Remember when she sent a postcard to every American with “Guidelines for President Trump’s Coronavirus for America” and it cost the USPS $ 28 million? That was in March.
The two things are obviously not related. The North Carolina mailer was sent by the Republican Party. And the CDC’s mailer was federal mail. But it is clear that the post still has power and allies of the president realize that.
Franking 101 – The ability to send email for free has been a much-fought-over feature of the U.S. government. Did you know that members of Congress and senators, along with certain federal officers like the Vice President (but not the President!) Do not have to pay postage for mail and can send it with their signatures? It’s called “franking” and there is an official franking committee housed in the House of Representatives. The Ethics Committee of the First Chamber has a whole section on this.
Nancy Pelosi has recalled lawmakers to DC. They will return on Saturday and plan to vote on a USP billion of $ 25 billion. Not clear if they are using the opportunity to initiate incentive talks with the White House. We should look at the bill on Tuesday. It will likely also ban operational changes that slow down mail.
Plus, the postmaster general will testify next week before the Oversight Committee. Trump tweeted again Monday that mail-in voting is insecure and would lead to a “rigged” election. This is his short dream and an attempt to make people nervous about voting via mail. There is no evidence for that.
Calm down, everyone. While Trump says he does not want to give the postal service money so they can spend it to speed up ballot, the other top Republican in the country, First Chamber MP Mitch McConnell, is not so worried:
“We will ensure that the ability to function in the election is not adversely affected,” McConnell told a news conference in Kentucky. “I do not share the concerns, the concerns of the President … and, in fact, (Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin), in talks with (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi), had already indicated that the administration is ready to up to $ 10 billion to spend just to make sure the post office is on good terms in the November elections. ”
55 cents for freedom, justice and the American way. Read this story from CNN Business about people who buy stamps they will not use and other USPS merchandise, trying to support the Postal Service and American democracy.
This is a foreign header: Trump ‘enthusiastic’ about unproven therapeutic coronavirus, says MyPillow creator
I have so many questions. How does an online pillow seller who has invested in a herbalist in the White House come up with the idea? How does the president get upset about this thing, which has no FDA approval? Oh, and the stuff that Trump has picked up is derived from oleander, the beautiful but poisonous shrub.
Covid is now the # 3 cause of death in the US this year. It did not exist last year, but this year it killed more Americans than anything other than heart disease and cancer.
But the level of testing in the US has dropped, which means it will be harder to find and isolate cases. There is hope for a new detective test that is however cheap and fast.
Cool thing – Maeve Reston and CNN’s photo and video teams put together an interactive compilation of how an impeached president, a pandemic and a moment of racial reckoning converted over this election year.
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