Dear Friend,

California Representative Katie Porter just unleashed her infamous
whiteboard on Trump Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.

In a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Porter showed how since DeJoy
took office, the mail has gone from 92% on-time delivery to a dismal 61%
-- and DeJoy just ordered another mail slowdown in October.(1)

Rep. Porter’s message is clear: Louis DeJoy has to go. But to make that
happen, President Joe Biden must move faster on his promises to save the
USPS, and Congress must fully fund the post office in the Build Back
Better bill. We are demanding that they take action immediately.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate $5 to Courage California and help call on
Biden and Congress to save the U.S. Postal Service?

It is just mind boggling that Louis DeJoy is still in office.

He was specifically appointed by Trump to slow down the mail to interfere
with ballots in the 2020 election.(2) But he also has millions of dollars
invested in shipping companies that are direct competitors to the USPS,
giving him incentive to see the agency fail.(3)

And as his tenure has gone on, DeJoy has proven himself more and more
corrupt. He bought $305,000 in bonds from the investment firm managed by
the chair of the USPS's governing board.(4) An investigation showed no
less than a dozen conflicts of interest in his actions.(5)

And yet DeJoy has been permitted to move forward with a ten year plan to
slow down the mail and make it more expensive, almost certainly putting it
out of business. He has already cut the labor force, shut down mail
sorters, and removed mailboxes around the country.

This isn’t just about holiday cards and gifts, which certainly will be
delayed. This is about prescription medicines that won’t reach veterans
through the VA. This is about social security checks languishing in
warehouses.

Rep. Porter’s whiteboarding of Louis DeJoy is going viral, and we need to
take advantage of this moment to insist that DeJoy be fired and that
Congress fully fund the U.S. Postal Service. Will you donate to help us
ramp up our campaign?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate to Courage California today.

Yours in the fight for our mail,

Irene, along with Amber, Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Isidra, Jay, Lindsay,
LisaMarie, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team) 

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