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> I honestly can't believe it's being dismantled I think your news is about a day old. USPS backed off any changes until later: https://amp.theguardian.com/us

> I honestly can't believe it's being dismantled I think your news is about a day old. USPS backed off any changes until later: https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/18/usps-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-election https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/18/usps-postmas... https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/18/politics/post-office-dejoy/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/18/politics/post-office-dejo...

lehi 6y ago
That was yesterday. USPS was caught today continuing to dismantle sorting machines. https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/1296109536164679681 https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/129610953616467968... https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/1296122043772133382 https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/129612204377213338... https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/1296153569679355904 https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/129615356967935590...
mmcconnell1618 6y ago
Temporarily suspending the dismantling does not retro actively fix the damage done to date. The USPS has been under attack by forces that want to privatize postal delivery for many years.
- tehwebguy 6y ago
  Additionally today it was made clear that the current USPS head will not fix what he just broke, just pause the breaking until after the election
TehCorwiz 6y ago
They’ve already removed hundreds of sorting machines, thousands of blue boxes, removed almost all overtime and a host of other things. Sure they “stopped” but those things aren’t coming back. Damage done.
- stjohnswarts 6y ago
  Eh I've heard no where near those numbers, do you have a source for that?
  - mikeyouse 6y ago
    The original reduction plan as detailed in a presentation from May called for nearly 1,000 sorting machines to be dismantled. It's hard to say how much of that plan has been completed (we'll likely find out more next Monday during the Congressional hearings) but it's absolutely that order of magnitude. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7035434-USPS-Equipment-Reduction-Plan.html#document/p1 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7035434-USPS-Equipme...
elihu 6y ago
That doesn't bring back online all the mail sorting machines that have already been dismantled (and in some cases left outside in the rain). https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/08/dismantled-equipment-behind-cleveland-post-office-raises-delivery-questions.html https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/08/dismantled-equipment-...
jonahbenton 6y ago
This is, or will be seen in retrospect, to be fabrication, unreflective of reality. Perspectives like these around Trump are Charlie Brown with the football. The pattern throughout his career is to go too far, claim ignorance and stop, wait for the next news cycle, and continue. That he was caught just means there wasn't enough distraction, so the noise and bluster will be turned up when it starts again. Best wishes.

lehi 6y ago

That was yesterday. USPS was caught today continuing to dismantle sorting machines. https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/1296109536164679681 https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/129610953616467968... https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/1296122043772133382 https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/129612204377213338... https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/1296153569679355904 https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/129615356967935590...

mmcconnell1618 6y ago

Temporarily suspending the dismantling does not retro actively fix the damage done to date. The USPS has been under attack by forces that want to privatize postal delivery for many years.

tehwebguy 6y ago
Additionally today it was made clear that the current USPS head will not fix what he just broke, just pause the breaking until after the election

TehCorwiz 6y ago

They’ve already removed hundreds of sorting machines, thousands of blue boxes, removed almost all overtime and a host of other things. Sure they “stopped” but those things aren’t coming back. Damage done.

stjohnswarts 6y ago
Eh I've heard no where near those numbers, do you have a source for that?
- mikeyouse 6y ago
  The original reduction plan as detailed in a presentation from May called for nearly 1,000 sorting machines to be dismantled. It's hard to say how much of that plan has been completed (we'll likely find out more next Monday during the Congressional hearings) but it's absolutely that order of magnitude. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7035434-USPS-Equipment-Reduction-Plan.html#document/p1 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7035434-USPS-Equipme...

elihu 6y ago

That doesn't bring back online all the mail sorting machines that have already been dismantled (and in some cases left outside in the rain). https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/08/dismantled-equipment-behind-cleveland-post-office-raises-delivery-questions.html https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/08/dismantled-equipment-...

jonahbenton 6y ago

This is, or will be seen in retrospect, to be fabrication, unreflective of reality. Perspectives like these around Trump are Charlie Brown with the football. The pattern throughout his career is to go too far, claim ignorance and stop, wait for the next news cycle, and continue. That he was caught just means there wasn't enough distraction, so the noise and bluster will be turned up when it starts again. Best wishes.