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hookaleft

(1,481 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:56 PM 6 hrs ago

Get This!! The USPS is appealing the ruling against them that orders they cannot

refuse to mail ballots regarding Trump's executive order. This is the order that mandates that the Post Office cannot deliver your mail ballots if your state has not submitted their voter roles.

Postal Services appeals court order blocking Trump’s anti-mail voting order

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has asked a federal court to pause its order blocking the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order against mail voting as it appeals the ruling.

Meanwhile, Democratic elected officials are urging the USPS not to move forward with the order, warning that doing so will make it harder for states to smoothly administer the upcoming midterms.

In a filing Monday, the federal government argued that unless the court grants a stay, the “sweeping injunction” will “severely disrupt USPS’s efforts to potentially promulgate a final rule” fulfilling Trump’s March 2026 order ahead of November’s midterms elections.

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https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postal-services-appeals-court-order-blocking-trumps-anti-mail-voting-order/

I mean WTF??? When did the post office become an arm of The White House and the Republican Party?? They are claiming "irreparable harm" in their appeal. So afraid this will end up on the Shadow Docket at the Supreme Court.

Also see this video. Harry Littman breaks it down.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1322121085

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Get This!! The USPS is appealing the ruling against them that orders they cannot (Original Post) hookaleft 6 hrs ago OP
Whose side are they on! Blues Heron 6 hrs ago #1
Sounds like they are going MAGA!! bluestarone 6 hrs ago #2
They've been MAGA since T1.0, orthoclad 3 hrs ago #17
When did the post office become an arm of The White House and the Republican Party? House of Roberts 6 hrs ago #3
And we let it go on withoput fixing it orthoclad 3 hrs ago #18
Decades ago Akakoji 5 hrs ago #4
"Neither warm weather nor bright sunlight nor ordinary decency nor court rulings to protect your constitutional rights struggle4progress 5 hrs ago #5
Dems failed to remove DeJoy for some reason MadameButterfly 5 hrs ago #6
No, another Trump henchman. Kingofalldems 5 hrs ago #7
Just when I was getting used to him JoseBalow 5 hrs ago #13
Among many such failures to purge Nazis orthoclad 3 hrs ago #19
Authoritarianism doesn't follow rules BaronChocula 5 hrs ago #8
We went through this in election 2020 RB77 5 hrs ago #9
OOP'S - RB77 5 hrs ago #10
Return your ballot in a plain envelope with your stamp? pwb 5 hrs ago #11
It is not just that... hookaleft 5 hrs ago #12
That would be a disservice. Postage is paid before pwb 4 hrs ago #14
Republicans are doing everything they can to steal the next election dlk 4 hrs ago #15
The post office can't seem to even deliver the damn mail. I'm following tracking for an item I ordered. Vinca 4 hrs ago #16

orthoclad

(5,361 posts)
17. They've been MAGA since T1.0,
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:36 PM
3 hrs ago

when DeJoy destroyed mail-handling machines, removed most mailboxes, and refused to obey a court order about ballots. We let him get away with ALL of it!

And we let them continue without purging the scoundrels and criminals in 21 22 23 24...

House of Roberts

(6,756 posts)
3. When did the post office become an arm of The White House and the Republican Party?
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 07:15 PM
6 hrs ago

When Trump installed Louis DeJoy as the head of it. That may not be who is in charge of it now, but that's when it started.

Akakoji

(656 posts)
4. Decades ago
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 07:34 PM
5 hrs ago

Postal carriers have been screaming about it for decades. At this point most of the competent postal carriers have retired or quit. The newer ones are beyond unqualified. The goal is to piss so many people off that they beg for the USPS to be privatized.

struggle4progress

(127,411 posts)
5. "Neither warm weather nor bright sunlight nor ordinary decency nor court rulings to protect your constitutional rights
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 07:50 PM
5 hrs ago

will persuade these brazen fuckwits to deliver your mail"

MadameButterfly

(4,359 posts)
6. Dems failed to remove DeJoy for some reason
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 07:52 PM
5 hrs ago

while Biden was president. Is he still there and behind this? What did we expect?

BaronChocula

(5,065 posts)
8. Authoritarianism doesn't follow rules
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:05 PM
5 hrs ago

And this is authoritarianism. It's not to the point where an 80-year old with dementia can get away with whatever he wants, but he can order accomplices to do improper or illegal things just to see if anyone will tire of stopping him.

RB77

(153 posts)
9. We went through this in election 2020
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:10 PM
5 hrs ago

Remember when DeJoy was removing postal equipment, laying off employees and whatever he can do to interrupt mail-in voting? 6 years later, he’s still here. I guess everybody forgot. 😔

RB77

(153 posts)
10. OOP'S -
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:17 PM
5 hrs ago

He’s (DeJoy) is not the postmaster general anymore. I should have checked - my bad, - sorry everybody. - 😔

pwb

(12,832 posts)
11. Return your ballot in a plain envelope with your stamp?
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:17 PM
5 hrs ago

They will have to cancel all mail to stop that from being delivered. Otherwise they are stealing from us and not providing a service for the money we already spent.

hookaleft

(1,481 posts)
12. It is not just that...
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:21 PM
5 hrs ago

they will not even deliver your mail ballot from the registrar so you can vote.

pwb

(12,832 posts)
14. That would be a disservice. Postage is paid before
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:29 PM
4 hrs ago

the service is complete? Trusted. Courts could help but will they. A sad thought, something we trusted our whole lives taken because of an election sore loser.

dlk

(13,517 posts)
15. Republicans are doing everything they can to steal the next election
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:43 PM
4 hrs ago

They will stop at nothing.

Vinca

(54,633 posts)
16. The post office can't seem to even deliver the damn mail. I'm following tracking for an item I ordered.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:07 PM
4 hrs ago

It originated in Daytona Beach, Florida and, in a couple of days, made it up to New Hampshire to the hub where they sort mail to be sent to my little post office. It's about 50 miles away from me tops. This morning I checked the tracking to see if the package was delivered to my post office and astonishingly it was flown back to Florida and was in Orlando. Since then, it's departed Orlando to heaven knows where. The last thing we need is the post office involved in voting.

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