April 10, 2020

Alliance Notes—click on the links for the full reports

• April 7 – The NonProfit Times — Postal Service Seeks $10 Billion From CARES Act
• April 7 – CNBC — Trump blames internet companies, including Amazon, for Postal Service struggles
• April 7 – The Hill — Trump defends his mail-in ballot after calling vote-by-mail ‘corrupt’
• April 8 – Linn’s Stamp News — Trump blames shipping deals for Postal Service struggles
• April 8 – The Wall Street Journal — Trump Tweet Highlights Divide Over Voting by Mail
• April 8 – Fox News — Political battle escalates over push to increase voting-by-mail amid coronavirus pandemic
• April 9 – The Wall Street Journal — Postal Service Warns of $22 Billion Hole From Coronavirus
• April 9 – The New York Times — Coronavirus Is Threatening One of Government’s Steadiest Services: The Mail
• April 9 – The Hill — Postmaster General warns that Postal Service will run out of money by end of fiscal year without aid
• April 9 – Government Executive — USPS Requests $75B in Emergency Funds to Keep Agency Alive
• April 9 – Federal News Network — USPS requests $75B amid pandemic to recover from ‘steep’ drop in mail volume
• April 9 – MarketWatch — Postal Service warns of $22 billion COVID-19 loss
• April 9 – CNN — GOP aligns with Trump in vote-by-mail clash looming over next relief package
• April 10 – Fox News — National Association of Letter Carriers: Postal Service on verge of shutting down due to pandemic
• April 10 – USA Today — Fact check: US Postal Service will not close in June
• April 10 – Gizmodo — U.S. Postal Service Will Soon ‘Collapse’ Without Emergency Funds
• April 10 – Wisconsin State Journal — Tammy Baldwin, Ron Johnson call for Postal Service to investigate undelivered absentee ballots
• April 10 – amNY — ‘The Postal Service is holding on for dear life’: Queens congresswoman calls on feds to provide relief for USPS