But sometimes… sometimes I can see completely. Sometimes everything glows with a different kind of light. I can touch an object and listen to the sound of it’s color. I can hear voices and music in the flicker of a match. I can look into a mirror and see a thousand different faces staring back at me. I can turn night into day or watch the darkness shine, and I don’t even need to open my eyes!
Brain Damage (1988) // dir. Frank Henenlotter
DUBLIN REPORTBACK! (via Anti Imperialist Action Ireland): A United Front of Republicans and Anarchists confronted the fledgling Fascist far right movement on O'Connell St Bridge, Dublin today.
The Postal Service has informed states that they’ll need to pay first-class 55-cent postage to mail ballots to voters, rather than the normal 20-cent bulk rate. That nearly triples the per-ballot cost at a time when tens of millions more will be delivered. The rate change would have to go through the Postal Regulatory Commission and, undoubtedly, litigation. But the time frame for that is incredibly short, as ballots go out very soon. [emphasis added]And of course, states are already in deep financial trouble because of the pandemic and the GOP’s refusal to help them out.
Saturday, Aug 8, 2020 · 11:31:40 AM EDT · Dan K
A bit more coming out on this:
New: Postal Service Could ~Triple the Cost of Mail in Ballots. The plan would cost states millions, having to pay 55 cents to send a ballot to voters rather than 20 cents under current rules. Proposal quietly working its way through @USPS. From us now@Capitol_ForumAnd from Law & Crime:
It has been reported that Louis DeJoy, the current Postmaster General under the Donald Trump administration, has floated a proposal to increase the price of postage for mail-in ballots from 20 cents to 55 cents. This is important not only because of the financial impact the increase could have on states and their voters, but also because it calls attention to the proposed spike in postage as a potentially unconstitutional poll tax.
