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Hopefully, none of this will be implemented and we can all forget Mike Pompeo exists in 6 months.

by cmckn 6y ago

slater 6y ago
84 more days till election... fingers & toes crossed
- loceng 6y ago
  The election may already be "decided" through fraudulent means with the USPS being captured. Trump's USPS' Postmaster General replacement, along with who recently fired 23 USPS executives: "Lawmakers Demand Removal of Postmaster General DeJoy Over 'Nefarious' Efforts to Destroy the Postal Service and 'Aid Trump Reelection'" - https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/i71z41/lawmakers_demand_removal_of_postmaster_general/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/i71z41/lawmakers_...
  - komali2 6y ago
    This shouldn't be downvoted - it's relevant to hackers here because the executive branch found an effective way to hack the electoral process. Socio-political engineering at its finest!
    - Shared404 6y ago
      I concur, I just wish we weren't living in it.
- TehCorwiz 6y ago
  Many municipalities have no-justification-needed absentee voting (vote-by-mail by any other name) which can be dropped off often weeks before in-person voting occurs. Likewise many places have early in-person voting. 1. Check your voter registration. 2. Register to vote if you need to and it's still open for registration in your state. 3. VOTE as soon as you can. If you're voting absentee then drop off your ballot early if possible. If you're voting in-person then look into early voting to avoid lines and keep everyone safe.
  - zrail 6y ago
    The key this year is to _personally drop off your ballot_ at an official drop point rather than mailing it in. USPS can and will deprioritize mail in ballots for the fall elections.
    - dekhn 6y ago
      This is an unsupported assertion. We have no specific data to suggest that this would happen.
      - TehCorwiz 6y ago
        I mean, I know that with less than 90 days before one of the largest absentee voting elections in the history of the nation that I would fire 23 USPS administrators on a Friday evening several days after admitting to congress to slowing down mail delivery. That seems reasonable. Right? https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/08/06/postmaster-general-said-to-admit-to-imposing-rules-that-would-slow-delivery-of-mail/#cad190d7d68a https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/08/06/postma... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-se...
        dekhn 6y ago
        Do administrators speed mail delivery?
        deleted 6y ago
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        enraged_camel 6y ago
        Please don't argue in bad faith, and actually read the links provided. The issue here is that the current Postmaster General fired the administrators who were pushing back against the "optimizations" he is making and wants to make to USPS policies. The final goal is to privatize USPS, which has been a Republican dream since the Reagan era.
- tikwidd 6y ago
  The DNC has criticised Trump for not being tough enough on China. I don't think anything is going to change soon.
dominotw 6y ago
how will Chinese internet "swing back" if Pompeo stops existing. Chinese invented their great firewall for trump, that your logic?
- detaro 6y ago
  It won't, but it's already not part of what we typically consider "the internet". One country pretty much always being isolated from it is somewhat different than further ripping the currently-connected bits apart. > Chinese invented their great firewall for trump, that your logic? That's a completely needless swipe.
  - dominotw 6y ago
    > That's a completely needless swipe. gp edited his/her comment after mine
- jayd16 6y ago
  This admin is making it worse (see: article). Perhaps a new admin can make it better.
golem14 6y ago
Hope is not a strategy. AFAICT, both parties basically support stronger state control and more surveillance. It will be interesting to see how EU/China/Russia/USA spheres of influence will develop. With the pandemic, a lot of "unthinkable" things have happened (travel prohibition from US to EU etc), so I think the various factions are emboldened to double down on - keeping their data in their sphere - improve surveillance of own citizenry * China of course has been pretty much on this track for years. * EU is using privacy as the good cause to sell this * US is now doing the same with national security as excuse. I don't see the big picture changing just because the president and administration change (if they do).
9HZZRfNlpR 6y ago
Judging by your politics the other party will do the same citing Russian interference, you will always be slaves to your two party system abs continue fighting with each other.

Hopefully, none of this will be implemented and we can all forget Mike Pompeo exists in 6 months.

by cmckn 6y ago

Hopefully, none of this will be implemented and we can all forget Mike Pompeo exists in 6 months.

slater 6y ago

84 more days till election... fingers & toes crossed

loceng 6y ago
The election may already be "decided" through fraudulent means with the USPS being captured. Trump's USPS' Postmaster General replacement, along with who recently fired 23 USPS executives: "Lawmakers Demand Removal of Postmaster General DeJoy Over 'Nefarious' Efforts to Destroy the Postal Service and 'Aid Trump Reelection'" - https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/i71z41/lawmakers_demand_removal_of_postmaster_general/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/i71z41/lawmakers_...
- komali2 6y ago
  This shouldn't be downvoted - it's relevant to hackers here because the executive branch found an effective way to hack the electoral process. Socio-political engineering at its finest!
  - Shared404 6y ago
    I concur, I just wish we weren't living in it.
TehCorwiz 6y ago
Many municipalities have no-justification-needed absentee voting (vote-by-mail by any other name) which can be dropped off often weeks before in-person voting occurs. Likewise many places have early in-person voting. 1. Check your voter registration. 2. Register to vote if you need to and it's still open for registration in your state. 3. VOTE as soon as you can. If you're voting absentee then drop off your ballot early if possible. If you're voting in-person then look into early voting to avoid lines and keep everyone safe.
- zrail 6y ago
  The key this year is to _personally drop off your ballot_ at an official drop point rather than mailing it in. USPS can and will deprioritize mail in ballots for the fall elections.
  - dekhn 6y ago
    This is an unsupported assertion. We have no specific data to suggest that this would happen.
    - TehCorwiz 6y ago
      I mean, I know that with less than 90 days before one of the largest absentee voting elections in the history of the nation that I would fire 23 USPS administrators on a Friday evening several days after admitting to congress to slowing down mail delivery. That seems reasonable. Right? https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/08/06/postmaster-general-said-to-admit-to-imposing-rules-that-would-slow-delivery-of-mail/#cad190d7d68a https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/08/06/postma... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-se...
      - dekhn 6y ago
        Do administrators speed mail delivery?
        deleted 6y ago
        [deleted]
        enraged_camel 6y ago
        Please don't argue in bad faith, and actually read the links provided. The issue here is that the current Postmaster General fired the administrators who were pushing back against the "optimizations" he is making and wants to make to USPS policies. The final goal is to privatize USPS, which has been a Republican dream since the Reagan era.
tikwidd 6y ago
The DNC has criticised Trump for not being tough enough on China. I don't think anything is going to change soon.

dominotw 6y ago

how will Chinese internet "swing back" if Pompeo stops existing. Chinese invented their great firewall for trump, that your logic?

detaro 6y ago
It won't, but it's already not part of what we typically consider "the internet". One country pretty much always being isolated from it is somewhat different than further ripping the currently-connected bits apart. > Chinese invented their great firewall for trump, that your logic? That's a completely needless swipe.
- dominotw 6y ago
  > That's a completely needless swipe. gp edited his/her comment after mine
jayd16 6y ago
This admin is making it worse (see: article). Perhaps a new admin can make it better.

golem14 6y ago

Hope is not a strategy. AFAICT, both parties basically support stronger state control and more surveillance. It will be interesting to see how EU/China/Russia/USA spheres of influence will develop. With the pandemic, a lot of "unthinkable" things have happened (travel prohibition from US to EU etc), so I think the various factions are emboldened to double down on - keeping their data in their sphere - improve surveillance of own citizenry * China of course has been pretty much on this track for years. * EU is using privacy as the good cause to sell this * US is now doing the same with national security as excuse. I don't see the big picture changing just because the president and administration change (if they do).

9HZZRfNlpR 6y ago

Judging by your politics the other party will do the same citing Russian interference, you will always be slaves to your two party system abs continue fighting with each other.