Hi,

Louis DeJoy has been such a disaster since Donald Trump put him in charge
of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that even Republicans are demanding that
he pause the implementation of his 10-year plan to shrink the USPS.^1

And to make things worse, DeJoy just announced a new round of cuts that
will slow down mail delivery even more — and this time he's specifically
targeting rural communities for increased delays.^2

There's already been a huge drop in on-time delivery under DeJoy, even as
he's jacked up postage rates again and again.^3,4 And the rural
communities he's targeting for additional cuts are exactly the communities
that are most reliant on the Postal Service for basic needs like Social
Security checks, medications, and mail-in ballots.^5

We need to ramp up the pressure on the Postal Service's Board of Governors
to fire Louis DeJoy before he completely runs the U.S. Postal Service into
the ground.

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our work, including our campaign to finally get rid of Louis DeJoy as U.S.
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Louis DeJoy has no business running the USPS. He doesn't understand or
believe in the mission of the post office, which is to provide a necessary
public service, not to make a profit like a private corporation. In fact,
he was only appointed by Donald Trump after he contributed over
$1.1 million to Trump's 2016 campaign.^6

The results since he took over have been disastrous.

DeJoy's 10-year so-called "modernization plan" includes shutting down as
many as 400 sorting-and-delivery facilities nationwide.^7 He has cut
operations at more than 200 locations, causing on-time delivery rates to
crash through the floor.^8 The new cuts he announced last week will, by
his own admission, cause increased delays for 1 out of every 4 pieces of
mail delivered to rural communities.^9

Now, you might think that President Biden could just fire DeJoy, but
that's not how it works. Unlike cabinet secretaries and many other agency
heads, the postmaster general can only be fired by the Postal Service
Board of Governors.

In February, President Biden was finally able to appoint two new members
of the Postal Service Board of Governors. In July, the Board called on
DeJoy to halt further implementation of his plan to shrink the post
office.^10

Now that he's openly defying their wishes, it's time for the Postal
Service's Board of Governors to pull the plug and fire Louis DeJoy.

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our work, including demanding the firing of Louis DeJoy as USPS Postmaster
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The team at Demand Progress Action

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Sources:
1. United States Senate, "Postmaster General DeJoy and U.S. Postal Service
Board of Governors," [ [link removed] ]May 8, 2024.
2. CBS News, "USPS says it wants to save $3 billion a year. Some rural
mail delivery could get slower.," [ [link removed] ]August 23, 2024.
3. Save the Post Office, "Looking at mail delays by the numbers: USPS
Service Performance in Q2 FY2024," [ [link removed] ]May 1, 2024.
4. Axios, "USPS stamp prices are going up again in July," [ [link removed] ]May 31,
2024.
5. Vox, "If the US Postal Service fails, rural America will suffer the
most," [ [link removed] ]April 16, 2020.
6. The Washington Post, "FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
in connection with past political fundraising," [ [link removed] ]June 3, 2021.
7. The Guardian, "'It's going to delay the mail': the fight over Louis
DeJoy's USPS plan," [ [link removed] ]December 15, 2023.
8. Government Executive, "USPS Lists Hundreds of Post Offices and Other
Facilities Where It Will Consolidate Operations," [ [link removed] ]August 26, 2022.
9. CBS News, "USPS says it wants to save $3 billion a year. Some rural
mail delivery could get slower.," [ [link removed] ]August 23, 2024.
10. Government Executive, "USPS regulator says DeJoy should pause all
network reform efforts," [ [link removed] ]July 3, 2024.
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