The Blank Check Kid spotted these mailboxes being hauled away on Washington Street in Brighton Center around 4 p.m. today.
Now, once, we might have assumed there was a good, perfectly legitimate reason, like they're replacing the old boxes, which were prone to mail theft with newer, more secure boxes. In fact, that's what the Postal Service told WCVB.
But with a president who admits he will fight efforts to help ensure mail-in ballots get delivered and with news that the Postal Service is deactivating mail-sorting machines like nobody's business? Who knows.
US Rep. Seth Moulton reports he's gotten similar photos from constituents in Gloucester:
My office has spoken with the Postmaster. The Postmaster assured us that all but one of the removed boxes in Gloucester will be replaced with more secure boxes. I can understand everyone's concern given the recent reporting about other cities and the president's comments this week. I will continue monitoring this and fighting to protect the postal service and our elections.
Meanwhile, back in Brighton:
This is really happening. Wow. pic.twitter.com/kLqZb5Srii
— The Blank Check Kid (@BleachDaiquiri) August 14, 2020
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I wonder
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 08/16/2020 - 9:41am
Did someone not get his medications this month?
A lot of people are not getting their medications.
It's clear you're not a veteran
By lbb
Tue, 08/18/2020 - 10:05am
Veterans get their meds through the mail, and right now a lot of them aren't getting them.
Why do you hate veterans, Fishcop?
Defund the Post Office.
By Murkin
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 9:21pm
Defund the Post Office.
yes, exactly
By BostonDog
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 9:35pm
That is what the GOP is doing.
But unlike cops, the post office hasn't killed anyone nor is it overtly racist.
Nor do they require
By roadman
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 9:58pm
ex-military equipment and weapons to deliver the mail.
Well, they did used to use
By brianjdamico
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 10:03pm
Well, they did used to use real Jeeps to deliver the mail, I think there's even still a few around, but no weapons I suppose.
Which is a crying shame
By erik g
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 10:08pm
because I would 100% pay extra if they could assure me that the last mile of delivery would be accomplished by Howitzer. Which would be a much better use of surplus military equipment than literally anything the cops do with it.
If you're referring to the Jeeps
By roadman
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 10:18pm
they used in the 1970s and 1980s, those weren't ex-military. They were custom built for the USPS by AMC, who owned Jeep at the time.
Yes
By perruptor
Sat, 08/15/2020 - 8:08am
I drove one that someone had equipped as a snowplow. Looked similar to a Jeep, but wasn't one. Too light to be a good snowplow, but useful for twisty driveways.
Correct
By roadman
Sat, 08/15/2020 - 10:43pm
The rear was stamped (pardon the pun) AM General, not Jeep. But mechanically, it was identical to the AMC Jeeps.
I don't think right-hand-drive vehicles
By Tim Mc.
Sat, 08/15/2020 - 8:20pm
are likely to be military surplus (at least of the US military).
greetings, time traveller
By anon
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 10:03pm
The post office stopped receiving federal funds in 1982.
Actually it was in 1971
By E
Sat, 08/15/2020 - 6:01pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganizatio...
Public Law 91-375.
The United States Post Office Department ceased being a Cabinet-level department and became the independent agency: United States Postal Service.
I can't tell if you're joking
By anon
Sat, 08/15/2020 - 4:16am
I can't tell if you're joking or ignorant. The Post Office basically doesn't get any tax funding.
Read the constitution
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 08/16/2020 - 9:44am
The Postal Service is IN THE CONSTITUTION.
As for "defund", well, it WAS running a PROFIT until the GOP shackled it with a completely ridiculous pension demand.
But reading and research are not something you are capable of doing. We know that.
Can you at least tell us who taught you civics? I would like to slap them if they passed you.
I'm curious - which pension
By Rob
Sun, 08/16/2020 - 7:20pm
I'm curious - which pension demand are you talking about, and when?
2006 @Rob
By Don't Panic
Mon, 08/17/2020 - 12:08am
During the George W. Bush Administration.
"In 2006, Congress passed a law that imposed extraordinary costs on the U.S. Postal Service. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation."
Here's a link to the full article.
Republicans got caught trying to tamper with the election again
By Anon
Sat, 08/15/2020 - 1:02am
Republicans got caught trying to tamper with the election again and are partially backing down.
"USPS will stop removing letter collection boxes in Western states until after the election, spokesman says"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/usps-remov...
getting your vote in
By Lisfnord
Sat, 08/15/2020 - 9:16am
From the state's web page:
"Ballots may be returned by mail or in person to your city/town hall. If your city/town has provided a secure ballot drop box, ballots can be submitted to that drop box.
Typically, ballots returned from inside the country must reach your local election office in order to be counted. For the 2020 November State Election only, ballots will need to be postmarked by Election Day and reach your local election office no later than November 6 in order to be counted."
Washington Street in Brookline
By adamg
Sat, 08/15/2020 - 12:32pm
That relay box in Brighton is still there.
By KB
Sun, 08/16/2020 - 11:30am
I passed it this morning. Same graffiti and everything.
The Sunday News Talk shows
By Don't Panic
Mon, 08/17/2020 - 12:19am
Straight out denial from a Trump administrator Mark Maddows stating that No mailboxes or sorting machines are going to be removed during the run up to the 2020 elections.
What???
By perruptor
Mon, 08/17/2020 - 8:08am
Are you telling me that a member of the Trump Administration is lying about this? I am shocked. Let's check. Were his lips moving?
Nothing to see here
By Brent Jeffries
Mon, 08/17/2020 - 12:57pm
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The lawsuits have begun...
By E
Tue, 08/18/2020 - 11:09am
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/trump-pos...
You might find this
By anon
Thu, 08/20/2020 - 5:03pm
You might find this interesting:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/here-s-why-the-p...
Huh
By perruptor
Thu, 08/20/2020 - 6:13pm
A. I am not inclined to put a lot of faith in what current USPS officials are saying.
B. "Industry insiders" would be private competitors of the USPS, wouldn't they? Like the guy from Postcom quoted near the end, who says
Which sounds like having corporations profit from the mail as much as possible.
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