Dear Friend,

On Friday, Donald Trump’s mega-donor postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, will
testify in front of the Senate.^1

The outrage over Trump's purposeful mail slowdown has caused Congress to
finally take action—the House is writing legislation to protect the US
Postal Service from DeJoy's destructive policies, and the Senate has
called DeJoy into a hearing.

Under intense pressure from people like you, DeJoy is trying to make it
sound like he's changing course. But he hasn't agreed to put back one
mailbox or sorting machine, or reinstate any of the hours it will take to
get the post office running at full service again.^2

If we're going to stop Mitch McConnell's Senate from giving DeJoy and
Trump a free pass on killing the post office, we have to make our voices
so loud, they can't be ignored. Demand Progress has already driven more
than 250,000 emails to Congress demanding that our representatives protect
the mail and the election. Will you donate to ramp up our campaign?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll donate to help save the post office from Trump.

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The reports keep getting worse.

DeJoy oversaw orders to remove 502 mail sorting machines—more than 1 in 10
in existence—which areresponsible for handling hundreds of millions of
pieces of mail.^3 Public mailboxes have been removed in communities in
Oregon, California, Massachusetts, and other states.^4

Prescription deliveries are being delayed by weeks. Decades-long veterans
of the USPS are complaining they can't possibly finish their routes in the
time allowed.^5

And Trump flat-out told us: he's starving the US Postal Service to stop
the ability for us to have mail-in voting.^6

The good news is that the grassroots outcry Demand Progress has helped
organize has put this issue front and center in the media. DeJoy is
obviously feeling the pressure.^7

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer met
with DeJoy to discuss the new postmaster general's policies, but DeJoy
refused to back down.^7

On Friday, the Senate could hold DeJoy accountable for killing the US
Postal Service—or, McConnell and other Trump allies could let DeJoy lie
his way out. It is up to us to let Congress know we won't allow Trump to
end one of our country's oldest democratic institutions.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to help save the US Postal Service?

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. Associated Press, "Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry,
lawsuits," [ [link removed] ]August 19, 2020
2. Reuters, "Exclusive: U.S. Postmaster General to pause all operational
reforms after outcry," [ [link removed] ]August 18, 2020
3. CNN, "Internal USPS documents raise questions about effectiveness of
sorting machines removal order," [ [link removed] ]August 16, 2020
4. WCVB, "USPS postpones mailbox removal for 90 days due to customer
concerns," [ [link removed] ]August 16, 2020
5. NBC News, "Concerned postal workers lay blame for delays squarely on
recent overhauls," [ [link removed] ]August 17, 2020
6. Fox News, "Trump seeks to starve post office to limit mail-in voting,"
[ [link removed] ]August 14, 2020
7. Reuters, "Exclusive: U.S. Postmaster General to pause all operational
reforms after outcry," [ [link removed] ]August 18, 2020
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