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USPS should be abolished and everyone who works there needs to be fired.
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RumRunner
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Did you order a boomerang?
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pupchow
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Denmark's postal service to stop delivering letters
The decision will end 400 years of the company's letter service, and postboxes will disappear from June.
www.bbc.com
Denmark's state-run postal service, PostNord, is to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in letter volumes since the start of the century.
The decision brings to an end 400 years of the company's letter service. Denmark's 1,500 post boxes will start to disappear from the start of June.
Transport Minister Thomas Danielsen sought to reassure Danes, saying letters would still be sent and received as "there is a free market for both letters and parcels".
Postal services across Europe are grappling with the decline in letter volumes. Germany's Deutsche Post said on Thursday it was axing 8,000 jobs, in what it called a "socially responsible manner".
Number of Postal Employees Since 1926 - Who we are - About.usps.com
The number of USPS employees per year from 1926 to the present.
about.usps.com
not new guy
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Dragged the whole family down to the local suburban post office for a passport appointment. 5 of us in and out in 30 minutes. It was great.
On the other hand...
When I go to the big PO across from my office there's usually a huge line, one slow, miserable employee behind the counter, and someone who doesn't speak english at the front of the line trying to deal with their immigration paperwork, or trying to mail a huge box of something to the other side of the world.
On the other hand...
When I go to the big PO across from my office there's usually a huge line, one slow, miserable employee behind the counter, and someone who doesn't speak english at the front of the line trying to deal with their immigration paperwork, or trying to mail a huge box of something to the other side of the world.
Why don't you? I'm not the only one with strong google-fu.
pupchow
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Amber McReynolds - Wikipedia
Huh.
"McReynolds worked at the office of the Denver Clerk and Recorder from 2005 to 2018, serving as the city's director of elections from 2011 to 2018. There she led the city's transition to a fully vote-by-mail election system.[4] Denver created the Ballot TRACE system, the first municipal program that notifies voters of the delivery and counting of their mailed ballots, and McReynolds introduced an app for electronic collection and verification of petition signatures.[6] In 2018 she was named one of Governing's Public Officials of the Year.[6]
In August 2018 she became CEO of the National Vote at Home Institute to advocate for universal postal voting, which they say increases voter turnout, reduces administration costs, promotes equity by providing easier methods to vote, and is secure against fraud.[7] She has provided advice to voters and election officials on adopting best practices for mail-in voting, including training of election workers, use of appropriate counting equipment, and educating voters. McReynolds and the Institute gained prominence in 2020, when many states expanded access to absentee ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing voters to vote at home by mail rather than in person. She provided recommendations for sending voters ballots and how to collect them.[8]
McReynolds testified before Congress twice about voting safely during a pandemic and election security.[9] Then-California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said McReynolds influenced and advised California's mailing of ballots to every voter, and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office used McReynolds's advice on implementing the system.[4][8] The National Vote at Home Institute provided reports for how states could implement vote-by-mail, and 65 million votes were cast by mail in the November 2020 election.[1]
On February 24, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that he would appoint McReynolds to a vacant seat on the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service."
pupchow
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USPS will let DOGE team tackle its ‘big problems,’ DeJoy tells lawmakers
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told lawmakers the DOGE team will look at a handful of topics, including the role of the Postal Regulatory Commission.
federalnewsnetwork.com
chris_1001
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This was my recent delivery (with pics)
Cross posting
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pupchow
NES Member
In preparation for these upcoming changes, USPS has developed user-friendly tools to assist customers in understanding expected delivery times for their mail.
Starting March 24, customers can look up service standards on usps.com for mailings from one ZIP Code to another on a particular mailing date. The search results will display the available mail classes along with the expected delivery dates for each.
Also starting March 24, a new interactive map will be available that will display service standards. Customers will be able to enter the ZIP Code they are mailing from along with the mail class to view the expected delivery time.
Talon3
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Since the congress is charged with creating the post office and post roads, wouldn't this mean congress would have to abolish the usps? Would they be unable to do so without a constitutional convention, otherwise to stop performing a constitution mandate would be dereliction of duty?
How does 1 swear under oath to uphold and discharge duties assigned, support and defend the constitution and then vote to do the opposite?
Unless I'm missing something that says thats ok?
Article 1
Section 8
C 7.1 through C 7.5
How does 1 swear under oath to uphold and discharge duties assigned, support and defend the constitution and then vote to do the opposite?
Unless I'm missing something that says thats ok?
Article 1
Section 8
C 7.1 through C 7.5
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pupchow
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When the postal service began, it only dealt with letters. I don't see that there was ever any burden prescribed in the constitution, as far as getting into the shipping business. The Parcel Post was created to handle parcels (and junk mail) much later, in 1913.
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This is why replacing mail delivery with email and converting the post offices to internet Cafes makes more sense. No need to alter the constitution and you get to gut 95% of the entity. Package service was never intended to be under USPS. Return it all to private like it was for the first 150 years.
It costs me $6 to ship my very small/light 3d printed plastic things I make and larger things are at $12. I can’t understand how all that junk stuff gets mailed and how china can sell $1 on eBay shipping internationally.
GM-GUY
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I figure I could chime in here:
I bought Fostech AR Anti-Walk Pin Set for one of my AR lowers due to slightly loose holes that jam up the LaRue trigger - looks like a really good item. So it hits USPS and Arrives at the Indianapolis Distribution Center 10PM Mar 17, never left, Arrived at Philidelphia PA Distribution Center 1:45PM Mar 20, Mar 21 In transit to next facility, Mar 22 6:16PM arrives at.....Atlanta GA Distribution Center.
I bought Fostech AR Anti-Walk Pin Set for one of my AR lowers due to slightly loose holes that jam up the LaRue trigger - looks like a really good item. So it hits USPS and Arrives at the Indianapolis Distribution Center 10PM Mar 17, never left, Arrived at Philidelphia PA Distribution Center 1:45PM Mar 20, Mar 21 In transit to next facility, Mar 22 6:16PM arrives at.....Atlanta GA Distribution Center.
