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This #SundayMorning there's lots to worry about, but we're focusing on reports the United States Postal Service could shut down by June without help from Congress.
@RepMaloney & @GerryConnolly warned that bankruptcy is imminent for the USPS.
(THREAD) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-lawmakers-warn-us-postal-service-shut-down-june/
@RepMaloney & @GerryConnolly warned that bankruptcy is imminent for the USPS.
(THREAD) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-lawmakers-warn-us-postal-service-shut-down-june/
(2) Mail volume has decreased dramatically since state lockdowns began. USPS isn't funded by taxpayers but relies on income from the sale of services, stamps, and more.
House Dems are proposing a $25 million bailout & debt relief to keep USPS afloat. https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-democrats-act-rapidly-to-save-postal-service-from-bankruptcy-as-a-result
House Dems are proposing a $25 million bailout & debt relief to keep USPS afloat. https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-democrats-act-rapidly-to-save-postal-service-from-bankruptcy-as-a-result
(3) It wouldn't be the first time the USPS found itself teetering on the edge of financial ruin. The government has previously given the struggling mail service a hand when times got tough.
Why is it so essential to keep the USPS running right now? https://fortune.com/2015/03/27/us-postal-service/
Why is it so essential to keep the USPS running right now? https://fortune.com/2015/03/27/us-postal-service/
(4) While UPS & FedEx have cut into their business over the years, the postal service still performs vital functions in rural areas delivering life-saving medications & supplies.
These services are absolutely essential right now. https://www.newsweek.com/banks-post-offices-essential-business-services-stay-home-social-distancing-orders-1495453
These services are absolutely essential right now. https://www.newsweek.com/banks-post-offices-essential-business-services-stay-home-social-distancing-orders-1495453
(5) That's why it was so puzzling to see USPS excluded from the stimulus package Congress just passed.
Certainly, there are some challenges to keeping the mail service running safely during the pandemic, but USPS is trying to address those. https://www.wboy.com/news/usps-has-made-changes-to-keep-employees-and-costumers-safe-during-covid-19-outbreak/
Certainly, there are some challenges to keeping the mail service running safely during the pandemic, but USPS is trying to address those. https://www.wboy.com/news/usps-has-made-changes-to-keep-employees-and-costumers-safe-during-covid-19-outbreak/
(6) And it's not just the medication, supplies, and official correspondence USPS delivers.
They're also responsible for making sure we all have access to vote safely via mail, an effort many states are trying to expand. https://www.businessinsider.com/postal-service-funding-crisis-could-harm-voting-by-mail-coronavirus-2020-4
They're also responsible for making sure we all have access to vote safely via mail, an effort many states are trying to expand. https://www.businessinsider.com/postal-service-funding-crisis-could-harm-voting-by-mail-coronavirus-2020-4
(7) 25% of Americans vote by mail and a death blow to USPS would mean many folks would have to risk exposure at polling places in order to cast their votes in postponed primaries.
It could also place us at risk of another outbreak this fall during the general election.
It could also place us at risk of another outbreak this fall during the general election.
(8) The GOP and Trump are resisting efforts to expand voting by mail because they know the more accessible they make voting, the more they will lose nationally and locally.
Suppressing the vote is essential to minority rule. https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-coronavirus-mail-ballots-20200404-kdvbtbaexffnnhypukvzyy53km-story.html
Suppressing the vote is essential to minority rule. https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-coronavirus-mail-ballots-20200404-kdvbtbaexffnnhypukvzyy53km-story.html
(9) Demand not only a bailout for the USPS. Insist workers get hazard pay as they provide essential services to homes across America.
It's not just your mail delivery that depends on it. It's your right to vote safely this fall that hangs in the balance. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-drivers-bringing-mail-to-areas-hardest-hit-by-coronavirus-demand-hazard-pay/
It's not just your mail delivery that depends on it. It's your right to vote safely this fall that hangs in the balance. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-drivers-bringing-mail-to-areas-hardest-hit-by-coronavirus-demand-hazard-pay/
(10) Thanks to @astrafandango for the #SundayMorning thread suggestion. Come back next week and we'll do this again.
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