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Hi,
It’s mystifying, but true: Trump mega-donor Louis DeJoy still hasn’t been fired as head of the U.S. Postal Service.
In fact, he's just announced his latest awful idea.
This month, he’ll start shutting down services at more than 200 locations. How many post offices will be closed? How much will this delay mail delivery? DeJoy isn’t saying … yet.1
It’s all part of DeJoy’s 10-year scheme to raise prices, cut 50,000 jobs, and slow delivery times.
Enough is enough. It’s past time to fire Louis DeJoy and end his attacks on the Post Office.
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A holdover from the Trump administration, DeJoy has already made a host of decisions to make the Post Office worse.
In the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, as an unprecedented number of voters prepared to vote by mail because of the pandemic, DeJoy ordered cuts to overtime and presided over the removal of nearly 700 high-speed mail sorters.2 He’s resisted the transition to electric vehicles at every turn.3 And his widely condemned 10-year plan includes eliminating tens of thousands of jobs.4
And this month begins DeJoy’s “Great Consolidation,” forcing mail carriers to travel farther to pick up the mail they’ll deliver and creating more carbon pollution.5
It’s outrageous that DeJoy is still hanging around nearly two years since President Joe Biden was elected. But the good news is that polls show that the U.S. Postal Service is one of the most popular government agencies in existence. If we can generate enough public attention about all the harm DeJoy is doing, we can finally get rid of him.
Demand Progress has driven in more than 200,000 signatures to Congress and the White House urging them to act. We’ve helped ensure that Biden appointees now control the board that can fire DeJoy. Now it's time to finish the job.
With gratitude for all you do,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action
Sources:
1. Common Dreams, "'A True Danger to the Public Post Office': DeJoy Moves to Consolidate USPS Facilities," August 27, 2022.
2. HuffPost, "DeJoy Says Mail Sorting Machines Were Stripped For Parts And Can't Be Reinstalled," September 25, 2020.
3. The New York Times, "Democrats Want Investigation Into Postal Service’s Gas Guzzlers Contract," March 14, 2022.
4. Government Executive, "USPS Plans to Slash 50,000 Positions in Coming Years to Reach 'Break Even' Point," July 28, 2022.
5. Common Dreams, "'A True Danger to the Public Post Office': DeJoy Moves to Consolidate USPS Facilities," August 27, 2022.
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