There is Bipartisanship in Washington D.C. ; Unfortunately it does not Include Build Back Better or Voting Rights

Apparently, small ball is just as prevalent in Washington D.C. as it is in baseball. While the big headline bills of Build Back Better, increased voting rights, immigration reform, and justice reform languish (for now,) other less “controversial” (to Republicans) and vitally important bills are garnering widespread support. According to reporting by NBC News, Congress … Read more

Time For The Biden Administration To Save The U.S. Postal Service

After the November election, The New York Times reported that Donald Trump was replacing the civilian leadership at the Pentagon with unqualified Fox News commentators and his political sycophants. Trump Stacks the Pentagon and Intel Agencies With Loyalists. To What End? Luckily, these malignant “embeds” are being weeded out by the new Secretary of Defense, Lloyd … Read more

Ode DeJoy: Federal Judge Enjoins Changes at USPS Slowing Down The Mail

On Monday, The Upshot at the New York Times reported on their study of “more than 28 million pieces of first-class letters tracked by SnailWorks, [which] shows how on-time delivery declined noticeably in July after the arrival of Louis DeJoy, the Trump-aligned postmaster general, and the start of policies to trim transportation costs. Is the … Read more

U.S. Intelligence: no evidence of foreign country interference with mail-in ballots

Back in June, Donald Trump and his “new Roy Cohn” fixer at the Trump “Injustice” Department, William “Coverup” Barr, promoted the conspiracy theory that foreign actors could tamper with those ballots. Trump and Barr say mail-in voting will lead to fraud. Experts say that’s not true: In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Attorney … Read more

Facing 20 state criminal lawsuits, Postmaster General reverses course today (updated)

Trump’s toady Postmaster General Louis DeJoy reversed course Tuesday, saying that all changes being made to the Postal Service would be suspended until after the November 3 election, after 20 Democratic state attorneys general announced plans to file federal criminal lawsuits. CNN reports, Postal Service backs down on changes as at least 20 states sue … Read more