{"id":49493,"date":"2026-08-01T13:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49493"},"modified":"2026-08-01T13:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:10:38","slug":"armed-guards-descend-on-usps-as-trumps-war-on-mail-in-voting-ratchets-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/armed-guards-descend-on-usps-as-trumps-war-on-mail-in-voting-ratchets-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed guards descend on USPS as Trump\u2019s war on mail-in voting ratchets up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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on Jul 31, 2026 02:35 am<\/em>
Alexandria Jacobson, \u00a0Investigative Reporter\u00a0 – \u00a0Raw StoryStephan:\u00a0Like all fascists the lower Trump’s approval the greater his manipulation of the electoral system. I think Trump knows that if Democrats take the majority in both houses he will immediately be impeached as will J.D. Vance. Less probable, but still possible he will be charged for his corruption, taken to court, convicted, and sent to prison. That’s what I hope happens, but do the Democrats have the spine to do what they should? We will see.<\/em>\"\"A mail-in ballot, during the Pennsylvania primary election, is displayed in this illustration, picture taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 19, 2026. Hannah Beier\/Illustration \/ Reuters<\/em>Increased armed guards at U.S. Postal Service facilities may signal an effort by President Donald\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0to control the mail before the midterms, scholars and union leaders warn.

USPS plans to deploy more contracted armed security officers at 18 mail facilities across the country this month, according to internal agency communications reviewed by\u00a0Raw Story<\/a>.The federal agency approved more than 12,000 hours per week of work for the security officers at those facilities combined, adding tens of millions of dollars in labor costs annually while USPS continues to bleed money \u2014 clocking\u00a0$2 billion in net losses<\/a>\u00a0in the last financial quarter alone.The\u00a0Supreme Court<\/a>\u00a0dealt Trump a loss last month when it ruled states may count late mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day. Trump countered by\u00a0pressuring<\/a>\u00a0a federal judge to lift a halt on his executive order that would give USPS […]Read the Full Article \u00bb<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

on Jul 31, 2026 02:35 amAlexandria Jacobson, \u00a0Investigative Reporter\u00a0 – \u00a0Raw StoryStephan:\u00a0Like all fascists the lower Trump’s approval the greater his manipulation of the electoral system. I think Trump knows that if Democrats take the majority in both houses he will immediately be impeached as will J.D. Vance. Less probable,… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2088],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49493"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49495,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49493\/revisions\/49495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}