Why is he refusing to help the Post Office, which is in financial crisis? 2/https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1248747452653584385 …
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One answer is that in 2016 oil&gas gave 88% of its contributions to Republicans https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2020&ind=E01 … while postal unions gave only 12 percent https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2020&ind=L1500 … 3/
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And postal workers are overwhelmingly unionized https://about.usps.com/strategic-planning/cs09/CSPO_09_093.htm … while mining, including oil&gas, is basically un-unionized 4/ https://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t03.htm …
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Also, the world's two top oil exporters are Saudi Arabia and Russia, so Trump is helping his favorite autocrats; meanwhile, he believes that the post office is subsidizing Jeff Bezos, whose newspaper reports uncomfortable truths 5/
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I do wonder, however, if he's thought this through politically. The post office is overwhelmingly popular; if it collapses on his watch, it would hurt him 6/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/463852-americas-most-popular-government-agency-the-postal-service …
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All roads lead to Russia, no?
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To please his benefactors!
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