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Obama condemns Trump attempt to ‘kneecap’ USPS to discourage voting – live | US news

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11.13pm BST23:13

Backlash around the postal service continues: Representative Maxine Waters reportedly will hold a presser at the Los Angeles post office at 4 pm PST today, to bring attention to the new USPS rules from the Trump administration and their effects on postal operations.

Carla Marinucci
(@cmarinucci)

“Auntie Maxine” is mad: “Enough is enough!” says @RepMaxineWaters advisory – announcing she’s marching down to the main Post Office in Los Angeles today at 4 pm, holding presser to bring attention “to effects Trump Administration’s new USPS rules are having on postal operations.”


August 14, 2020

Elizabeth Warren has also demanded action surrounding Trump’s USPS actions. She called for a probe of new Trump-appointed postmaster Louis DeJoy and promised to use “every in the toolbox to stop Trump & DeJoy from sabotaging the USPS.”







10.47pm BST22:47

The Washington congresswoman Pramila Jayapal endorsed new Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris in a Los Angles Times op-ed on Friday.

Jayapal highlighted Harris’s immigrant background and their shared South Asian heritage and said Harris is uniquely equipped to take on Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric. From the piece:


Sen. Harris’ nomination offers a clear contrast to a xenophobic president who has attacked immigrants and asylum seekers and the very idea of immigration at every turn, issuing a Muslim ban, separating families, caging children and even threatening student visa programs that allowed Sen. Harris’ mother and me to come to America in the first place.

Jayapal said that in 2016 when she became the first South Asian American woman to be elected to the House, Harris became the first South Asian American woman to be elected to the Senate. Together they represent just two of 79 women of color to ever have served in Congress.

This op-ed comes as Trump recently targeted Harris with racist birther theories. The president, who first gained momentum in politics with a racist campaign claiming Barack Obama was not born in the US, said in a press conference on Thursday that he “heard she doesn’t meet the requirements” to be vice president.

Jayapal does not comment on that specific controversy in her op-ed, but cites the immigrant experience as an asset.

“Immigrants and the children of immigrants are resilient,” Jayapal wrote. “We push boulders up mountains and succeed because we have to. And that’s the kind of leadership we need.”

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10.35pm BST22:35

Former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill weighed in on Donald Trump’s post office drama in a tweet on Friday, calling him a “liar” who is “trying to steal an election in broad daylight”.

Her tweet came in response to a report that showed Trump had met with new postmaster general Louis DeJoy last week despite saying he had not spoken to the new official.

Trump has named DeJoy, a North Carolina ally and Republican National Convention Fundraiser, to the helm of the Postal Service. The action has many concerned Trump will leverage this ally’s new position to block funds from the postal service, which Trump has advocated for to suppress mail-in voting.







10.28pm BST22:28

California governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday two executive orders that would “jump start” the state’s mail-in ballot process.

Gavin Newsom
(@GavinNewsom)

I signed 2 EOs that jump started our mail in ballot process.

We are providing drop off sites and safe voting sites.

I signed legislation to double down on those commitments.

And have a provision that allows 17 extra days to collect ballots.

Because we believe in DEMOCRACY. https://t.co/jMhBprfji4


August 14, 2020

The orders include the provision of safe voting sites and drop off sites for ballots, in addition to an extension of 17 days to collect ballots.

They came in direct response to Donald Trump’s statements that he refuses to provide additional funding to the US Post Office ahead of November elections that will rely largely on mail-in ballots in an effort to suppress votes.







10.24pm BST22:24

Kari Paul here in Oakland, California, blogging for you over the next few hours. Stay tuned for more news.







10.12pm BST22:12

Time for a late day recap

Here‘s what we’ve covered thus far in the latter half of the day. Be sure to keep following the blog as our West Coast team keeps you in-the-loop:

Stay tuned for more!







10.02pm BST22:02

Are California schools prepared for virtual learning?

The start of the school year is a time of anticipation, anxiety and energy. This year, as 97% percent of school California’s school districts begin the fall semester online, that anticipation has been multiplied exponentially, California school chief Tony Thurmond said today.

Thurmond joined governor Gavin Newsom and education expert Linda Darling-Hammond at today’s presser to give a rundown of how educators across the start are preparing for a new school year after having months to reflect on the shortcomings of the virtual learning rollout last spring.

Chief among concerns is how to close the digital divide that’s meant even access to computers and devices — a gap that remains, despite ongoing efforts of school districts and nonprofits to get tech into the hands of every student. Thurmond faulted a worldwide run on technology for backlogs that have stalled efforts to deliver devices to students.

Roughly 7,000 students in Oakland this week lacked equipment and hotspots when the school year began earlier this week. Education advocates across the state continue to worry that low-income students will be left behind as the pandemic continues.

Darling-Hammond said plans are afoot to deliver instruction to students with disabilities and others who aren’t well-served by online teaching. Even though school districts that find themselves on the state’s watchlist — areas that face troubling rates of infections — are typically not allowed to hold in-person classes, they may still be able to offer in-person services for vulnerable students assuming they move in accordance with county health guidelines and work in very small groups.

The announcements come as infections and hospitalizations appear to have ticked down after a month of record-setting case numbers and death tolls. But school districts also move forward as Covid cases among children surges, challenging the assumption that children are unlikely to catch and spread the virus.

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9.47pm BST21:47

Marge Simpson has words for Trump advisor

Marge Simpson. Yes, the fictional character from the decades-running TV sitcom The Simpsons has something to say to Donald Trump and his campaign, excoriating senior legal advisor Jenna Ellis, who tweeted likening California senator Kamala Harris’ voice to hers, a racist and sexist trope that invokes the common, “angry Black woman” stereotype.

TheSimpsons
(@TheSimpsons)

Marge Simpson has something to say. pic.twitter.com/viux96bAPf


August 14, 2020


“As an ordinary suburban housewife, I feel a little disrespected. I teach my children not to name call Jenna. I was going to say I’m pissed off, but I’m afraid they’d bleep it.

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9.28pm BST21:28

Meghan Markle talks voting rights to mark women’s suffrage

Meghan Markle highlighted voting rights as an issue she is particularly passionate about during a conversation Friday at the 19th Represents, a summit to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the US.

“I think it’s often challenging for men and women alike, but certainly for people to remember just how hard it was to get the right to vote. And to be really aware of not taking that for granted,” she said in an interview with Emily Ramshaw, CEO and co-founder of 19th News, a news organization.

Noting her husband has never been able to vote, Marke added: “I think it’s such an interesting thing to say the right to vote is not a privilege, it is a right in and of itself. But I really do hope what you’re able to encourage…women understand that their voices are needed now more than ever.”

Markle, who repeatedly referred to voting rights as an issue she was passionate about, said she looked forward to using her voice in ways she hasn’t been able to in the past.







9.16pm BST21:16

Why is Guyana co-nominating a Trump appointee for the IDB?

That’s what other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean want to know. Guyana co-nominated White House adviser Mauricio Claver-Carone, the son of Cuban immigrants who had already been nominated by Donald Trump to lead the IDB – Latin America’s main development bank. Claver-Carone told Reuters that Guyana’s move reflected growing support for his candidacy.

But critics note no one from outside the Latin American and Caribbean region has lead the bank in its 60 year history, and Claver-Carone’s appointment could complicate diplomacy should the president lose reelection in November.

Opponents also note the suspicious timing. Guyana only began production of an estimated 8 billion barrels of oil and natural gas in recent years after discovering a massive reserve just off its Caribbean coast in 2017. The estimate grew from 6 billion in January.

With the potential to be the largest oil producer in the Western Hemisphere, it has been in the middle of a resource grab by American oil companies.

Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica and Chile, as well as the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, want to delay the 12 September vote, expressing concerns about having someone from outside the region lead the bank for the first time in six decades.

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8.45pm BST20:45

DHS secretary appointed illegally, watchdog report finds

According to a new report from the US Government Accountability Office, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to serve in their current roles and were appointed in a way that circumvented federal laws.

Robbie Gramer
(@RobbieGramer)

Government watchdog report that finds that Trump’s acting Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security are not eligible to serve in their current roles based on the Federal Vacancies Reform Act @USGAO report here: https://t.co/Vim3Xk81Zf pic.twitter.com/RxhsAK8KP2


August 14, 2020

The GAO concluded that their appointments were in violation of the Vacancies Reform Act.

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at 9.05pm BST







8.40pm BST20:40

California ends ban on high capacity gun magazines

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals throws out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the Second Amendment’s protection of the right to bear firearms. Judge Kenneth Lee wrote for the panel’s majority that “even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster”.

From the AP:


[The ban] strikes at the core of the Second Amendment — the right to armed self-defense.”

[Lee also] noted that California passed the law “in the wake of heart-wrenching and highly publicized mass shootings,” but said that isn’t enough to justify a ban whose scope “is so sweeping that half of all magazines in America are now unlawful to own in California.”







8.17pm BST20:17

USPS warns 46 states’ ballots may not arrive in time

According to the Washington Post, the USPS had warns 46 states, and Washington DC that some mailed ballots may not arrive in time to be counted for November election.

From the Post:


Some states anticipate 10 times the normal volume of election mail. Six states and D.C. received warnings that ballots could be delayed for a narrow set of voters. But the Postal Service gave 40 others — including the key battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida — more-serious warnings that their long-standing deadlines for requesting, returning or counting ballots were “incongruous” with mail service and that voters who send ballots in close to those deadlines may become disenfranchised.

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8.14pm BST20:14

Barack Obama: Trump attempting to ‘kneecap’ USPS

In a podcast with former campaign manager, David Plouffe, former president Barack Obama called out the Trump campaign’s efforts to impede the US Postal Service directly. Obama said:


What we’ve seen in a way that is unique to modern political history is a president who is explicit in trying to discourage people from voting. What we’ve never seen before is a president say: ‘I’m going to try to actively kneecap the postal service to [discourage] voting and I will be explicit about the reason I’m doing it’. That’s sort of unheard of.

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at 8.34pm BST







7.58pm BST19:58

Hundreds of USPS sort machines taken offline

Both Vice and CNN obtained internal documents that the USPS is removing hundreds of high-volume mail-processing machines from facilities across the country.

From Vice:


“One of the documents also suggests these changes were in the works before Louis DeJoy, a top Trump donor and Republican fundraiser, became postmaster general, because it is dated May 15, a month before DeJoy assumed office and only nine days after the Board of Governors announced his selection.”

Postal workers are expressing concern that these removals may decrease their capacity to process mail during election season.

Laura Wagner
(@laurawags)

“Interviews with six postal workers and union officials, who spoke to Motherboard on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak to the media, revealed these machine removals are still occurring in Michigan, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Texas.” https://t.co/Sba0kabsA5


August 14, 2020

The USPS had initially proposed removing as much as 20% of its letter sorting machines but then revised its plans weeks later, reducing the number to closer to 15 percent.

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at 9.06pm BST







7.51pm BST19:51

New Jersey governor: election to be mostly by mail

Despite increased reports of delays and slowdowns at the US Postal Service on account of the Trump administration, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy insisted Americans “must recognize that this is not a regular election year,” and that and the 2020 general election will be mostly by mail.

Via a statement from the governor:


“Allowing people to spend five or ten minutes casting their ballots in person to protect the integrity of a presidential election doesn’t seem like such a great risk.

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at 8.03pm BST







7.21pm BST19:21

Trump campaign rolls out events during DNC week

Is the GOP trolling the Democrats’ revised national convention? Ahead of kick-off next week, Republicans unveiled three new stops on its on the campaign trail for Donald Trump, including key battleground states like Arizona, Minnesota and Wisconsin – where parts of the Democratic National Convention are still set to take place.

So where’s the president headed?

  • Mankato, Minnesota
  • Oshkosh, Wisconsin
  • Yuma, Arizona

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at 8.03pm BST







7.05pm BST19:05

Trump avoids questions on GOP rep’s QAnon links

When pressed on his tweet congratulating QAnon supporting Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump danced around an answer.

Reporters noted how even some members of the Republican party have disowned her campaign following a series of racist videos that emerged complaining of an “Islamic invasion” into government offices.

Aaron Rupar
(@atrupar)

Trump refuses to answer a question about whether he embraces the lunatic QAnon conspiracy theory pic.twitter.com/j1GPDznrxl


August 14, 2020

Taylor Green also claimed Black and Hispanic men are held back by “gangs and dealing drugs”, and pushes an antisemitic conspiracy theory that the billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who is Jewish, collaborated with the Nazis.

In response, the president rambled about Tayler Greene’s victory, neither offering her support nor rebuking her comments.

Updated
at 7.07pm BST





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