NEWS: GAO has concluded that Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli were invalidly appointed and are *ineligible* to serve in their current roles.
The Senate Intel Committee wanted Steve Bannon investigated for making potentially false statements during their Russia probe.
The panel was also concerned about testimony from Don Jr., Jared Kushner, and Hope Hicks that appeared to contradict Rick Gates. https://t.co/uPCynkT2kT
USPS has started reducing post office operating hours across several states and removing letter collection boxes, according to union officials.
Officials say that in the last week the USPS removed collection boxes in New York, Oregon, Montana and Indiana. https://t.co/kzPYEj0FZU
Instead of complaining on TV, every US Congressman and Senator should be demanding hearings in DC this week to ensure the USPS is ready to handle mail-in ballots. Every one of the USPS Board of Governors and Louis Dejoy should testify under oath!
Raise your hand if you agree!
If you're trying to figure out what you can do to push back against Trump's voter suppression & support USPS, @Sifill_LDF has ideas for you. And remember that if your one act seems small, tens of thousands of us doing this together will speak loudly.
Multiple House committees should subpoena Dejoy and members of the USPS Board of Governors this weekend for an emergency joint hearing Monday for them to explain themselves.
Surprise, surprise...
The Chairman of the USPS Board of Governors Robert M. Duncan is a longtime friend of Moscow Mitch and a former RNC Chair.
It’s all connected.
Rep. Sharice Davids is calling for the firing of the Postmaster General after what she says are a series of politically motivated attacks on the U.S. Postal Service.
https://t.co/OtKx1EjmEI
The Manhattan district attorney's office has asked a federal judge to dismiss Trump's challenges to a grand jury subpoena for his financial records, calling Trump's claims that the investigation is limited to hush money payments "nonsensical." https://t.co/jw9Oqu4266
CREW: Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act yet again. This time, she did so in Fox interviews on August 12 and August 13, in her official capacity and on White House grounds, in which she discussed government business but also attacked Biden and Harris. https://t.co/pAyZLQ6QZd
Pelosi & Schumer: "Dems call on the President to immediately cease his assault on the Postal Service, make clear that he will allow the 2020 election to proceed without his sabotage tactics and enable the American people the same opportunity he and the First Lady requested."
Mitt Romney: Politicians attacking the vote by mail system are threatening global democracy.
"We have got to preserve the principle of democracy or the trend we're on is going to continue to get worse." https://t.co/LH4rcAN7Gn
Why isn’t Trump sending his federal officers to Kalamazoo and Stone Mountain to clear the racist Proud Boys off the streets?
Oh, that’s right, because he is one of them and doesn’t care one iota about our safety.
The @USPS is sending letters to some states warning mail-in ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted in the Presidential election because their deadlines are too tight.
So far @CBSNews has confirmed Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Michigan—all critical swing states.
Yesterday, he "confessed" he was causing the Post Office not to function so it cannot process mail-in voting - that is a confession to him cheating. "Projections" are more frequent, accusing Dems of authoritarianism, for example. He does this often. Confession or projection.