the containment thread is a better place for freaking the fuck out, vs talking here in an at-least-barely sub-panic tone

(don't worry, there's still plenty of policing over there, with ppl yelling at those freaking out for freaking out in the "freak out here" thread)

xp

There’s no such thing as posting right.

Literally no one itt is like 'calm down, everything will be fine' btw.

If Biden wins every swing state with a Democratic Secretary of State (i.e. where Democrats are running the election) he'll win handily

How this is being reported in Montana

Here’s the final product that hit the 5pm news tonight. Thanks to all of you for helping share this today! #mtnews #mtpol #USPS pic.twitter.com/SZYuODzYwY

— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 14, 2020

I don't think this is going away, tbh. It stinks to high heaven and I doubt that it's going to just slide into obscurity

I wonder what percentage of bills are still paid by check via post office rather than online.

A lot.

Though this was interesting to me:
https://www.efile.com/efile-tax-return-direct-deposit-statistics/

Large. Anecdotal, but my parents refuse to do anything financial online.

I'm shocked the efile numbers are that high.

Right? I was too!

Also glad we can be arguing on one thread and marvelling at stats together on another,.just saying.

(I'm not arguing with you on the other thread tbh.)

gotta say, I really don't understand the "oh, the USPS thing will backfire on trump when everyone gets mad about their slow mail"; most likely they'll just blame the post office workers, and then use the delays as "proof" that USPS needs to be defunded

There’s plenty of that from the usual tribe but since everyone’s mail was fine through the height of shutdowns I do think it’s more obvious to people that this is abnormal fuckery.

So 40% of the country will die on the defund hill (possibly quite literally, given the need to deliver blood pressure drugs), 50% recognize what’s going on and cross your fingers for the last 10%.

xxp I wonder about that too. My friends in NY have been telling me for years that they hate their postal service, with lines at the post office, packages not delivered, notices not left

But now there are records of machines and drop boxes being taken away/destroyed, Trump literally saying this has to do with the election etc.

my own post office is split into two parts, a place to send mail/packages and a receiving facility where I can pick them up. I have gotten to know employees at both locations and have been impressed by them, and will be very angry if all of that goes away

It’s already backfiring on Trump and it will continue to do so. Everyone here with actual voting representation in the lower and upper houses of the federal legislature should be in contact with their elected officials to press the issue.

It’s already backfiring on Trump

They have already reduced the capacity of mail sorting by 21,400,000 pieces per hour, and reports are that the machines have been rendered incapable of reinstallation.

They have already gerrymandered the location of mail box removal.

The USPS had already warned that 46 states and DC were in danger of disenfranchisement with pandemic-based increase in mail-in voting, before DeJoy was even appointed to sabotage the service.

https://usmailnotforsale.org/save/

I filled that out. What else can be done?

gotta say, I really don't understand the "oh, the USPS thing will backfire on trump when everyone gets mad about their slow mail"; most likely they'll just blame the post office workers, and then use the delays as "proof" that USPS needs to be defunded

Libertarians 'well akshually'-ing the "USPS business model" are some of the dumbest people on Earth.

Libertarians 'well akshually'-ing the "USPS business model" are some of the dumbest people on Earth

Well... yeah.

I've mostly been disregarding Kanye's action in the campaign as in all things, but erm https://www.thedailybeast.com/kanye-west-says-he-and-jared-kushner-speak-almost-daily

Playbook this morning. We rarely see the kind on penetration the USPS story is getting. These are all front page headlines from across the country. pic.twitter.com/iVkebaGWFk

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) August 15, 2020

And you know who reads the morning newspaper!

well let me get my specs

I'm gonna go get the papers get the papers

Check out the front page of major newspapers in the six closest states Trump won in 2016. All had stories about the mail and voting. https://t.co/Xnddyt8IQMhttps://t.co/rq8TtlYnjahttps://t.co/oD38aDEwZahttps://t.co/yLuOn4YL0vhttps://t.co/NrU54fXF00https://t.co/Rgh25X93vx

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 15, 2020

What if those papers were ... not delivered?

Harry Enten's a dog now

NYPD union endorsed Trump. I’m sure this is part of their neighborhood outreach plan.

Also, does anyone else see a potential problem with police unions - enforcement arms of the state with lethal weapons - promoting “preferred” candidates for office or is that just me? https://t.co/UlmigAuedh

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 15, 2020

No! What could be wrong with it?

New York City Cops...They Ain't Too Smart

Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president. He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 15, 2020

NYC cops are smart enough to know what side their bread is buttered on.

pish cops don't eat BREAD, there's carbs in that bruh

or who keeps the military hardware coming

the irony is they'll likely be 'fine' under Biden

I assume the ny police unions endorse republicans at every election but it does feel different when the republican is saying the quiet fascist stuff out loud and is also expected to lose the vote among the actual residents of NYC by more than any nominee in history (biden vote expected to be in the mid 80s).