Trump plans to seize control of USPS and fire the postal board. Yet another executive order, this time to take control of the independent mail agency, then place the Commerce Department in charge of it. Placing USPS under the control of the Commerce Department is viewed as “a regal approach” — - ThreadSky

wordswithsteph.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Trump plans to seize control of USPS and fire the postal board.

Yet another executive order, this time to take control of the independent mail agency, then place the Commerce Department in charge of it.

Placing USPS under the control of the Commerce Department is viewed as “a regal approach” —

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lawrscott.bsky.social•1 day ago

No more mailing in a vote.

jeaniedoc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Great, there goes the postal system. I need this for my business!!!

gettingeducated.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gonna give it Bezos one of his Oligarchs. Then Bezos will control delivery… they’re carving up the e countries industries with privatization….stand up Americans 💪🏼

boudinballz.bsky.social•1 day ago

And Congress just watches it happen

oberon9.bsky.social•1 day ago

Regal approach is soft language for a coup.

brendastarr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thinking of all those mail-in ballots he obsesses over.

morganafare.bsky.social•1 day ago

A “regal” approach…

morganafare.bsky.social•1 day ago

A “regal approach”

alannah56.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Theyar eatin' tha votes
Theyar eatin' tha votes"

samthom64.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m a mail carrier. We absolutely hated DeJoy, but when he suddenly resigned, we were all wary. Now we get it. This sucks.

mailman28.bsky.social•1 day ago

I am too..I knew when he said he was resigning, I knew he/we are on borrowed time...how long??..26 years for me..

jgrass4596.bsky.social•1 day ago

I retired in November because I was afraid of something like this happening. It sure felt like they were dragging out the contract negotiations until the election was over. I thought the same thing when I heard about DeJoy. He knows something and doesn’t want to be involved.

samthom64.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I get that, but DeJoy has always been slimy and is buddies with Trump. I think he sold us down the river.

jgrass4596.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Absolutely. He was doing what he was brought in to do. He closed mail processing plants right before the 2020 election and lowered the standards while reducing service.

hughjass406.bsky.social•1 day ago

It does suck. You all do important, non-poltical work.

samthom64.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trying to not let my anxiety take over and just take things as they come.

monroe79.bsky.social•1 day ago

Technically anxiety is your body’s instinctive fight or flight response kicking in when it senses danger. Don’t ignore it. 👍

bcaputo722.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wouldn’t moving this to the commerce dept be a violation of the us constitution? It was established as an independent agency with broad powers to control its own budget. Moving it negates this.

searinglyaaron.bsky.social•1 day ago

What action can I, as an individual resident & taxpayer, take to oppose & stop this from happening?

Can’t rely on Congress alone

indigocat4.bsky.social•1 day ago

how are Americans supposed to make money if he’s firing everyone in the US ? millions of people losing their jobs and so how are they going afford anything mail, shipping? they’re collapsing our economy. we are in a hand maids tale. headed quickly towards…

cjcricket.bsky.social•1 day ago

We are obviously fu****.

msori.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can't begin to imagine what over 500 thousand irate postal workers are going to do. They are the oldest organized civilian workforce in the US. This is not a group to FAFO.

maireathena.bsky.social•1 day ago

Totally illegal.

wehearvoices.bsky.social•1 day ago

And another piece of our Constitution is deleted.

steviegrrrl.bsky.social•1 day ago

National Association of Letter Carriers has WORDS

https://www.nalc.org/news/nalc-updates/nalc-statement-on-reported-executive-order-attacking-postal-service

barcodex.bsky.social•1 day ago

Everything is aimed at ultimately taking control of voting. Once they control that they can do all the truly terrible things they’re still holding back. Republicans are a soulless cancer at this terminal stage.

lindarn.bsky.social•1 day ago

So he can arrange for blue states to not get mail service around election time?

bluedottx.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly!!

montyreborn.bsky.social•1 day ago

☝️ this

cactisflor.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sounds like Trump wants to interfere with future elections. He wants to stop mail in ballots.

peaches18.bsky.social•1 day ago

this should go very well, I'm mailing my christmas cards now to ensure a timely delivery

thewildheretic.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can't FUCKING govern by EO. (But you can rule apparently). Where the fuck is the rest of our goddamn government?!

scardiecat.bsky.social•1 day ago

He does hate mail in ballots so may be the key here. I'm not mailing in a ballot now in these times. This will hurt rural communities most so let's see the uprising there when that happens.

makeusathinkagain.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Not just ballots. Likely they want to sell all the real estate and machinery to the highest bidder(s), not to mention the business itself of handling all that mail and those parcels. UPS? FEDEX?
MORE MONEY! MUST HAVE IT ALL!!!

shap1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Someone posed this in another thread. Hopefully accurate information.

liberals4liberty.bsky.social•1 day ago

He can manipulate the votes by mail. Wake the hell up.

baltovegas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Its illegal.

cmar0561.bsky.social•1 day ago

Privatizing USPS isn’t about efficiency—it’s about greed and control. Imagine your prescriptions, ballots, and bills held hostage by price-gouging corporations. This is what happens when a wannabe dictator rigs every system to serve himself.

agewell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly- bye bye to mail in ballots?

dreppa.bsky.social•20 hours ago

That was my first thought. People thinking ”In 2 years we can take back the House and Senate”. Kiss that good bye.

harriet75.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is getting beyond scary. He wants to control everything

monroe79.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is how he plans to solve the mail in ballots problem.

liberals4liberty.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah. This is what dictators do. That is why the time to protest is NOW.
Check with #indivisible or #50501 Movement

exposurejb.bsky.social•1 day ago

Voting.

sueshoes8.bsky.social•1 day ago

No mail in votes in the future

socflyny.bsky.social•1 day ago

Did you see @maddow.msnbc.com? She finally said out loud what most of us privately fear -- the breadth and speed of what they are dismantling suggests that they have no intention of ever leaving office.

Privatizing USPS assures they can mess with mail-in voting.

2026 will be a performative farce.

grandmaliberty.bsky.social•1 day ago

And Bush, jr had the USPS put aside billions of $s to cover future pension payments for 75 years into the future. This made the post office look like it wasn’t making a profit. But that money is still there and they’ll take it. And Louie Da Joy wants to private our original Pony Express.

smknjohnny17.bsky.social•1 day ago

Congress created the Postal Service! they and only they have authority over it! trump cannot do this on his own!

7isamagicnumber.bsky.social•1 day ago

The USPS has their own troops to protect our FREE REACH right just in case something like trump happens.

johnsonjohnsonas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Disinformation on TV via Fox; online via X, TS & right wing podcasters, print newspapers (some) are obeying in advance, and now our mail.

maury04.bsky.social•1 day ago

What better way to tamper with elections and the millions of mail in ballots.

caligreg.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Trump Wants to Go Postal on Postal

A privatized constitution is a big slash.
Service will suck. But rich guys get cash!
Live too remote? They won’t make a buck?
No meds for you. Best of luck!

wordswithsteph.bsky.social•1 day ago

…and a violation of federal law.

“Privatizing the Postal Service is an attack on Americans’ access to critical information, benefits and life-saving medical care,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (Virginia), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Accountability Committee, told WaPo. “It is…

sailnoar.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Hmm ... Privatizing mail in ballots

wordswithsteph.bsky.social•1 day ago

…clear that Trump and his cronies value lining their own pockets more than the lives and connection of the American public.”

“The anxiety over the Postal Service is not only three-quarters of a million workers. It’s that this is something that does not belong to the president or…

wordswithsteph.bsky.social•1 day ago

…the White House. It belongs to the American people.”

WaPo exclusive in comments below:

maddy2024.bsky.social•12 hours ago

💯👏👏
https://www.congress.gov/bill/91st-congress/house-bill/17070/text

wordswithsteph.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say

https://wapo.st/4309Ysp

contrails.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, pissed-off postal workers is exactly what this reality shit-show regime deserves.

monroe79.bsky.social•1 day ago

Facts🤦🏻‍♀️

mfleighco3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hopefully they go right to the source of their discount. And have ex-special force training. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

bluenyc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Right? Many of us remember when workers “going postal” was a phenomenon.

alisarobo.bsky.social•1 day ago

There’s nothing this asshole won’t destroy.

markhopper.com•1 day ago

@senatedem.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social

This must be stopped.

kdjs-1.bsky.social•1 day ago

#ETTD

atriana.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is so they can enforce the Comstock Act.

rodin20583.bsky.social•1 day ago

So, the White House is going to control the USPS leading up to the 2026 midterm elections?
Hmmm...

targaturbo.bsky.social•1 day ago

How convenient

juli-alvarez.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hate this country. I'm either going to swallow a cyanide pill or get the eff out.

amethystjones1.bsky.social•1 day ago

So, no more mail-in ballots. Welp, guess I will go back to standing in line to vote at a fundamentalist church with red-hats jeering. My vote counts!

mugwump-jr-the-3rd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Except those voting machines will be rigged by Elon's satellites

frankmonah.bsky.social•1 day ago

the USPS is in the Constitution

this will go down like his birthright bullshit

but THIS is the problem - Trump doesn't care if it's legal

so let's not here the media question if he knows it or not

frankmonah.bsky.social•1 day ago

*hear - been a long day

nat43.bsky.social•1 day ago

Independent USPS was created by law, cannot be recreated within Commerce with an EO.

mfleighco3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Does it LOOK LIKE anyone is standing up to him or fighting back yet?!!! The entire Senate and House look like they’ve taken a knee and are sucking his cvck
🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️😬😬😬🤬🤬🤬🤬

jarom64.bsky.social•1 day ago

Next thing you know his face will be in US stamps because that’s who he is.

talifarishylen.bsky.social•1 day ago

And with all the other fuckery he continues to pull, I’m not surprised, but must ask why? WHY!!!?????? (Screaming into void)

targaturbo.bsky.social•1 day ago

He’ll have control and tamper with mailin ballots

christerfur.bsky.social•18 hours ago

From Dejoy to “No joy”

seastarsteal.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://apwu.org/news union responds. There are three unions. APWU are clerks, etc. Behind the scenes mostly NALC are letter carriers. Mailhandlers and Supervisors/ managers also have unions, as do retired crafts unions.

jgrass4596.bsky.social•1 day ago

Project 2025 looks to eliminate unions. What bigger message to send organized labor than killing one of the biggest federal unions. The PATCO strike has set labor back for 40+ years. This would be worse.

blidsol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Crime alert ‼️

everyday-inventor.bsky.social•1 day ago

If you control the mail, you control mail voting 🤷‍♂️

mfleighco3.bsky.social•1 day ago

He won’t need fElon to control the voting machines any more. Just like he did in Pennsylvania.

caroleboren-2.bsky.social•1 day ago

WTF does that mean? A "regal approach".

wordswithsteph.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is behaving as if he’s a king. “Regal approach” is taken from a quote in the WaPo article attached to the post.

caroleboren-2.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you Stepanie, I hadn't read the WaPo article. My bad.

swissmrs3.bsky.social•1 day ago

The USPS, unlike other departments, is set up by the Constitution. Doesn’t that make a difference?

wiggles53.bsky.social•1 day ago

He can't do that with an executive order. What a fucking idiot.

ibeetb369.bsky.social•1 day ago

And killer of mail- in voting

mickeyar.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s precisely why he’s doing it!!!

ibeetb369.bsky.social•1 day ago

I never knew the US could not protect itself like this. We are literally all being held hostage

mfriedmannola.bsky.social•7 hours ago

It's also going back to 1969 when the PO WAS a government department. The creation of USPS can't be undone without legislation.

mutsy67.bsky.social•1 day ago

Project 2025 continues

hoogrection.bsky.social•1 day ago

Right on schedule.
FUCK

miriamborne.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fuck you Felon and wishing you a speedy departure to Russia or hell ~which soon will be strangely similar

bizcochito73.bsky.social•1 day ago

And Biden couldn’t fire DeJoy for 4yrs! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

lalah03.bsky.social•1 day ago

I thought Dejoy resigned just a few days ago? Did he?

bizcochito73.bsky.social•1 day ago

He did. His work was done, he probably knows what’s going to happen to the USPS after the 🍊 takeover

soshepersisted.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mail is dead. We will never be able to trust them. Never.

rigby77.bsky.social•1 day ago

RIP universal rural delivery. And for the “underserved” there are no ebooks or e magazines or streaming tunes or films
And don’t be beguiled by T Mobile, it’s underwritten by elon’s Starlink, which will burrow into your phone and devices. If you’re comfortable with that…

mailman28.bsky.social•1 day ago

And we, the postal service, deliver a ton of Amazon parcels..When Joe America sees their Amazon service price go up AND has to pay a surcharge for every delivery, maybe America will finally wake up???

anneleino.bsky.social•1 day ago

Time to SHUT THINGS DOWN. The General Strike https://search.app/N5REvB2gFh9cMS1o8

surfvolleyjockstud.bsky.social•1 day ago

Postal workers. You better protect your space and your jobs

myroyallife.bsky.social•1 day ago

He wants to mess with mail-in ballots. This is really scary.

joanofsnark3.bsky.social•1 day ago

The USPS made a net income of $144M in the final 3 months of 2024.
It is the UNIVERSAL mail delivery system for the U.S.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/21/business/trump-postal-service-privatization

invictusghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are lawless and we will fight them.
https://www.nalc.org/news/nalc-updates/nalc-statement-on-reported-executive-order-attacking-postal-service

invictusghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Postal Workers should strike like 1970. If Trump does away with the Collective Bargining Agreement agreed to under the Postal Reform Act of 1970, the workers are no longer subject to the non strike clause of that Reform. Trump is stealing the Postal Pension Fund. Defend yourselves.

invictusghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

USPS is semi-autonomous, has a union or 3, and was already on strike in 1970 when the PRA was passed to end that strike. Trump intends to violate or delete the PRA in order to put it into the Treasury. He's already violating the agreement. There are laws. But you can't obey in advance.

invictusghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

They will not be able to train scabs to do what is done in the sorting centers. Mail will pile up. E commerce will come to a halt. Even Amazon will have issues. Your jobs are complex. It takes a lot to get a letter or pkg from point a to b. It's not an easily fixable thing when it stops.

joanofsnark3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Louis DeJoy, Trump appointee was running the USPS.

I’m sure he had nothing to do with recent losses. 🙄

joanofsnark3.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/#:~:text=Explore%20the%20past%2C%20glimpse%20the%20future.&text=In%20the%20nearly%20250%20years,better%20serve%20a%20growing%20population.

662tird.bsky.social•1 day ago

I wonder who he’ll sell it to?

makeusathinkagain.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Just curious - what happens to the pensions of all the retired workers and the ones they intend to fire?

debintx.bsky.social•1 day ago

Control for elections. No more mail in ballots.

shutzy55.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nazi King

mfleighco3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not my president and sure as phuck not my king

ladyevenstarbpe.bsky.social•1 day ago

🤮

bulldurham.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Postal Service is in the Constitution.

dialhead59.bsky.social•1 day ago

At some pt, there needs to be a NATIONAL STRIKE! Federal employees, ups employees , Boeing, you name it, you only hurt billionaires when you don't make them Money!! When will we grow some???????

lilmermaid17.bsky.social•1 day ago

How can he do that? Where are people who will stand up?

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