USPS has confirmed it will comply with a federal court order blocking a proposed rule tied to Trump’s executive order on mail voting. The proposed rule would have required states to provide USPS with a list of preapproved voters before mail ballots could be delivered.
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Fox's Jesse Watters did his best to downplay the recent murders by Trump's ICE thugs during yet another racist screed on this Tuesday's The Five. Here he is with a big assist by his fellow racist Martha MacCallum, blaming Joe Biden for ICE being out of control and basically...
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