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@TheDemocrats were not really “shocked” in August — at the @DNC convention — by a claim that @realDonaldTrump withheld money from @USPS to rig the election.

Quietly, Democrats had been spreading disinformation about USPS finances since March:

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March 2020 was an important time for Vote-By-Mail.

That's when @DNC lawyer @MarcEElias sued states to get Vote-By-Mail by Nov 3.

Of course, Elias knew states have taken years to implement VBM properly.

Perhaps that's why he predicted - in March! - USPS would screw it up:

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On April 6, @TheDemocrats insisted @USPS needed $25 billion, or else voting would be "degraded" in November.

Just three days later, @TheDemocrats and outgoing @USPS Postmaster General Megan Brennan upped the demand to an insane *$89 billion*:

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Internal #USPS Documents Outline Plans To Hobble #Mail 📨 Sorting

'This Will Slow Mail Processing,' A Union Official Wrote On One Of The Documents Announcing The Machine Removals 😟

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"The United States Postal Service proposed removing 20 percent of letter sorting machines it uses around the country before revising the plan weeks later to closer to 15 percent of all machines, meaning 502 will be taken out of service, according to documents obtained by... Image
... Motherboard outlining the agency’s plans. #USPS workers told Motherboard this will slow their ability to sort #mail."

"One of the documents also suggests these changes were in the works before #LouisDeJoy, a top #Trump donor and #Republican fundraiser, became... Image
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How New Zealand could keep eliminating coronavirus at its border for months to come, even as the global pandemic worsens

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#NewZealand 🇳🇿 #coronavirus 😷 #COVID
"Since New Zealand closed its borders on March 19, the rate of COVID-19 infections globally has increased 50-fold, to more than 13 million confirmed cases worldwide.

All new arrivals to New Zealand have to spend 14 days in quarantine at government-managed hotels."

#NewZealand
"Each person has to have a #COVID-19 swab test on the third and 12th day of their quarantine period and cannot leave without a negative test result.

A shorter #quarantine period would significantly increase the risk of an infectious person being released. The swab tests...
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We made it.

We're six months into rebuilding America. Don't get me wrong: there's a long way to go. But today, July 4, 2021, fresh off the Supreme Court's decision last week to uphold ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, let's take just a minute to celebrate.
The second wave last fall killed 80,000 Americans. That didn't stop thousands of Trump-supporting mobs burning masks in the streets. But we were better prepared when some GOP leadership urged mask wearing.
Plus, the international team of medical experts and allied health personnel convened in Atlanta. A vaccine proves elusive, but at least we finally joined the International Pandemic Response Cooperative.
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