"You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt. But still, like dust, I'll rise." ~Maya Angelou 💛👊🏿
BREAKING: Today's Friday night massacre --> Louis DeJoy, Trump donor and the new postmaster general, sacked top Postal Service officials, and reassigned 23 postal executives.
The U.S. Postal Service is being hijacked in the middle of an election season.
https://t.co/SLySPhmnil
Today is the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act––one of the crowning achievements of our democracy. But once the Supreme Court weakened it, some state legislatures unleashed a flood of laws designed specifically to make voting harder, especially in communities of color.
TODAY: A 63 y/o Black man will be caged the rest of his life for stealing hedge clippers. The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the sentence. The lone dissent was Chief Justice Bernette Johnson. The only female & Black person on court. The rest are white men.https://t.co/9Wk2Mf4TXn
Mail delays could mean delays for mail-in ballots, essential supplies, and life-saving medications.
Louis DeJoy is the Betsy DeVos of the Postal Service, and he’s sabotaging his own agency when its work has never been more important.
https://t.co/9PNMdvuDIk
In a falsehood-ridden tweet, President Trump suggested delaying the November election.
Election Day has been set in federal law since 1845 and would require Congressional consent to delay — which is extremely unlikely to happen. (1/3)
Late last June, Google bought out "North," a tech company based in Waterloo, ON, which manufactured "Focals," a line of "smart glasses." A month later, the company is turning off the servers the glasses rely on, bricking every pair they ever sold.
https://t.co/zh3XQ6pyUR
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He says that there is backed up mail ALL OVER THE FLOOR. He's never seen anything like it.
It has ALREADY begun.
But as long as we keep each other informed, we can beat their dirty tricks with INFORMATION.
🛑IMPORTANT WARNING:🛑
My mailman just confirmed they have all officially been told to "SLOW THE MAIL DOWN," per trump's Postmaster General.
So, for mail-in ballots:
SEND THEM 21 DAYS EARLY.
Mail on Oct. 13th.
Do not wait.
RETWEET TO SPREAD THIS FAR & WIDE.
Sure I’m forgetting something, but this is maybe the most vile tweet I can remember from him. President of the United States telling poor people to go to hell.
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