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#postoffice

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TP

Encourage every #MAGA to step away from their shiny new $6 billion tax for a moment & consider the circumstances & future they created for their oldest #rural relative.

Sitting in a freezing northern home with no heat subsidy or a swamped southern home without #fema, missing their puny #SocSec check because a trespassing bigball hacker fucked it up with no redress by phone, no #MealsonWheels, Sr center, or foodbank, #Medicare cut, no rural mail or #postoffice, scared of everything #Fox parlays.

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AnneTheWriter

#BettyWhite now has her own #ForeverStamp from the #USPS , thanks to Boston-area artist #DaleStephanos .

It took him about a year to design and complete. At the request of Betty's family, he included references to her work championing the cause of #AmimalRights , the most obvious symbol being the pawprint earring.

Stephanos' image of Betty brilliantly captures her sense of mischief and fun, by perfectly portraying her joyful smile and sparkling eyes.

#BettyWhiteStamps are now available for purchase through the U.S. Postal Service.

#Philatily #StampCollecting #Stamps #Art #CommemorativeStamps #PostalService #PostOffice #Boston #AnimalAdvocates #USPostalService #USMail

youtu.be/oa-qYEknUWs?si=S1O93U

YouTubeMassachusetts artist delivers tribute to Betty White in new stampBy NBC 10 WJAR
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Angela G

Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress, and share with others. #Resist

Iinherently governmental functions should stay rooted in the government, and I wish to make it clear that I am against #privatization of essential government programs.

#MedicareAdvantage -the "market solution" to make #Medicare more efficient and cost the government less-costs the government more than Traditional Medicare, $80 billion more in 2024. Please ask the question loudly and frequently, "How does privatization help when it actually costs more? Why do we support a program that costs more when the lower-cost option already exists?"

Listen to the discussions about privatizing the "unprofitable" post office. Privatizing simply means that someone will extract profit out of the thing being privatized. Given the same resources, the same logistical constraints, and same desired services, how will privatization of the #PostOffice serve all Americans? Please ask the question frequently and loudly, "Who would benefit from privatization?"

We all know the answer: the rich and the connected. But talk about it often on social media and every time you are interviewed.

Please make the point in every discussion on the topic that privatization is always about extracting profit. It is never about serving Americans. Then please do everything in your power to fight efforts to privatize essential government services.

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Lisa Gets Politik

SAVE THE POST OFFICE

SIGN THIS PETITION

actionnetwork.org/letters/stop

#USPS
#PostOffice
#USPOL

actionnetwork.orgStop Trump's Illegal USPS Takeover Donald Trump is attempting an illegal takeover of the United States Postal Service by firing the entire Postal Board of Governors and placing the USPS directly under the control of billionaire Trump donor Howard Lutnick, recently sworn in as Secretary of Commerce. Trump described it as a “type of merger.” But here’s the truth, the Postal Service is not a private business and it doesn’t belong to Trump or the White House, it belongs to the American people. This move is unconstitutional and blatantly illegal. In 1970, Congress passed the Postal Reorganization Act, explicitly removing the Postal Service from presidential control. They established the USPS as an independent, self-funded public agency. Trump's executive order would blatantly violate the law and undermine the separation of powers essential to our democracy. The Postal Board of Governors must reject this unlawful attempt by refusing Trump's firing order, and stay on the job to fight back. If Trump is successful, postal workers, seniors, and rural Americans will bear the brunt of the devastating consequences. Over 640,000 dedicated postal employees, including 73,000 veterans, will see their livelihoods jeopardized. Rural communities risk losing guaranteed delivery of medication, Social Security checks, ballots, and other essential mail. Trump's illegal plan would pave the way for a possible privatization of our public postal system by chopping up USPS, selling off its parts, and putting profit margins over public service. This isn't the first time we've faced such a threat. We've stopped Trump before, from privatization efforts in 2018 to attempted sabotage before the 2020 elections. Together with our diverse coalition of labor unions, veterans, voting rights advocates, civil rights groups, and grassroots activists across the nation, we've protected our Postal Service and we can and will do it again. Now we must stop Trump's unconstitutional power grab and keep the Postal Service in public hands, where it belongs. Click ‘START WRITING’ to sign and send a direct message to the Postal Board of Governors to refuse Trump's illegal order, stand strong, stay on the job, and save the Post Office from Donald Trump.
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Santa Clara County Dem Party

How can you fight back today:

The anniversary of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine is Monday the 24th. Marches and vigils are being held all over the United States and the world. Might be time to find a good, reliable one and go!

Go to your electeds NOW and tell them to protect the Post Office from Trump's plans to take it over.

For your rep here: house.gov/representatives/find

Your senators
Senator Schiff: 202-224-3841
Senator Padilla: 202-224-3553 (He also has numbers all over, including Freso 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)

While you're at it, call your local reps to ask what their plans are if the post office is destroyed.

Call governor Newsom 916-445-2841

Find your state rep and senator: findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

#california #democracy #postoffice
#democrats

www.house.govFind Your Representative | house.gov
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Art Zemon ✅ 🟦

@kevin Back in the 1970s, I learned that you could address a letter to

Someone's Name
City, State

and the USPS would deliver it. In 1977, I decided to try it. I wrote on an envelope

Parent's Name
Valparaiso, Indiana

I added a stamp and threw it in a mailbox in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A few days later, the Post Office delivered the letter. It's so cool when human beings, like you, take the time to make that happen. Thank you.

#usps#postoffice#usmail
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Open Rights Group

Currently you have the right for a person to review automated decisions if you think there's been an error.

But computers can and do make mistakes... Are we destined to repeat the mistakes of the Post Office Horizon scandal?

We mustn't weaken rights over AI in the Data Use and Access Bill (UK).

#dataprotection #GDPR #DataBill #DUABill #privacy #AI #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalrights #postoffice #horizonscandal

bbc.co.uk/news/business-567180

BBC NewsPost Office Horizon scandal: Why hundreds were wrongly prosecutedHundreds of wrongly convicted sub-postmasters have had their convictions quashed.
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Anomnomnomaly BSC SSC

So far, the Post Office in the UK has paid out £594 million in compensation to 3800 people over the Horizon scandal.

That's about an avg of £156k to each person.

It doesn't go far enough, people at the PO lied, covered up and knowingly prosecuted innocent people. None of them have been arrested, charged or sent to prison like the ones they attacked and persecuted. The pain, suffering inflicted on them and their families... the lives cut short as a direct result of their evil actions.

#PostOffice
#Horizon

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Bruce Mirken

"What #Trump promises to do to the venerable #PostOffice would be the latest example of what has come to be known as “enshittification”—a term coined by Cory Doctorow and recently defined by the Macquarie Dictionary as 'the gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.'” newrepublic.com/article/189701

The New Republic · Enshittification Comes to WashingtonOur tech overlords have ruined the online platforms that Americans depend on. Now, as Donald Trump returns to the White House with Elon Musk in tow, expect the same to happen to our government.
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