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This will be bad. A for profit business will only deliver to places where it’s profitable. And a lot of people rely on the post office - and don’t live in urban centres.

DeJoy and Musk are deploying Wall Street's playbook for privatizing the Postal Service. The only winners will be greedy fat cats like them. Anyone who depends on affordable, reliable, and universal mail service will suffer.

A leaked Wells Fargo memo lays out in disturbing detail how corporate investors could profit from a privatized Postal Service at your expense. Read more from @merryvishmas.bsky.social ⬇️

"If they follow through their threats to privatize the Postal Service, Musk and Trump will be attacking an American institution older than the country itself." - @merryvishmas.bsky.social

NEW: A leaked Wells Fargo report reveals how Big Business could reap a windfall if Trump privatizes the Postal Service. Our @merryvishmas.bsky.social explains how privatization would hurt workers, consumers, small businesses, and rural communities — all to enrich corporate investors.

How should we address the outrage at our healthcare system? Is the antitrust revolution here to stay? What's Manchinema's next move? And who's running the show in Trump 2.0? We break it all down on this week's Coffee Klatch. youtu.be/wJ-I5R_TazY?...

NEW: It's Time to Punch Some Corporate Villains Our Emma Marsano argues in @tnr.bsky.social that Biden could generate more voter enthusiasm by calling out specific corporations and executives—and then actually cracking down on their harmful actions.

Larry Summers helped legitimize Digital Currency Group, a crypto firm with ties to several sketchy businesses. Last Friday, they had to be ordered by a SDNY Judge to comply with an SEC subpoena. Read our statement here: therevolvingdoorproject.org/release-corp...

BigLaw firm Jones Day is notorious for its close ties to the Trump admin and work for Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, and the Bin Ladens. You can now add predatory payday lenders trying to gut the CFPB to that list. My latest for @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social

NEW: Jones Day helped pick Trump's SCOTUS nominees, gut federal anti-bribery laws, and shielded both Big Tobacco and the Bin Laden family from legal accountability. Their latest shameless crusade? Helping payday lenders try to kill the CFPB. therevolvingdoorproject.org/payday-lende...

NEW: In two weeks, predatory payday lenders could get the Supreme Court to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for good. Backing their lawsuit are several GOP lawmakers-turned-lobbyists, including Trent Lott, Tom Price, and John Boehner. therevolvingdoorproject.org/gop-cfpb-ami...

NEW: In light of a new @propublica.bsky.social report revealing Clarence Thomas' ties to the Koch Network, we are calling on Thomas to recuse himself from an upcoming Koch-backed SCOTUS case concerning the CFPB's funding structure. therevolvingdoorproject.org/clarence-tho...