US news | The Guardian2d ago
US Postal Service to introduce 8% fuel surcharge on packages https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/25/us-postal-service-fuel-surcharge #UsPostalService #Inflation #UsisraelWarOnIran #Oil #Economics #Business #UsNews
US Postal Service to introduce 8% fuel surcharge on packages

Surcharge, spurred by oil price spikes due to the Iran war, is set to take effect on 26 April and run until January 2027

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Show threadsix_grandfathers_mountainMar 21

@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

https://www.vote.org/

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_mountainMar 20

@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 GuardianMar 18
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

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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, 2025
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