Federal Spending Goes Postal
The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on postal reform legislation that one leading Republican argues would violate the terms of last year’s Budget Control Act. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.), ranking...
View ArticleUSPS Stuck with Unwanted Stamps
The U.S. Postal Office is stuck with 682 million unsold Simpsons stamps after printing 1 billion new stamps featuring the cartoon family this year. According to Bloomberg: As Homer would say, “D’oh!”...
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Grasping for ‘Accomplishments’
A report from the Democratic Policy and Communications Center (DPCC) listing the Democratic Senate majority’s “Accomplishments in the 112th Congress” contains distortions, exaggerations, omissions, and...
View Article‘The Smell of Mail’
Jimmy Kimmel mocked the U.S. Postal Service’s leap into fashion wear with a fake ad for a logical next step Wednesday night: cologne. USPS announced earlier this week they will launch a “cutting edge”...
View ArticleUSPS Posts $1.9 Billion Loss in Latest Fiscal Quarter
The U.S. Postal Service had a loss of $1.9 billion in its most recent fiscal quarter, reigniting concerns about the service’s viability as it projects as little as three days of operating cash in...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Choosing UPS, Fed Ex over USPS
The United States Postal Service’s (USPS) bottom line has been hit by the federal government itself as numerous agencies have increased their contracts with publicly traded companies instead of the...
View Article5,879 Postal Workers Attacked By Dogs Last Year
Dogs bit nearly 6,000 mail carriers last year, with most of attacks occurring in Los Angeles making the city the most “vicious for dog attacks,” according to the federal government. The U.S. Postal...
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Democrats Who Once Pilloried Postal Service Now Find Much to Praise
It was just months ago that Democrats such as New York's Carolyn Maloney derided the "sub-par postal service," arguing that it was at the root of hardships suffered by New York City residents. Now,...
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Oregon Dem Chains Himself to Mailbox to #Resist USPS Changes
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D., Ore.) chained himself to a mailbox in an effort to "resist" the Postal Service's operational changes. Out-of-use mailboxes have gone viral among liberals on social media who...
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Report: Politicized Post Office Distracts From Needed Reforms
Democratic efforts to bail out the United States Postal Service threaten to distract from the major issues facing the agency, as an increasingly vote-by-mail election thrusts the service into the...
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Democrats Went Postal With Sabotage Claims
The doomsday predictions advanced by Democratic Party leaders that President Trump would "sabotage" the Postal Service have failed to materialize. Democrats in many swing states used reforms at the...
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Critics of American Democracy Accuse Harvard Law Professor of Illiberalism
Progressive student activists at Harvard Law School—many of whom have called for a total transformation of the American justice system—are upset that one of their professors is calling for the same. In...
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Dem Cheri Bustos Diverts Post Office Aid Cash to Own Campaign
The latest fundraising plea from Democratic congresswoman Cheri Bustos tells potential donors their money is desperately needed to fund struggling post offices—but every dollar raised is going straight...
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USPS Blames Dems’ Stimulus Bill for Mail Delays
The United States Postal Service blamed the Democratic Congress's COVID-19 stimulus bill for delayed and undelivered mail. Washington, D.C., congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.) wrote to...
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Stefanik Demands Postal Service Investigate 'Targeted Theft' of Campaign...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) is demanding an investigation into the "repeated, targeted theft" of campaign donation checks while in transit through the United States Postal Service. "It is...
View ArticleUSPS Balks at Dem Plan to Turn Post Offices Into Electric Car Charging Stations
The U.S. Postal Service is pushing back against a pressure campaign from Democrats to turn thousands of post offices into a network of electric car charging stations for the public, saying the plan...
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