USPS is running out of time and money. Tell Trump to keep his hands off the post office!
Dear MoveOn member,
Shawn from RuralOrganizing here. The U.S. Postal Service is hurtling toward a breaking point. Last month, the Postmaster General told lawmakers that if the USPS continues business as usual, it could run out of cash in about a year and may have to stop deliveries altogether.1
That would mean no mail. No medications. No ballots. No packages. This would spell catastrophe for millions of Americans, especially those in rural communities.
The USPS is running out of money—and time. Will you add your name to the petition?
This isn't an accident. The USPS has been in a financial crisis for decades, and let's not forget how Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE forced the department to cut its workforce by 10,000 last year, pushing it even closer to the edge.2 Trump has made clear he wants to dismantle the Postal Service and hand it off to private corporations.
This is a manufactured crisis, designed to make privatization look like the only way out—and it's our government's responsibility to fix it. Our leaders must act now to save the post office!
Our Postal Service is under threat. Will you sign the petition to tell Trump to keep his hands off the post office?
Right now, the USPS is legally required to serve every single resident in the country equally—regardless of where they live, how rural their community is, or how profitable their route might be. A private company would have no such obligation.
More than half of all USPS offices are in rural areas, and 88% of the land serviced by postal workers is rural.3 The people who would suffer most from privatization are the ones who depend on the post office the most—for prescriptions, for legal documents, for ballots, for staying connected to their families.
We need our lawmakers to step up and save the post office now. "Postal management is ringing the alarm bells to spur Congress to act," said American Postal Workers Union President Jonathan Smith.4
More than 85,000 MoveOn members have already signed the petition. If you believe the post office is a public good worth defending, add your name.
And let's be honest about who's waiting in the wings. Amazon—the USPS's biggest client—has been exploring cutting ties with the postal service entirely and launching its own rival delivery network.5
Americans love the post office, and this isn't a service people want to lose. In fact, the USPS has a higher approval rating than Trump—by a lot—and it consistently ranks as one of the most trusted brands in the country, ahead of Amazon.6,7,8
We rely on the post office for the essentials of daily life. It belongs to the people, not to corporations looking to profit off of it. Sign the petition right now.
Thanks for all you do.
–Shawn Sebastian, RuralOrganizing.org
Sources:
1. "The Postal Service may be out of cash in 2027 without Congress' help, postmaster says," NPR, March 17, 2026
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5750419/usps-running-out-of-money-postal-service-david-steiner
2. "USPS strikes deal with Elon Musk's DOGE team for reform help," Reuters, March 14, 2025
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usps-signs-agreement-with-elon-musks-doge-team-assistance-2025-03-13/
3. "USPS Privatization Would Cost Rural America More Than Mail," Jacobin, February 26, 2025
https://jacobin.com/2025/02/usps-rural-areas-services-privatization
4. "House Subcommittee Reveals Debate Over Postal Service's Future," APWU, March 18, 2026
https://apwu.org/news/house-subcommittee-reveals-debate-over-postal-services-future/
5. "Amazon in discussions with USPS about future relationship," Reuters, December 4, 2025
https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-explores-cutting-ties-with-usps-washington-post-reports-2025-12-04/
6. "Americans see many federal agencies favorably, but Republicans grow more critical of Justice Department," Pew Research Center, August 12, 2024
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/12/americans-see-many-federal-agencies-favorably-but-republicans-grow-more-critical-of-justice-department
7. "Trump approval rating ticks up to 41 percent: Survey," The Hill, December 9, 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5640218-trump-approval-rating-ticks-up-survey/
8. "Millennials trust the postal service more than Amazon," CNBC, January 24, 2020
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/24/millennials-trust-usps-more-than-amazon-morning-consult-study.html
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