Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that could throw out nearly a million votes before the 2026 midterms

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The new Postmaster General spent 16 years on the FedEx board and held $8.5 million in FedEx stock when he was appointed to run their biggest public competitor.

His first major act: a bidding platform that also opens USPS's delivery network to FedEx.

"Less than a year from now, the Postal Service will be unable to deliver the mail if we maintain the status quo."

That's not a critic. That's the Postmaster General. Under oath. March 17, 2026.

USPS has not received a single dollar of taxpayer funding since 1982.

It is the only government agency in the country required to fully fund itself from its own revenue.

And it's been doing that while being buried under constraints no private business would ever survive.

Link in bio. Monday the Supreme Court heard arguments in Watson v. RNC, a case that could throw out nearly a million legally cast ballots before the 2026 midterms. The same day, the president stood in Memphis and called mail-in voting ”cheating.” Public records show he voted by mail that same week.

On the table right now: 95-cent stamps. Cutting delivery to 5 days. Closing post offices. Layoffs.

USPS lost $9 billion in FY2025. Another $1.3 billion in Q1 2026 alone.

The borrowing cap Congress set in 1992 has never been updated for inflation.

You don't have to abolish the Post Office today to destroy it. You just have to install the right people remove the right protections manufacture enough financial pressure and then wait for someone to present privatization as the only rescue available

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The same 2006 law that manufactured 87% of USPS's financial losses also contained Section 102.

Section 102 explicitly banned USPS from launching any new nonpostal services. Banking. Digital infrastructure. All of it.

Lobbied for by banks and carriers who didn't want the competition.

Private carriers explicitly do not offer it It only exists because of a legal obligation requiring the Post Office to provide it and that obligation only survives as long as the Post Office survives

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In 1998, USPS proposed giving every American a free email address with the same privacy protections as sealed mail.

No corporate surveillance. No data harvesting.

AT&T and the telecom industry went to Congress and killed it.

We covered the full story in Episode 11.

Postal Service does not receive regular taxpayer funding. You know this because you've listened to the podcast and us talk about this for 14 episodes now. No regular taxpayer funding not a dollar It hasn't since 1982

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I keep seeing people respond to this threat with some version of: “Don’t worry. The post office is in the Constitution. They can’t get rid of it.”

In February 2025, Wells Fargo published a step-by-step privatization roadmap for USPS.

Their conclusion, in their own words: a sale would "benefit FedEx and UPS."

They published that. Months before the FedEx board member became Postmaster General.

On March 17th Postmaster General David Steiner testified before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations his first Congressional testimony since taking the job in July 2025 

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Project 2025 doesn't have a dedicated USPS chapter.

What it has, woven throughout: manufacture financial pressure. Install sympathetic leadership. Remove regulatory protections. Present privatization as the only rescue.

We are watching that blueprint run in real time.

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USPS has received zero taxpayer dollars since 1982.

It is the ONLY government agency required to fully fund itself from its own revenue while being buried under constraints no private business would survive.

And they're calling it a failure.

15/ The post office serves whoever controls it.

We spent a whole season of our podcast building the history behind this moment, 250 years.

New breaking news episode: "The Post Office Has 12 Months to Live" pod.link/1849228526

14/ We are not watching a failing institution. 📧📧📧

We are watching an institution that was blocked from email in 1998, locked out of banking in 2006, had its pilot defunded in 2023, and is now run by a former FedEx board member while a restructuring firm plans "all scenarios."

That is capture.

13/ What happens without USPS:

FedEx charges up to $83.75 per package in remote rural areas. USPS charges the same rate everywhere. ✉️

FedEx and UPS don't deliver to military APO/FPO addresses at all. ✉️

The VA ships 120 million veteran prescriptions a year through USPS. ✉️

12/ In 2021, USPS quietly piloted postal banking in four cities. It worked. Congress defunded it in 2023.

The Postal Banking Act (Gillibrand + Sanders) would reverse that and generate up to $19 B a year in new revenue while serving 25 million unbanked Americans.

The fix exists. The will doesn't

11/ This isn't new. The 2006 law that manufactured 87% of USPS's losses also contained Section 102, which explicitly banned USPS from offering any new services. Banking. Digital infrastructure. All locked out. 📩

Every time USPS tried to adapt, the answer was no. 💌

10/ People keep saying: "Don't worry. The post office is in the Constitution."

Article 1, Section 8 gives Congress the POWER to establish post offices. Not the obligation. Every real protection, universal service, six-day delivery, union rights, is a statute Congress can change.

9/ In February 2025, Wells Fargo published a step-by-step privatization roadmap for USPS. Their conclusion, in their own words: a sale would "benefit FedEx and UPS."

They published that. Months before Steiner was appointed.

8/ His first major act as PMG: a new bidding platform that Amazon says blew up a year of good-faith contract negotiations and, by design, opens USPS's last-mile delivery network to outside bidders.

Including FedEx. 📮📮📮

7/ During those 16 years on FedEx's board: FedEx lobbied against USPS's ability to compete. FedEx pulled out of last-mile delivery arrangements with USPS. FedEx's $2.4 billion annual air cargo contract with USPS collapsed.
Steiner was there for all of it.

6/ Now let's talk about who's running the institution.

David Steiner, the 76th Postmaster General, spent 16 years on the FedEx board... including a decade as Lead Independent Director, their most senior independent voice.

He held $8.5 million in FedEx stock when appointed.

5/❗USPS hasn't received a dollar of regular taxpayer funding since 1982. It's the only government agency in the country required to fully fund itself from revenue while being buried under constraints no private business would survive.

Isn't not a failure. It's a setup.

4/ Before the hearing, Bloomberg reported USPS hired Alvarez and Marsal ❌❌❌

That's the firm companies call when they're preparing for bankruptcy or a sale. Not a routine financial review. Steiner confirmed it on the stand: hired for "planning for all scenarios."

All scenarios.

3/ Same day: the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon, USPS's largest customer, $6 billion a year, 1.7 billion packages, is cutting 2/3s of its shipments through USPS before their September contract expires.

The Postmaster General's response "I couldn't tell you where that's going to end."