Spoke to a postal worker today who explained why medication is the 1st thing people noticed was missing. They said when DeJoy ordered shifts to end even if all mail wasn't delivered, carriers were told to prioritize Amazon packages, then Priority mail, then everything else 1/

Maintaining the Amazon contract was 1st priority. Then higher priced postage. But drugs are always shipped cheap b/c they know a month in advance when it has to get there. No need for 2nd day or anything like that. So meds are always among mail leftover at the end of the day 2/

"Amazon is paying us money. So we're only delivering Amazon. And then if you have time, Priority. If Priority is good, then you do Parcel Select, or Standard Class packages...They always send drugs using the cheapest method, especially the Veteran's office."

Removing mail sorting machines means packages are showing up later and later, but trucks are required to leave at 9:30 am sharp. This late mail is intentionally not scanned, I'm told, so people w/ USPS Informed Delivery won't get notified and expect to see mail that isn't coming

Basically, USPS Informed Delivery, the tracking service, is totally unreliable at this point. Packages are piling up inside post offices and supervisors would rather people think their mail is stuck at a processing center than just sitting in a bin in a back room somewhere.

The worker insisted we can't reverse the damage before Nov 3. They said there are too many routes open now & noted the election is in 75 days. New full-time workers undergo a 90-day probationary period w/ limited responsibilities. They're not even supposed to empty blue boxes.

If you or anyone you know works for USPS, we'd like to talk: https://gizmodo.com/work-for-usps-fed-up-become-an-anonymous-source-1844728420

Here's my report on Today's Senate hearing.

DeJoy was grilled by @SenJackyRosen over whether he'd done any analysis into impacts of late deliveries on seniors and veterans waiting on meds — or late fees incurred by Americans.

He had no convincing answer https://gizmodo.com/postmaster-louis-dejoy-hammered-by-senators-over-disast-1844801291

Not sure if this has been reported or how widespread the practice is, but it doesn't seem like a great method for preventing the spread of covid-19. #USPS

https://gizmodo.com/postmaster-louis-dejoy-hammered-by-senators-over-disast-1844801291

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Going through messages but one retired #USPS employee of 34 years who is also a veteran writes, in part:

"I say to my fellow USPS workers to hang in there. Do your job to the best of your ability and keep your heads held high. And the most important message is.....VOTE!!"