Maybe saving the post office seems like a bureaucratic issue to some people, so let me break down for you why this may be Armageddon.

1. Trump fears he's losing because his poll numbers are dreadful. (Don't be so sure he'll lose. 2016 taught us these polls are meaningless.)

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2. Trump's attacking the legitimacy of the election to lay the groundwork for refusing to acknowledge a loss.

3. But it's not enough. He has to do more. So he and Mnuchin installed a crooked board of postal governors and a crooked postmaster general to sabotage the mail.

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4. He doesn't have to succeed in destroying the post office. He has to succeed only in having a little impact on mail service. A little may be enough to tip the balance in close districts where voter suppression is already hard at work. But even that doesn't have to happen.

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5. All he has to do is sow chaos and create doubt. He just needs a hook for the White House, Barr & McConnell to hang their hats on. They call for an investigation to look into the election. They use that as an excuse to sow more doubt and more chaos, maybe destroy records.

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6. At the same time, he tells the folks he calls his "second amendment people" a coup is happening. It's true. He is staging a coup. But he tells them it's the other side that's staging a coup. They grab their guns and start occupying state capitals. Maybe burn some buildings.
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7. Russia and the Republicans sow more doubt and scream about the lawlessness (that they created). Trump sends in troops and unmarked law enforcement. Meanwhile agitators run false flag operations and agitate both sides. All hell breaks loose.

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8. At this point, we are in the worst crisis the nation has seen in a century and a half, and the demagogue runs rampant.

If you wait until then to protest, you're going to be sorry. There will be blood.

That's why we protest now to save the post office.

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