This is how the Postmaster General reacts when Members of Congress demand accountability. He’s the reason your prescriptions, paychecks, and bills are late. Embarrassing.
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Well, I blame the Biden administration for keeping him in as the PMG. So, in this case, unfortunately the blame, I’m putting on the Biden administration. There have been numerous non profits creating petitions to get rid of the PMG, but the Biden administration failed to respond.
Why was he allowed to remain in office through President Biden’s term? Democrats pay by the rules while the other guy fires people like he is still on the Apprentice!
Does that mean tRump couldn't have installed him in the 1st place? If I recall correctly, he demanded resignations from the governing board, appointed his own yes men and then had them place this buffoon in office.
Trump did not directly install DeJoy. But he got it done. You are correct in that the bipartisan Board of Governors, all selected by Trump and confirmed by the Senate, put DeJoy in place.
Biden wasn't allowed to fire him. Something DJT doesn't understand (and stupid people who don't look stuff up) is there are limits to presidential authority. I wish people would look up shit before they blame.
I’m just so mad that one side has rules and the other side does whatever they want. Just look at the people being nominated for office - how is this real life? 😡
Don’t mean to take it out on you but democrats need to learn to fight better - bringing a knife to a gun fight every time!
(I hate guns)
Not sure of the details/facts, but I think Biden had to wait for vacancies on the board, and when he was able to appoint new members, the new members refused to vote out DeJoy. I don't think it was as simple as just replacing the board whenever he wanted.
New members should have been vetted better.
Look at the nominees being proposed right now - how is it possible that we appointed people who refused to do the right thing 🤬
DeJoy messed with the last election and god only know what he did with this one.
I don't know if they lied to Biden or he just expected them to do the right thing because that's what he would have done and he's too trusting. But yes.
I think fewer people voted by mail this time, but I still heard about people not getting their absentee ballots so they had to vote in person.
Biden appointed an equal number of Democrats and Republicans because of bipartisanship or normalcy or whatever. Two of his outstanding nominees are Republicans, one is a Democrat, and one vacancy has no nominee.
European here, so apologies for the naive question: Do “paychecks” have to be manually taken to a bank to pay in, or is it just a reference of a payment?
Many people still want paper checks. Direct deposit is universally available but people do it for various reasons, like garnishment for child support. Not everyone is nefarious. 😊
Some Americans use "paycheck" to refer to their pay, whether they get it as a paper check or direct deposit. But in the context of the postal service, it means paper check that needs to be physically taken to a bank.
A paycheck that is sent in the mail is an actual written paper check. It depends on your bank however, and the amount, whether or not you have to take it to the bank. Some of them you can deposit remotely.
Also though some Americans don't have bank accounts. They use check cashing services.
My guess is that it was Biden's misguided attempt to treat this role as non-political and that he/dems would be rewarded for trying to act as if it's business as usual.
The President doesn’t have the power to fire the postmaster general. Blame Bernie for refusing to vote for Obama’s nominees which allowed Trump to appoint the board that appointed him.
The president has the power to hire a postmaster general but can’t fire him? And if we’re delving into the past for blame, can I blame Biden for being a segregationist bitch or no?
They lost my grandmas Bible that she had dedicated to my sister. I was sending it via priority mail. I reported it lost and was told my description was inadequate. I described what was written by my Grandma. Described a white leather bound Bible. I Never heard from them again.
Another multimillionaire appointmented by trump. As I recall he was put in place to slow the mail down by removing ballot boxes etc & of course another hateful person as is the standard for trump.
The President does not have the authority to fire the PG. The position is appointed by the USPS. The President can only appoint members to the Board of Governors, but he cannot directly influence the decision of the board regarding the Postmaster General.
Ya, i read about it more. He could have just nominated more people but he's too much of a stickler for old ways and decided to be safe. That's gonna bit everyone in the ass.
He did. In August, he nominated Val Butler Demings & William Zollars to fill 2 vacancies. Appointments must be approved by Senate. (Another reason why there should be term limits; age maximums; & elections matter. But that’s a rant for another day, not mad at your ? Just mad cuz you know, fascism).
Just curious if you think that trump had any sway over the commission.
He was appointed May 2020 by the Board of Governors of the US Postal Service. B4 the appmt. he was founder & CEO of logistics & freight company New Breed Logistics & was a major Republican Party donor & fundraiser for Trump.
I mailed packages last week Monday. One out of state, and 2 in my home state. I check on them everyday. Not delivered yet. This is exactly why I mailed them early. I'm hoping they make it before Christmas, but we will see.
My nieces’ & nephew’s mail-in ballots were never received here in Texas. They had to fly home at the last minute to vote. I heard multitudes of stories like this. DeJoy knew exactly what he was doing. He threw out ballots.
He misdirected them to the wrong states and ensured they weren't found until after counts were completed. Then he tells the press he's cutting services to rural areas. It's diabolical.
Unfortunately we can’t prove anything that the Maga Republicans do. We all know who really won in 2024! The election was bought by the riches man in the world! I fear the worst is yet to come in 2025! 🥲🥵
Because POTUS can't fire him directly, but can nominate members of the USPS Board of Governors, who can. As to why Biden's picks, who now hold a majority of the BoG didn't fire him? That's a great question. 🤷♂️ It's been on my list of annoyances with Biden that DeJoy is still in office for four years.
appointed postmaster general with the express intent to make the USPS so terrible that they could either shunt traffic to UPS/FedEx, or privatize the service entirely.
cfdt puts people in charge of things they hate, in order to destroy them. this is no accident.
I worked post office for a year. He is the reason the USPS can't retain people or sometimes even hire them. His ideas, when passed on to the employees, make us scratch our heads in confusion and horror at the amount of extra work they will put upon us. Glad I get out. Now, wish he'd get out.
I am a retired letter carrier, and the House member had everything correct in the questioning of DeJoy. DeJoy has turned the post office into a logistical nowhere land and whet I hear from those who are working there, their moral is at an all-time low.
The Postal Board of Governors, even after getting enough Dem support, had four year to get rid of this jerk. What were they doing instead, playing tiddly winks?
They might have been! We don't know half of what they do with their time, but it's easy enough to follow the bills introduced to see that they aren't as lazy as many seem to think. Plus, they have committee work, etc.
Because the board that controls his position isn't under Biden's control. Just like he can't fire Supreme Court justices nor school board reps. Presidents aren't kings
Spare me the civics lecture. Of 9 total members, with 3 vacancies, Biden appointed 4 of the remaining 6. That includes 2 Democrats, 1 Republican and 1 Independent. For the remaining 3 vacancies, Biden nominated 1 Democrat and 2 Republicans.
If he wanted DeJoy gone, he could've made it happen.
When your insurance forces you to use a mail service for meds and your prescriptions get mailed to the wrong house and they refuse to cover replacements. Fuck this guy. Fuck this country.
You could have gotten rid of him. Regular mail or small packages almost unusable.
Time wasted trying to upsell us at the counter.
Move the mail.
8 days to send a parcel from Plattsburgh NY to Boston.
This should not be.
One of the Democrats on the board was appointed by Trump. That Democrat supports DeJoy. So the numbers wouldn't be there for firing DeJoy even with the Dem majority.
Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says he can be fired and serves at the president's pleasure. All agency heads (other than the FTC) that do any policy making can be fired.
Congress specifically structured the Post Master General post so that the Post Master General does not serve at the pleasure of the president. That was their specific intent when they enacted the law that governs how this post is filled.
Why do people in government get to keep their jobs when, if one of us acted 10% the way some of our elected officials act, our ass would be fired in no time.
There was a time in American politics when every now and then, someone would say something noble and edifying. Now it’s just this shit, day and night. No apocalypse movie ever said we’d just mutate into clowns.
Postal boxes in Billings, Montana are “GET IUT OF CAR AND PUT MAIL IN HIGH UP SLOT!! One post office the slot is now on other side of drive up!! What the hell!!
He tore all the sorting machines out of post offices, started hiring independent postal service workers and guess where ballots went? To many different states that they didn’t belong in?
I mean he was being berated by a hack (who shouldn't be in Congress) for doing the job they put him there for. Dejoy was specifically put there to cripple the USPS. Just look what he did with the sorting machines. He was put in place by Trump and McCormick knows it and is part of the farce.
Dejoy also subsidized part of the USPS job out to his own fucking companies. But for McCormick or any Repub hacks to act like they give a shit now when that's exactly what they wanted him to do is a joke.
A trump guy with no relevant skills for the job that was handed to him. Just like every other person he is choosing now. They are all more loyal to him than the country and actually doing a good job for the people they serve isn't even a thought in their heads.
We had a week of no mail service. After three days, I went to the central post office and asked if I could collect my mail. They said it hadn’t been sorted yet. I volunteered to sort it, but they wouldn’t let me.
Yup! People somehow forgot or didn't realize Trump appointed him. Ever since then, we have had nothing but mail delivery problems. Late mail, and in some cases mail never delivered. I'm still waiting for a piece of mail that was sent by my company back in late September / early October...
Why wasn’t he fired by the Biden administration??? Before the 2020 election he got rid of the mail processing machines and caused mail to be delayed. Purposely. Why wasn’t this questioned in an inquiry???
The president appoints the postmaster. The board is the only entity that can fire him. That's been the problem. Google it. Way too much for a post here.
You guys haven't prioritized confirming the board people that could change things. YOU HAVE HAD PLENTY OF TIME. IT'S YOU GUYS. YOURE THE PROBLEM, TINA. CONFIRM THE NEW PEOPLE.
Do you actually understand why the post office has the struggles they have? Or are you simply seeking attention? Maybe look at all the horrible systems and rules congress has forced onto the USPS and maybe point the finger where it belongs.
I don’t know. He came on the job and IMMEDIATELY ordered new mail sorting machines to be taken offline and dismantled. Hundreds of thousands of dollars , if not millions, wasted. Does that sound like someone that wants improve mail delivery?
Absolutely true. Republicans have been undermining the viability of the USPS for decades, saddling it with onerous pension obligations and other mendacious schemes to hobble it every way possible.
So why then would you vilify the postmaster when he is weary of the bullshit from republicans acting like they give a shit when they are the ones that cause the problems
Ha. I understand his reaction, though it doesn't excuse his own malfeasance in the role he's serving. The whole organization, from top to bottom, needs a "good faith" bipartisan reboot.
I know this but Rump would if the situation was reversed! Why do Dems always have to take the high road . I am tired of impotence , low energy and no fight !
I had a package arrive in my city, then it got shipped 2 hours away, sat there for 2 days, then back to my city, sat here for a day or so, then back to the other city 2 hours away and after I asked them WTF??? And showed them the tracking it finally arrived next day. Great Job DeJoy
Same with mine I sent a package to Colorado priority $17 and it took 3 weeks PLUS no record of it. I said you took my money you should have it in your computer nope they don’t do that so it’s been unaudited for decades someone need to audit him .
Unacceptable for 1st class letter to take 28 days to go 30 miles from Houston to my home I could’ve walked there & back in less time Now I’m waiting for a letter mailed 11/19
He is a scum bucket who has been trying to destroy the USPS, for his own personal profit, so it can be privatized. Actually, the Republican Party has been trying to do it for decades- they just finally got a guy in there that can make it happen.
Yup.
This is the man Rump put there to destroy “Black Jobs” as he calls it.
He saw how many people of African decent were securely fed employed thru the post office (who can afford college for their kids) and freaked out.
If it, the post office, were a successful black town he would burn it down.
filing a claim for a package valued at just $40 was denied 2x. submitted receipts and all necessary documentation. they will deny claims like a health insurance company. usps is a cluster fuq run by a fuqwad.
Just think of all the late fees we've all incurred/ paid due to bills arriving late... Oh, wait, the banks/ utilities probably think those millions in late payment fees income they got are a good thing.
Taking away certain policies backs up mail delivery. Carriers used to deliver all mail out in their trucks getting overtime if it took longer. That is no longer allowed. This creates a backup in addition to making it easier to lose mail & packages. Many employees quit with the lowering of standards.
If Trump can find a way to corrupt the DOJ, CIA,FBI, investigate and prosecute political enemies, deport millions etc Biden could have found a way to get rid of this asshat. he should have pressured the board. DeJoy was the tip of the spear of the first coup with his delay the mail in vote.
Fair enough. I was unaware of a block by the Senate for replacements. I will look into that further.
Unfortunately, there have been (and continue to be) too many offenses being committed by Republicans to keep up with it all. They've been taking a flamethrower to our democracy for years now.
Oh come on now! He doesn't have the power to fire a Postmaster general. The SCOTUS said he only has the power to *checks notes* assassinate a political rival.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy should have been fired for his dismantling of postal machines, delivery trucks and delaying early voting ballots from being mailed out etc.
My dad is almost 79band gets meds from the va in the mail and that shits at least a day late if not 2 days most of the time. It was on time this week for this first time in a while and he's had to go to the VA a couple times to pick it up instead
They don’t appoint the postmaster general. The appoint people to the board for a certain number of years to be confirmed by the Senate. Trump got more nominees confirmed because Sanders refused to vote for Obama’s nominees.
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Don’t mean to take it out on you but democrats need to learn to fight better - bringing a knife to a gun fight every time!
(I hate guns)
New members should have been vetted better.
DeJoy messed with the last election and god only know what he did with this one.
I think fewer people voted by mail this time, but I still heard about people not getting their absentee ballots so they had to vote in person.
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Trump wouldn't let a board stand in his way.
Biden: smoll bean
Trump is a dictator but Biden is powerless.
Some Americans use "paycheck" to refer to their pay, whether they get it as a paper check or direct deposit. But in the context of the postal service, it means paper check that needs to be physically taken to a bank.
Also though some Americans don't have bank accounts. They use check cashing services.
Biden appointed enough members to the board to vote him out.
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Hmmm. 🤔
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He was appointed May 2020 by the Board of Governors of the US Postal Service. B4 the appmt. he was founder & CEO of logistics & freight company New Breed Logistics & was a major Republican Party donor & fundraiser for Trump.
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But it's women who are "too emotional". What a piece of shit.
cfdt puts people in charge of things they hate, in order to destroy them. this is no accident.
Louis DeJoy is the reason mail ballots were routed to wrong states and arrived at their proper destinations too late to be counted.
He is and always has been a danger to democracy! He needs to go sooner rather than later!
DeJoy accomplished what he was put in place to do!
If he wanted DeJoy gone, he could've made it happen.
Biden Administration failure, as Trump will most certainly purge those he feels do not follow his dictates.
Time wasted trying to upsell us at the counter.
Move the mail.
8 days to send a parcel from Plattsburgh NY to Boston.
This should not be.
Idiots.
These are petulant children, not adults.
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This is the man Rump put there to destroy “Black Jobs” as he calls it.
He saw how many people of African decent were securely fed employed thru the post office (who can afford college for their kids) and freaked out.
If it, the post office, were a successful black town he would burn it down.
I even remember when he nominated Val and thought it was a great pic. ffs
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/25/president-biden-announces-nominees-4/
As far as I know the nominees are still sitting there. And I doubt Rs will make getting them through easy.
He was appointed in May 2020, prior to the election. His destruction of sorting mschines & 34-felon campaign contributions;
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/08/19/reports-of-dismantled-usps-sorting-machines-continue-despite-dejoy-announcing-halt/
Unfortunately, there have been (and continue to be) too many offenses being committed by Republicans to keep up with it all. They've been taking a flamethrower to our democracy for years now.
Oh. Well then, Biden. Go on with your bad self.
Just like his pardon for his son shows, if it was something he care about doing it would’ve been done.
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