For years, a Phoenix nonprofit has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people, who use the address for job applications, for medication, to receive benefits like food stamp cards and even to vote.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Getting ready to mail a new batch of stickers next week. Now's a great time to sign up!
Together we can share a little joy, and collect data on USPS delivery times. And it will distract me from current events, a bit, and feel like I'm doing something small and positive.
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#dataviz #CitizenScience #DataArt #USPS #penpal #art #Stamps #mail
👀"At #Trump’s urging, #USPS board to name FedEx official as postmaster general David Steiner is a member of FedEx’s board and was previously the leader of sanitation company Waste Management.. "helping solidify the White House’s control over the historically independent mail service." https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/06/usps-trump-david-steiner/
Has the US Postal Service gone insane?! I live in the area of Dallas, Texas. Two weeks ago, a package was shipped to me from Orem, Utah. Below is the package tracking log so far (reformatted for legibility). #USPS sent the package by way of Puerto Rico and Florida. It arrived in Dallas yesterday, but they sent it back to Florida!
Tuesday, July 28
5:15 PM Carrier received the package. Package left the shipper facility
9:15 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility. Orem, UT US
10:30 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility. Salt Lake City UT Distribution Center, US
Wednesday, July 29
1:06 AM Package arrived at a carrier facility.
Thursday, July 30
6:39 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility. Catano PR Distribution Center, US
6:39 PM Package left the carrier facility.
8:43 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility.
8:43 PM Package left the carrier facility.
Saturday, August 1
5:00 PM Package delayed in transit
Friday, August 7
12:01 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility. Jacksonville FL Distribution Center, US
12:05 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility.
4:12 PM Package left the carrier facility.
7:23 PM Package left the carrier facility. Jacksonville FL Distribution Center, US
Saturday, August 8
1:28 AM Package left the carrier facility.
5:35 AM Package arrived at a carrier facility.
8:19 AM Package left the carrier facility.
12:50 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility. Dallas TX Logistics Center, US
12:55 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility.
5:39 PM Package left the carrier facility.
5:57 PM Package left the carrier facility. Dallas TX Logistics Center, US
6:30 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility. Dallas TX Distribution Center, US
Sunday, August 9
2:00 AM Package left the carrier facility.
2:08 AM Package arrived at a carrier facility.
2:40 AM Package left the carrier facility. Jacksonville FL Distribution Center, US
9:00 AM Package left the carrier facility.
Judge blocks #USPS from restricting mail-in voting
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the US Postal Service from implementing part of #Trump’s executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November #elections that will decide control of #Congress.
#law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup
https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-blocks-us-postal-service-restricting-mail-in-voting-2026-08-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
Y’all, did you know that Trump’s handpicked mail czar has declared that unless states give the Post Office lists of all voters, they just won’t deliver mail ballots. Just…won’t deliver them.
This is of course highly unconstitutional, especially since a federal court ruled today that the executive order underlying the request is …wait for it…unconstitutional.
Still, there’s a couple days left to yell at them about this nonsense and tell them to cut it out. You can do that here:
#usps #mail #ballots #voting #votingrights #powergrab #UpWithThisIWillNotPut
🚨🚨 Whistle-Blower Says #Trump Officials Are Defying #Court Orders on #MailVoting 🚨🚨
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the #USPS could imperil millions of #MailBallots ahead of the #midterms.
A USPS official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a #CourtOrder blocking those plans.
#law #judiciary
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.5USk.YovAmBSOJx6b&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Top USPS officials expressed concerns that new mail voting rules could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-voting-usps-officials-concerns-disenfranchisement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USPS #MailVoting #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Democracy #Trump
TAKE YOUR BALLOTS TO A DROP BOX THIS NOVEMBER.
Don't use a mailbox. Use a ballot drop box, because the US postal service is _already_ fucking with ballots.
This is not a guess, theory, or extrapolation, this is an _observed fact_. Here's the Thurston County auditor talking about postal service fuckery during the primary, and some of the steps they're taking to get around it:
https://www.thurstoncountywa.gov/news/we-are-still-getting-ballots-should-have-counted-primary
Imagine express mail taking 19 days to deliver to the _next county over_. Literally behaviour they've never seen before. That's they kind of fuckery they're seeing.
Take your ballot to a BALLOT DROP BOX, not a mailbox.
#usps #election #elections #seattle #cascadia #2026midterms #midterms2026 #fascism #FuckTrump #FuckTheGOP #FuckFascism
For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules
The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share
A new audit by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays.
Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterms.
https://www.propublica.org/article/postal-service-audit-primary-election-ballots?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USPS #Vote #Voting #Election #Midterms #Democracy #USPolitics
