US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
Source: AP
SEATTLE (AP) A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide. The judge called them a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service before the November election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction as sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service. The states challenged the Postal Services so-called leave mail behind policy, by which trucks have been leaving postal facilities on time whether or not there is more mail to load. They also sought to force the Postal Service to treat election mail as First Class mail.
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)the 2022 election will be over.
Magoo48
(4,720 posts)samnsara
(17,636 posts)onecaliberal
(32,899 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,729 posts)Akacia
(583 posts)some of the mail I get either comes from Red States, or passes through them. I also don`t think that every Red State is all conservative Republicans so there is that too.
onetexan
(13,061 posts)underutilized to another area that needs it. But yeah it will hurt.
groundloop
(11,523 posts)klook
(12,167 posts)rainy
(6,095 posts)groundloop
(11,523 posts)pnwmom
(108,995 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,796 posts)BlueWavePsych
(2,640 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,630 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,084 posts)Court cases are great, but much of the damage is done. And as we saw in an earlier OP, the Postal Service may be declaring addresses as undeliverable to election officials to de-register voters. It will be interesting to learn whether that was just a local California issue, or something more widespread. After reading that post, I checked my registration, which was fine. Of course, Texas is considered red still, but I will be checking right up until when I vote, which I will do in person.
We have definitely seen changes in mail delivery here. There are often several days in a row with no mail at all, a highly unusual circumstance. Someone here tried an experiment with the mail, sending a card from one side of Austin to another. It took 27 days!
Trump and DeJoy have royally screwed up the USPS, and it will not be fixed before the election, though it would help if theyre forced to reverse the rules on overtime and having the mail trucks leave at a certain time even if theyre empty.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)You're so correct that "much of the damage is done."
Makes me want to cry with frustration about all the evil that's being perpetrated by these trumpistas.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Now we'll have to see if this injunction has any teeth.
We're dealing with a completely lawless regime.
jorgevlorgan
(8,334 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Cha
(297,693 posts)getting my mail on time lately.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,216 posts)FWIW Yakima is a rather conservative part of Washington state
onetexan
(13,061 posts)particularly in competitive states. That's Senator Gary Peters from MI speaking now.
Damn cheating SOBS