Category Archives: Activism

We Deliver For You!

Posted on October 13, 2020 by

Scissorhead Dennis Cole sends us tidings from the front-lines of La Resistance: Maine postal workers reassemble high-speed sorting machine SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — U.S. Postal Service workers have reassembled one of the two high-speed letter sorting machines that were ordered … Continue reading →

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Mandy Patinkin Wants You To Vote

Posted on October 6, 2020 by

You really want to pick a fight with Inigo Montoya? You better do as he says, or prepare to die. (Hat tip: Scissorhead Fran)

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Get Out The Vote, voting | 7 Comments

One Month From Today

Posted on October 3, 2020 by

Guys, we’re in the final stretch. Please keep checking your voter registration and make a Plan A and a back-up Plan B for voting. And if you can, think of a Plan C. There is no end of the Republican … Continue reading →

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The Resistance Is Everywhere

Posted on September 29, 2020 by

I love this: “This summer, as controversial new procedures at the U.S. Postal Service snarled the nation’s mail delivery and stirred fears of how the agency would handle the election, rank-and-file workers quietly began to resist. “Mechanics in New York … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Hero Worship, Heroes, Save the USPS | 4 Comments

We’ve been lulled into a false sense of democracy

Posted on September 28, 2020 by

Trump isn’t joking about an executive order to stop Biden from running. Trump isn’t trying out new material when he threatens to cut federal funding for what he deems, ‘Anarchist Jurisdictions,’ including, but not limited to, Seattle, Portland, New York, … Continue reading →

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0-for-3

Posted on September 28, 2020 by

The WaPo tells us more good news about the USPS: Third U.S. judge bars Postal Service delivery cuts before November presidential election “A third federal judge on Sunday ordered the U.S. Postal Service to halt changes that have delayed mail … Continue reading →

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News That Will Drive You to Drink (Champagne, that is)

Posted on September 26, 2020 by

Vice: ‘Ready to Deliver:’ Read the Post Office’s Mandatory Pep Talk About Election Mail According to the leaked speech, the USPS says it will undo nearly all of Louis DeJoy’s most controversial policies and make election mail its “number one priority.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Save the USPS | 4 Comments

‘Sorry’ Says Area Fascist (Not Sorry)

Posted on September 24, 2020 by

“Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told a judge the U.S. Postal Service can’t reassemble the hundreds of high speed mail-sorting machines that were taken apart this year, a project that more than a dozen states allege was intended to undermine the … Continue reading →

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Screw the Fear-Mongering, Your Vote Will Count

Posted on September 24, 2020 by

Following-up on our News That Will Drive You To Drink item last night, I am reminded that: Democrats have already won court rulings in the so-called battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, all of which assure us that mailed-in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Get Out The Vote, voting | 8 Comments

Special Delivery For Prznint Stupid!

Posted on September 22, 2020 by

CNN tells us that a Federal Judge ruled that the USPS must prioritize election mail, and became the second judge to order a reversal of Postmaster Grifter, er, General Louis DeJoy’s policy changes: US District Judge Victor Marrero in New … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Grifters Gotta Grift, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Save the USPS | 6 Comments