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@nomdeb @cafechatnoir
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#absenteeballots #absenteevoting #absenteeballot

MAIL CRISES: The #uspostalservice ⭕imminent cash crisis⁉️ #USPS

US mail and or the passport office lost my Dad's passport renewal application. An application that was sent registered mail.
⭕ https://mstdn.ca/@AnnieBuddy/116262801844337105

⭕ #SaveAct wants to create #votersurpression by refusing Military ID and Drivers License when #registertovote

@gwaldby
Thx 4 orig Play Ball boost

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AnnieBuddy (@[email protected])

@[email protected] US mail and or the passport office lost my Dad's passport renewal application. An application that was sent registered mail.

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Show threadsix_grandfathers_mountain12h ago

@BrianHarrod
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MAIL CRISES: The #uspostalservice ⭕imminent cash crisis #USPS

US mail and or the passport office lost my Dad's passport renewal application. An application that was sent registered mail.
⭕ https://mstdn.ca/@AnnieBuddy/116262801844337105

An impressive level of failure🥶
@davidaugust
@AnnieBuddy wow

⭕ #SaveAct wants to create #votersurpression
(no Military ID, no Drivers License)

AnnieBuddy (@[email protected])

@[email protected] US mail and or the passport office lost my Dad's passport renewal application. An application that was sent registered mail.

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US news | The Guardian3d ago
US postal service will run out of money by February 2027, says agency chief https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/17/us-postal-service-february-2027 #UsPostalService #UsCongress #UsNews #LawUs
US postal service will run out of money by February 2027, says agency chief

Postmaster general David Steiner has called for change to federal law that caps USPS’s borrowing at $15bn

The Guardian
NERDS.xyz – Real Tech News for Real NerdsMar 1

U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns AI scams are getting scary good

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/usps-ai-scams-warning/

Stuff I foundDec 15
😇 #anticapitalism #EatTheRich #FeedThePoor #anarchism #joke #humour #humor #satire #ProletarianShopping #theft #shoplifting #parcelmachine #dhl #royalmail #postnl #dpd #fedex #bpost #laposte #uspostalservice #ups
Opinion | The Guardian USSep 26
Trump has called the US postal service ‘a joke’. But don’t expect Amazon to replace it | Niamh Rowe https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/26/trump-postal-service-amazon #Trumpadministration #USPostalService #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Business #Amazon #USnews
Trump has called the postal service ‘a joke’. Don’t expect Amazon to replace it

Amid financial struggles and presidential criticism, USPS is facing challenges. But it plays an essential role in US life

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Show threadaztecladySep 8, 2025

A *lot* of small businesses depend on smallish shipments from abroad, either to resell--wherein they don't have enough storage and funds to buy larger amounts--or because they need smallish amounts of essential components of the things they make.

Ending the de minimis exception is already fucking them over; this holiday season is going to bankrupt many of them.

#USPostalService #DeMinimisException

aztecladySep 7, 2025

Trump ended the de minimis trade exception, which allowed international packages under US$800 of value to pay no tariffs, on August 29th.

As a result, the volume of mail to the U.S. has dropped by 80% by September 7th.

Droped. by. 80 FUCKING %. in two weeks.

I'm sure it all will be fine for small businesses in the U.S. come holiday season. Just dandy.

ETA: please disregard NPR ending with an asskissing to Trump (fentanyl my ass)

#USPostalService #DeMinimisException

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s1-5533121/postal-traffic-to-us-drops-more-than-80-after-trade-exemption-rule-ends-un-agency-says

US news | The GuardianSep 6, 2025
Postal traffic into US plunges by more than 80% after Trump ends exemption https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/06/postal-traffic-us-plunges #Trumpadministration #USPostalService #Trumptariffs #USpolitics #Worldnews #Tariffs #USnews
Postal traffic into US plunges by more than 80% after Trump ends exemption

Dozens of operators have suspended service to the US until a solution is implemented on parcels worth $800 or less

The Guardian
Kathy BrysonJul 29, 2025

May get less than used to, but still easiest way to deliver package, present, special thinking of you, new/favorite book! What do you #mail?

From Benjamin Franklin to Pony Express to anthrax: How the #USPostalService shaped a nation https://apnews.com/article/us-postal-service-250th-anniversary-f3767d7216b8779a95a6b27cd8082737

Happy 250th!

US Postal Service turns 250. Here's how it has evolved over the years

The U.S. Postal Service is turning 250. Saturday’s anniversary comes as the agency faces financial challenges. The postal service was established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general. Its service predates the United States, launched nearly a year before the colonies declared their break from British rule. A key link between colonial leaders and the Continental Army, it also helped unify the fragmented colonies by spreading ideas of liberty and independence and would help shape the nation throughout its history. It still reaches nearly every American daily.

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