Dear Friend,

Have you noticed your mail coming slower and slower?

Starting October 1, the postal service began to slow down mail delivery,
and in many parts of the country, it now takes longer than in the 1970s.^1
At the same time, the post office increased the price of postage. And it's
all because of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.^2

Demand Progress won’t stand for this sabotage, which is why we’re running
a pressure campaign to demand that President Biden fire DeJoy and replace
him with a progressive who will work in the public interest and strengthen
the postal service.

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post office—and keep corporate cronies out of the Biden administration?

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If charging you more for worse service sounds like a direct path for
failure, it’s because it is.

These changes are part of DeJoy’s 10-year plot to sabotage the postal
service in order to line his own pockets. DeJoy is invested in USPS
competitors, meaning that the worse the postal service does, the richer
DeJoy becomes.^3

Friend, lining his own pockets is only one reason why DeJoy wants
to bring the mail to a grinding halt.

DeJoy also wants to carry out Trump’s plan to make it harder to vote by
mail.

Remember, Donald Trump personally appointed DeJoy—a GOP mega-donor with no
previous postal service experience—as head of USPS just before the 2020
election in order to make it harder for voters to cast their ballots in
the midst of a deadly pandemic.^4

DeJoy immediately made drastic—and alarming—changes, including removing
mailboxes around the country and shuffling around top officials to give
himself more power.^5

With the 2022 elections just around the corner, we know DeJoy will do
everything in his power to make it harder to vote. Demand Progress members
have sent more than 100,000 messages urging DeJoy to be fired, NOW.

[ [link removed] ]Our pressure campaign to fire DeJoy is more urgent than ever. But we
need your help. Will you rush a donation today to help save the postal
service?

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. CBS News, "Mail delivery slowdown: USPS to slow delivery starting
October 1," [ [link removed] ]October 1, 2021
2. Ibid.
3. The Guardian, "Revealed: evidence shows huge mail slowdowns after Trump
ally took over," [ [link removed] ]September 21, 2021
4. CNN, "With slower mail and election concerns, Trump's postmaster
general is in the hot seat," [ [link removed] ]August 20, 2020
5. Forbes, "Sorting Equipment Removed, Postal Police Duties Scaled Back:
Here Are All The Postal Service Changes Raising Alarm," [ [link removed] ]August 17,
2020
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