Friend,

On December 8, President Joe Biden has a giant opportunity to address a
major problem affecting every American.

On that day, the terms of two Trump-appointed members of the USPS Board of
Governors will expire, and President Biden can install two pro-public
agency governors who will be the deciding votes to fire Trump Postmaster
General Louis DeJoy.(1)

Biden is under huge pressure from Congress to deal with the DeJoy problem.
Mail carriers are being forced to work six 12-hour days at a time due to
DeJoy’s cutbacks, and citizens are suffering from four price increases in
two years.(2) And with the holiday shipping season in full swing, it’s the
perfect time to make sure that DeJoy is fired once and for all.

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DeJoy’s decisions have been disastrous for the post office -- and right
now they’re worse than ever.

During the busiest season of the year, DeJoy allowed only 64% of the
number of typical seasonal hires.(3) Cities from St. Louis to Chicago to
Portland (both of them!) are reporting significant delays and missing
mail.(4) Recently, an exposé in The Washington Post showed how some post
offices have been ordered to fulfill Amazon contracts before dealing with
any other mail — which includes social security checks and prescription
medications.(5)

Last time seats opened up, Biden compromised with Sen. Mitch McConnell to
fill the seats.(6) We can’t afford him to make the same mistake twice. If
he doesn’t put strong public advocates on the Board now, he won’t have
another chance until 2024 -- and there’s a presidential election between
now and then.

The Save the Post Office Coalition is calling on Biden to nominate former
Representative Brenda Lawrence and policy expert Sarah Anderson to replace
the Trump members. Rep. Lawrence was a USPS employee for 30 years before
she was elected to Congress from Michigan. Anderson has written
extensively on the USPS and economic issues and has a family of letter
carriers. They will be the perfect antidote to the “10 year plan” DeJoy
has to dismantle our nation’s oldest agency.

[ [link removed] ]We need President Biden to hear us and save the post office from Louis
DeJoy once and for all. Will you sign on?

Thank you for joining the fight.

–Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jen, Mario, Marvin, Alyssa, and
Lindsay (and the rest of the Courage team)

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Courage California (formerly Courage Campaign) makes sure our democracy works for ALL of us by fighting corruption in California politics. We believe the solution lies in exposing and solving systemic problems through strategic organizing, enhancing coordination between progressive organizations, and mobilizing civic engagement from our communities, particularly voters of color, young voters, and self-identified progressives.

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