Summary:
Louis DeJoy has resigned as postmaster general of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) amid uncertainty about the agency’s future under President Trump.
DeJoy had notified the USPS board of directors in February that it was “time for them to begin the process of identifying his successor.” His resignation on Monday expedites that process and leaves Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino in charge until a permanent replacement is found.
“While our management team and the men and women of the Postal Service have established the path toward financial sustainability and high operating performance – and we have instituted enormous beneficial change to what had been an adrift and moribund organization – much work remains that is necessary to change our positive trajectory,” DeJoy said in a statement first reported by Reuters.
DeJoy had served as Postmaster General since May 2020. He previously donated to GOP political campaigns.
He knows he won’t be needed for the next election, because…well, you know.
Why didnt Biden ditch this guy when he had a chance? He could have, if he had shown any spine at all as president. That entire administration let us down badly.
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He couldn’t remove him directly, but he was able to appoint enough members of the board that they had a Democratic majority, who could have booted DeJoy. Biden needed to appoint members who were committed to resisting and firing DeJoy, and with Biden’s, and Congress’s loud vocal support, influence the rest of the board to replace him.
Instead, Biden did less than nothing.
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I remember when I used to buy their excuses.
The Democrats magically are powerless whenever they gain power, and are powerless to stop Republicans when they are in power.
Figure it out
Biden appointed 4 members of the current board. 2 were Dems, 1 was a Rep, and 1 was an Indy.
WHY DIDN’T BIDEN APPOINT LOYAL 4 DEMOCRATS?
Biden was required to keep the board balanced between parties (which is the stupidest fucking thing in the world considering that parties shouldn’t even exist in the first place, but never mind that).
Nevertheless, he certainly could have found some Dejoy-opposing Republicans if he’d bothered looking for them.
It’s amazing to me that Dems are always handcuffed by the “rules,” but Republicans ALWAYS find ways to avoid them and get ANYTHING they want.
Weak excuses for the destruction of democracy on their watch.
Schumer pretended to be handcuffed by the parliamentarian once, that was my favorite.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/19/1038776731/in-a-blow-to-democrats-senate-official-blocks-immigration-reform-in-budget-bill
There was no requirement at all that they followed the parliamentarians advice. She is an advisor, who can be bypassed instantly by whoever controls the senate. They dont even need to call a vote on it. Dems controlled the senate at his time. Schumer just wanted some process to blame for their capitulation.
Then they pretended that they were disappointed with the “ruling” and vowed to bravely continue the fight.
“The role of the parliamentary staff is advisory, and the presiding officer or Senate may overrule the advice of the Parliamentarian”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentarian_of_the_United_States_Senate#%3A~%3Atext=5+References-%2COverview%2Cprovisions+of+the+Byrd+Rule.
I despise Chuck Schumer. I will never forgive him for stabbing Al Franken in the back.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al-franken
My point was that, even within the rules (both spirit and letter), Biden had the time and opportunity to get rid of DeJoy if he’d wanted to.
Biden didn’t want to.
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BIDEN couldnt appoint the majority in his favor, it must be 1:1 ratio.
not true. Look at the dates on the appointments
https://apwu.org/postal-board-governors
He did at least exactly nothing
Biden appointed 5 of the 9 members of the postal board of governors. He could have fired him that way and he didnt. https://apwu.org/postal-board-governors
https://prospect.org/politics/dejoys-continued-job-security-depends-on-bidens-next-move/
in 2022 Biden appointed to the board of governors: Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds and Ron Stroman Daniel Tangherlini and Derek Kan
Thats enough to oust Dejoy. And yet he wasnt ousted. Why not? Seems Biden didnt pressure them to fire Dejoy, but could have. As usual, centrists are not motivated to use the power we struggled to give them.
All I’m hearing here is a lack of imagination. And the current clusterfuck administration has an abundance of imagination in this realm, and we knew they would. Stands to reason that maybe Biden should have done more than sit on his fucking hands in the interest of forestalling the fascists.
You’re right of course. On the other hand this policy of strictly following established laws and precedents is in part what got us into this mess. Democrats could’ve been ruthless but they were meek. And now they have become almost entirely sidelined.
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I believe administrations like FDR or JFK would’ve tolerated none of this shit. Biden looked weak as hell. I like the guy and I support the democrats but you can’t take the high road indefinitely. I take your point though and I’m not happy about it either. But I would’ve preferred a bad boy Democrat administration over whatever the fuck this is…
You mean like all the other recently removed bureaucrats that couldn’t be removed?
Because it’s a lie and people are rightfully disbelieving you.