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beSpacific

#USPS #law enforcement assists #Trump ‘mass #deportation’ effort, sources and records show. The #Postal Inspection Service recently joined a federal #TaskForce to locate #undocumented #immigrants using #data from #mail and #packages, according to people familiar w the effort & records obtained by WaPo. #privacy #civilliberties #communications #medicine #healthcare #checks #salary #families washingtonpost.com/business/20

The Washington Post · USPS law enforcement assists Trump ‘mass deportation’ effort, sources and records showBy Jacob Bogage
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Nonilex

The #Postal Inspection Service is primarily tasked with maintaining the safety of the #mail system, investigating threats & attacks on postal workers & mail facilities & keeping illegal items — such narcotics & child pornography — out of the mail [because they’ve done such a great job at that 🤦🏼‍♀️].

#law#immigration#privacy
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Nonilex

The #postal #collaboration is a significant escalation in the #Trump admin’s #immigration *crackdown*. #DHS officials [& #Musk’s #DOGE] have previously partnered with #tax, #housing & #PublicHealth authorities. But the involvement of the Postal Inspection Service, the nation’s oldest #LawEnforcement agency, means efforts to pursue #undocumented #immigrants have expanded into one of the most mundane govt activities: delivering the #mail.

#law#privacy#surveillance
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Nonilex

The #LawEnforcement arm of #USPS has begun cooperating w/federal #immigration ofcls to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally, acc/to 2 people familiar… & documents obtained by WaPo—dramatically broadening the scope of #Trump’s #MassDeportations campaign.

#US #Postal Inspection Service, a police & investigative force for the #mail agency, joined a #DHS task force geared toward finding, detaining & deporting #undocumented #immigrants….

#law#privacy#InfoSec
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Nonilex

WTAF?!?!?

#GiftArticle

#USPS #LawEnforcement assists #Trump ‘mass deportation’ effort, sources & records show

The #Postal Inspection Service recently joined a federal task force to locate #undocumented #immigrants using #data from #mail & packages, acc/to people familiar w/the effort & records obtained exclusively by The Washington Post.

#law #immigration #privacy #surveillance #InfoSec #AbuseOfPower
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The Washington Post · USPS law enforcement assists Trump ‘mass deportation’ effort, sources and records showBy Jacob Bogage
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C.

One sad aspect of the advertising industry's switch from dead-tree postal spam to email, online ads, and in-app paid placements...

Once upon a time, when businesses sent postage-paid reply cards with their spam, if they were truly obnoxious, you could cost them (real) money by putting a rock or a brick in a box and taping the reply card to the outside. Some people just taped the card to a literal brick, no box.

I pity the postal employees who had to handle and deliver these, but I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in the mailroom at the offending companies' offices.

#spam#DeadTree#marketing
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Coreyartus Imagery

I just want to put out there that there are real strong virtues to writing letters and sending greeting cards that aren’t necessarily “present” in emails.

• They get you off line.

• They help you craft thoughts carefully and purposefully in ways email can’t because you have to manually write it without “deleting” it.

• They’re fun to receive.

• They physically exist and will continue to do so if collected and cared for even after you’re dead.

• They can be pretty if that’s your intent.

• They’re more personal and meaningful than email because you took the time to engage in the process of penmanship on paper instead of typing it out.

I highly suggest trying the art of correspondence someday. Because it can be just that if you let it. Try unplugging and decompressing with a nice pot of tea and your favorite pen & stationery. Try contemplating a rough outline of what you want to say or include. Then simplify.

Maybe do some fun doodling on the paper. Make it an extension of yourself that you’re sharing.

Enjoy it.

Photograph of several illustrated greeting cards splayed out on a wood surface.
#writing#letters#correspondence
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Steve Dustcircle 🌹

#Postal #Workers Rally Against Proposal To Privatize #USPS

popularresistance.org/the-post
wcnc.com/article/news/politics

PopularResistance.Org · Postal Workers Rally Against Proposal To Privatize USPS - PopularResistance.OrgCharlotte , NC - Charlotte postal workers held another rally Sunday, speaking out against a proposal to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. Sunday's rally was held at the post office in Ballantyne and led by the local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers. Leaders said it's all about protecting rural communities that rely on the Postal Service.  Conversations about privatizing the USPS have been ongoing and floated by President Donald Trump previously. "The NALC and all postal employees what the postal workers to know, and the president to know, that the Postal Service is not for sale," NALC Branch President Sylvin Stevens said.
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DoomsdaysCW

#Postal workers rally against proposals to privatize #USPS

Maine Public | By Kaitlyn Budion
Published March 20, 2025

"Postal workers across #Maine are sounding alarms about proposals to privatize the U.S. Postal Service.

"Workers in #PortlandME and #BangorME rallied today to make the case that private companies will not be able to fully meet the mail service needs of Maine residents- especially those in rural areas.

"In Bangor, protestors chanted 'U.S. mail is not for sale' and held signs as passing cars honked in support.

"Tom Smith is the legislative director with the local chapter of the American Postal Workers Union. He said shifting mail delivery to private companies would only make it more expensive to send and slower to arrive.

"'It becomes a for-profit business where the bottom line is profits, as long as people can suffer a couple of days without their meds, as long as the bottom dollar is found,' Smith said. 'And that's not what we are. We are an essential service of the United States people.'

"Smith said workers are on edge with all the debate in Washington, and #InstitutionalKnowledge is being lost as some long-time staff take early retirement offers.

"'The Postal Service is inexpensive, it's prompt, it's reliable,' he said. "And especially in rural areas, people count on the Postal Service for life saving meds to Grandma's latest batch of snickerdoodles.'

"Smith said the union is encouraging the public to reach out to local and federal representatives to show their support. The National Association of Letter Carriers will also hold a rally in Portland on Sunday."

mainepublic.org/politics/2025-
#MaineResists #MaineResistance #MailCarriers #USPol #UnitedStatesPostalService

Postal workers in Bangor rallied against proposals to cut funding, staff and privatize the postal service.
WMEH · Postal workers rally against proposals to privatize USPSBy Kaitlyn Budion
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Mark

Two #posties deployed to Harray amid delivery disruption - The #Orcadian Online

Two postal workers have been deployed to Harray to “return deliveries to normal” after some residents reported not receiving any letters or parcels for over ten days.

#RoyalMail shared this update with The Orcadian today (Tuesday), amid serious concerns around a lack of #deliveries — and communication regarding the #disruption.

orcadian.co.uk/two-posties-dep

The Orcadian Online · Two posties deployed to Harray amid delivery disruption - The Orcadian OnlineTwo postal workers have been deployed to Harray to “return deliveries to normal” after some residents reported not receiving any letters or parcels for over ten days. Royal Mail shared this update with The Orcadian today (Tuesday), amid serious concerns around a lack of deliveries — and communication regarding the disruption. Orkney MSP Liam McArthur […]
#PrivatisationFail#Orkney#mail
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