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Armed guards descend on USPS as Trump's war on mail-in voting ratchets up
Armed Guards, Soft CoupsThe Point Is ControlThe story is not really about postal security. It is about who gets to control the infrastructure that handles ballots, and therefore who gets to shape the terms of voting. The source makes that plain: after the Supreme Court handed Trump a loss on late mail-in ballots, the White House pressed ahead with a plan that increases armed security at postal facilities and expands federal leverage over the mail.That is the power structure. Trump is not standing outside the system complaining about it. He is using the system, and the system is bending. USPS…
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