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U.S. Postal Service Announces John Lewis Stamp For 2023
HipHopWired Featured Video John Lewis, the legendary civil rights leader and longtime congressman, passed away in 2020 at the age of 80. This week, the U.S. Postal Service announced that Lewis will adorn a stamp along with other images and figures in the coming year. From the U.S. Postal Service website: John Lewis This stamp celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (1940-2020) of Georgia. Devoted to equality and justice for all Americans, Lewis spent more than 30 years in Congress steadfastly defending and building on key civil rights gains that he had helped achieve in the 1960s. Even in the face of hatred and violence, as well as some 45 arrests, Lewis remained resolute in his commitment to what he liked to call “good trouble.” The stamp features a ...
U.S. Postal Service Supervisor Sentenced For Jacking Video Games Consoles From The Mail
Source: Boston Globe / Getty If you were one of the many people suspicious of USPS stealing your items, this story is your AHA moment. A U.S. Postal Service supervisor was sentenced in a case involving the theft of video game consoles back in the spring of 2020, federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday (Jan.13). Derby, Connecticut native Zoheb A. Deura, 34, was slapped with a $20,000 fine and three years probation, and nine months of home confinement. Deura pleaded guilty back in October to stealing numerous packages between February and April 2020. According to Polygon, he took “PlayStation and Nintendo gaming devices,” as well as an Apple iPhone and a computer. Consoles, smartphones, and computers are not the only thing he acquired via the five-finger discount. Deura also lifted packag...
Going Postal: President Trump Seemingly Cops To Rigging The USPS In His Favor For Reelection Bid
Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty President Donald Trump is in the final stages of mounting a reelection bid and appears to be doing everything within his power to tip the scales in his favor. In a recent talk with Fox News, the former business mogul seemingly admits to defunding the United States Postal Service, disrupting the mail-in ballot process and other mailing needs. Speaking with Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo earlier today (August 13), President Trump went off the rails with some of his comments as he’s been known to do, but this would appear the be the first time he’s been blatant in stating that he believes his campaign is in trouble if universal mail-in ballots are allowed. “They want $3.5 billion for something that will turn out to be fraudulent, that’...
