I'm very surprised at how sharp Biden appears here, he comes across better than he did for the entire primary, looks like they finally got the Nootropic dosage right
at socialists and MAGA in the comments of that thread hoping Biden loses big.
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at socialists and MAGA in the comments of that thread hoping Biden loses big.Neoliberal, liberal, centrist, neocon, conservative, I don't care. I'm not calling a revered woman that just died a bytch because she wanted to leave on her own terms. Sorry.you consign neo liberals? I ain’t calling down so the answer is
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A federal judge just said USPS delays were an "intentional effort" to undermine fair elections
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A federal judge just said USPS delays were an "intentional effort" to undermine fair elections
James West
3-4 minutes
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is sworn in for a virtual congressional hearing on US Postal Service operations during the COVID-19 pandemic on August 21. U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee via Getty Images
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A federal judge blocked a series of actions implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that have led to widespread mail delays, calling them “an intentional effort on the part of the current Administration to disrupt and challenge the legitimacy of upcoming local, state, and federal elections.”
In a strongly worded opinion released Thursday, District Court Judge Stanley A. Bastian of Washington state issued a nationwide injunction prohibiting DeJoy from implementing changes ranging from cutting overtime to removing 671 mail sorting machines to forcing mail trucks to leave on time even if the mail is not ready .
“Although not necessarily apparent on the surface, at the heart of DeJoy’s and the Postal Service’s actions is voter disenfranchisement,” Bastian wrote. “This is evident in President Trump’s highly partisan words and tweets, the actual impact of the changes on primary elections that resulted in uncounted ballots, and recent attempts and lawsuits by the Republican National Committee and President Trump’s campaign to stop the States’ efforts to bypass the Postal Service by utilizing ballot drop boxes, as well as the timing of the changes.”
Trump has already admitted that he’s refusing to support $25 billion in funding for the USPS in an attempt to sabotage mail voting, while Bastian noted that “72% of the decommissioned high speed mail sorting machines that were decommissioned were located in counties where Hillary Clinton receive the most votes in 2016.”
It remains to be seen what impact the ruling will have. Amid public outcry, DeJoy agreed to suspend some of his changes until after the election, such as cutting overtime, reducing post office hours, and no longer treating election mail as first-class mail. Other reversals ordered by the court, such as reinstalling the removed sorting machines, could be difficult to achieve since many of the machines have already been taken apart. Meanwhile, mail delays persist in much of the country—election expert Daniel Smith of the University of Florida tweeted yesterday that mail in Gainesville is running three days behind schedule, according to a local mail driver.
But the scrutiny on DeJoy is playing out in the courts, which in recent days have issued significant rulings to combat mail delays. On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that ballots postmarked by Election Day could be counted until three days after the election and the state could set up drop boxes where voters could return mail ballots. A day earlier, an Ohio court ruled that the secretary of state could not mandate that local boards of elections have only one drop box per county. Both opinions cited delays under DeJoy as a reason to expand access to the ballot.
motherjones.com
A federal judge just said USPS delays were an "intentional effort" to undermine fair elections
James West
3-4 minutes
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is sworn in for a virtual congressional hearing on US Postal Service operations during the COVID-19 pandemic on August 21. U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee via Getty Images
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.
A federal judge blocked a series of actions implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that have led to widespread mail delays, calling them “an intentional effort on the part of the current Administration to disrupt and challenge the legitimacy of upcoming local, state, and federal elections.”
In a strongly worded opinion released Thursday, District Court Judge Stanley A. Bastian of Washington state issued a nationwide injunction prohibiting DeJoy from implementing changes ranging from cutting overtime to removing 671 mail sorting machines to forcing mail trucks to leave on time even if the mail is not ready .
“Although not necessarily apparent on the surface, at the heart of DeJoy’s and the Postal Service’s actions is voter disenfranchisement,” Bastian wrote. “This is evident in President Trump’s highly partisan words and tweets, the actual impact of the changes on primary elections that resulted in uncounted ballots, and recent attempts and lawsuits by the Republican National Committee and President Trump’s campaign to stop the States’ efforts to bypass the Postal Service by utilizing ballot drop boxes, as well as the timing of the changes.”
Trump has already admitted that he’s refusing to support $25 billion in funding for the USPS in an attempt to sabotage mail voting, while Bastian noted that “72% of the decommissioned high speed mail sorting machines that were decommissioned were located in counties where Hillary Clinton receive the most votes in 2016.”
It remains to be seen what impact the ruling will have. Amid public outcry, DeJoy agreed to suspend some of his changes until after the election, such as cutting overtime, reducing post office hours, and no longer treating election mail as first-class mail. Other reversals ordered by the court, such as reinstalling the removed sorting machines, could be difficult to achieve since many of the machines have already been taken apart. Meanwhile, mail delays persist in much of the country—election expert Daniel Smith of the University of Florida tweeted yesterday that mail in Gainesville is running three days behind schedule, according to a local mail driver.
But the scrutiny on DeJoy is playing out in the courts, which in recent days have issued significant rulings to combat mail delays. On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that ballots postmarked by Election Day could be counted until three days after the election and the state could set up drop boxes where voters could return mail ballots. A day earlier, an Ohio court ruled that the secretary of state could not mandate that local boards of elections have only one drop box per county. Both opinions cited delays under DeJoy as a reason to expand access to the ballot.
the primary ran for 18 months.I love seeing Rose Twitter threaten to hold their breath for ANOTHER minute. "I REALLY REALLY WON'T VOTE FOR BIDEN AND COPMALA THIS TIME DUDES!" about the latest "gaffe" #5,281 that's ruined his chances
Its over.
I can't believe they're still doing this shyt.
DrDealgood
Superstar
Any of them just as mad about this?
Book reveals Trump effort to persuade Justice Kennedy to step aside for Kavanaugh
I don't really care tbh. This woman just died 4 days ago, did far more good for the world than bad over the course of her life, probably more than most of us, and now we calling her a bytch? Nah. I'm good on that.Any of them just as mad about this?
Book reveals Trump effort to persuade Justice Kennedy to step aside for Kavanaugh
fukk that she was selfish
That's all you had to say.
the next guy
Superstar
Not the same thing at all.Any of them just as mad about this?
Book reveals Trump effort to persuade Justice Kennedy to step aside for Kavanaugh
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
538 has Biden at a 77% chance of winning and Dems at a 66% chance of turning the Senate. But remember they also had Hilary as a heavy favorite, now the polls weren't necessarily "wrong" it's just that Cheeto won a few key states by a very slim margin, states that were known to be close but most thought Clinton would hold on to.
They're scared:
If they break up texas they might have a real problem, because I'm willing to be cities like Dallas and Houston, are a bit more liberal.
Florida i can't call though. With America Samoa, I'm guessing they're banking on the huge vet presence.
If they break up texas they might have a real problem, because I'm willing to be cities like Dallas and Houston, are a bit more liberal.
Florida i can't call though. With America Samoa, I'm guessing they're banking on the huge vet presence.
Dallas is light blue/purple. Struggletonio, Austin, and Houston blue.
Border cities are blue.
if they split texas n want a red state they stuck with West Texas(Lubbock, Amarillo, Odessa, etc). El Paso the only large west tx city thats blue.
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
I've heard the major populated areas in Texas are a lot more liberal now than before.
DrDealgood
Superstar
Correct. It's much worse.
Face it, SCOTUS is a terrible setup to begin with, ripe for abuse, which eventually has to be structurally dealt with. People busted incessantly on Mayo Pete (I didn't vote for him) but at least he put forward some ideas in his candidacy Inside Pete Buttigieg’s plan to overhaul the Supreme Court