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Friend,
Yesterday, after weeks of Trump postmaster general Louis DeJoy's sabotage of the US Postal Service to, by Trump's own admission, prevent people from voting, DeJoy announced that he would postpone some—but not all—of his attacks on the USPS until after the election.
It was a nonbinding announcement. DeJoy said nothing about reversing the damage he had already done by, for instance, replacing mail sorters and mailboxes. The post office is still in desperate need of funding because of the COVID-19 crisis.
But to hear the corporate media tell it, you would think that the crisis is over, and the election is safe.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Will you donate right now to help us report on everything Trump does to disenfranchise voters and steal the election?
There are still dozens of actions DeJoy and Trump could do to disenfranchise voters. He could tell the Postal Service to prioritize advertising junk mail instead of ballots. He could continue to block overtime pay. He doesn't even have to do what he promised in yesterday's statement.
In the words of one election expert, yesterday's statement "is just words on paper." And everyone knows what Trump's words are worth—except, apparently, the corporate media.
As soon as DeJoy's statement came out, the media exploded with stories about how the Trump administration was reversing course, and that the postal service was safe. The New York Times even said that there isn't evidence that Trump is intentionally undermining mail-in voting—after Trump openly admitted that's exactly what he was doing!
Nothing has changed about the crisis we are in. Trump is still using every tool at his disposal to steal the election, undermine our free and fair elections, and stay in power through any means necessary.
It's up to Common Dreams to watchdog every move DeJoy, Trump, and the rest of the Republicans make in the coming weeks—but it won't be cheap or easy. We've set a goal of raising $80,000 by the end of our pre-election emergency fundraising drive, and we need you to donate whatever you can to make our goal.
Will you donate right now to help reach our emergency pre-election Summer Fundraising Campaign goal of $80,000 by September 1 and make sure we can chase down and report everything Trump does to disenfranchise voters and steal the election?
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