While DeJoy was gloating 'Get used to me' in hearing, Biden was engineering his ouster

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In Wednesday's congressional hearing, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy brought his usual brash, bullying self to the table, at one point snarling at Rep. Jim Cooper that he would be in this job for "a long time. Get used to me." Within an hour of that exchange, news broke that President Biden had been vetting nominees to fill vacancies on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) board of governors, the board that has the power to fire DeJoy.

Within another few hours the nominees were identified: Anton Hajjar, former general counsel for the American Postal Workers Union; Amber McReynolds, chief executive officer of Vote at Home, a group that pushed mail-voting in the 2020 election; and Ron Stroman, a former deputy postmaster general who was on Biden's transition team. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki basically said DeJoy's days are soon to be over: "The Postal Service needs leadership that can and will do a better job." When we talk about how the USPS can do a better job, we're talking about this: "It's been a month and about two weeks we haven't received any mail," Sykes said. That's Larry Sykes in Chicago, protesting at a South Shore neighborhood post office that closed in the middle of Tuesday. People are going weeks without mail. Still.

"Far too many constituents across the Chicago region have gone days and sometimes weeks without mail," Rep. Marie Newman, a Democrat, told the local ABC affiliate. "Our residents rely on postal mail to receive their medicine, bills, tax refunds, and essential documents but these delivery delays and customer service issues are causing them to lose faith in one of America's most trusted and respected institutions. Our seniors are falling behind on their prescriptions and essential services are being shut off because bills were not delivered on time—this is unacceptable." That's the message Democratic lawmakers tried to make break through with DeJoy Wednesday, to little effect. "You can sit here and think I'm bringing all this damage to the Postal Service," he told Rep. Jamie Raskin, but "the place was operationally faulty because of lack of investment and lack of ability to move forward, which is what we're trying to do."

What he's trying to do is is further slow the mail and make it cost more. That includes ending one- and two-day delivery for local first class mail and hiking postage rates, a plan that is being panned pretty much everywhere. One analyst spoke to NPR, saying that "degrading" first class mail is a terrible ideal. Paul Steidler, a senior fellow at the Lexington Institute, said, "You shouldn't even call it first-class mail if it takes three days for something to get a short distance." He added: "There's going to be greater instances of court notices not being received on time, payments to credit card companies not getting in on time and penalties being assessed … and it's completely unnecessary."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/25/2018110/-While-DeJoy-was-gloating-Get-used-to-me-in-hearing-Biden-was-engineering-his-ouster?detail=emaildkre

[dugog55]

1. When he is finally gone, good riddance. I just wish

there were some legal ramifications for his actions against the USPS. That smarmy little asshole needs a good smack down, preferably jail time. And that goes for every other rat Trump embedded in the government. While they might not be able to just fire them or release them, hopefully they keep an eye on them and the first time they hinder or obstruct an order or function, can them. That kind of poison mindset is not needed in a democracy.

[Native]

11. +1

[Lonestarblue]

18. I would think he could be held liable for malicious destruction of government property.

Even as a manager, he should not have the right to do anything he wants. He is still a government employee and should be accountable for his actions to deliberately slow the mail.

[Rebl2]

22. That would

be my thought too. He had perfectly good processing machines destroyed.

[crickets]

35. The removal and outright destruction of sorting machines worth millions

still blows the mind. He shouldn't be allowed to just walk away from that.

[SWBTATTReg]

36. Exactly. Instructing the removal of the machines as well as destroying them too, is in effect,

destroying govt. property.

[c-rational]

30. I hope it is not just good riddance, but jail time.

[Budi]

2. K & R That Headline!

"While DeJoy was gloating 'Get used to me' in hearing, Biden was engineering his ouster"



Go Joe!

[madaboutharry]

3. Why do people choose to be assholes?

There must be some kind of character defect that would cause a man to want to be this way in the world. DeJoy is a man of great wealth. What is it that causes him to be a miserable person?

[dalton99a]

6. Many sadists are filthy rich

The wealth gives them power to make other people suffer

[Poiuyt]

20. I know plenty of rich people who are not assholes

[stopdiggin]

33. nonsense. a inane and silly prejudice.

[movingviolation]

9. They think it benefits them..

and they obviously don't care if it hurts anybody else. They must get off on it somehow, they like the feeling of power over others. I think they enjoy being cruel. They need to be one-up on everyone else. Ego driven demonic toddlers, all.

rant off

[Trueblue1968]

12. LOCK HIM UP-

He followed TRUMP's orders to delay mail in ballots across the US. He tried to DESTROY the 2020 election. HE DESERVES JAIL TIME.

[IronLionZion]

13. Some people get wealthy by screwing over other people

People like DeJoy and Trump have chosen the asshole plan because it has apparently worked for them enough times.

[movingviolation]

4. You go Joe!!

Fire that nasty, vile, miserable, trumpie fuck-stain.

[Blue Owl]

5. Can't happen soon enough

[lagomorph777]

7. Oh, DeJoy! Next stop: DeJail.

[FakeNoose]

8. We need him GONE!

[erronis]

10. I see some XPO Logistic trucks on our hiways and know that this DeJoy company competes with the USPS

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/postal-service-dejoy-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html

He's just another grifter like the rest of the trumpists and (r)epugliqons.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Nope

Now, I'm not defending him but that article is terribly misleading.
When XPO bought his pissant company, they wanted nothing to do with LeJoy.
He took half of his money cashed out, and the other half (around $15 million, each half) in XPO stock.
When XPO closed the deal, the offered him nothing. No consulting role, no job, no part of the management transition.
He literally has nothing to do with XPO operations, and that's how XPO wanted it.
His actions at USPS have everything to do with his incompetence, which is why XPO wanted to only see his back when they took over.
And, the fraction of business XPO does in competition is a sliver. Nothing this fool does is going to affect XPO stock.
The author of this article didn't do their homework.

[questionseverything]

23. Giving deass the bs excuse of incompetence is foolish

Why he is deliberately slowing/stopping the mail I don’t know but I am sure it is on purpose

A bright fourth grader would not of caused as much trouble

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Not Close To My Point

My post was a reply to someone who linked an inaccurate article about DJ's connection to XPO, and his profiting from slowing down the mail to benefit that company.
My point(!) was he isn't benefitting financially because he controls nothing and is a minor investor.
I started my post by saying I wasn't defending him.
And sorry, aside from an obvious attempt to suppress mail-in voting, which I agree was intentional, there's no profit motive.
And, what he's doing after the fact is clearly incompetence.
There's a reason why XPO wanted nothing to do with him when they bought up New Breed with pocket change.
He has failed up his whole life and he is, in fact, incompetent.
That's not a defense. It's a fact.

[questionseverything]

26. And yet you are still defending him

Live chicks have been delivered by the post office forever and a day but after deass’s changes they repeatedly arrive dead.....any idiot would know,maybe I should reverse these changes

The only reason he doesn’t is, failure is the goal

The same could be said about a dozen other screw ups, he doesn’t fix them because he wants the failure

I don’t know why , maybe putin has hooker pea tapes on him also but anyone can see he is not trying to do good

[stopdiggin]

34. you appear to be arguing with a imaginary foe

you might try reading the posts you respond to.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. Ridiculous!

Calling someone incompetent is not defending. So, you can drop that silly premise.
I frankly think he is too stupid to be as strategically devious as you seem to believe.
He's an idiot with a business degree & he thinks the only way to succeed is drastic cost cutting, even at the expense of product quality.
He is incapable of grasping any value that doesn't start with a $.
So, he's causing bigger problems than anything he's solving.
He's not an evil genius! He's a buffoon that failed up.
He needs to go.
THAT IS NOT A DEFENSE!
This discussion has gone well past tedious.
I'm out.

[questionseverything]

40. I say he is purposely slowing mail delivery deliberately

Which is a felony

You are saying, no he is not criminal liable, he is just stupid...you are defending him

[questionseverything]

41. Btw 15 million in stock seems more than a minor investor

Shrugs

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. Sounds like DeJoy is about to be tossed down a flight of stairs.

Gosh, I hope that isn't just metaphorical.

[ffr]

15. What would any self respecting honorable human being do

Not this!

He's openly admitting he's a turd in the punch bowl, there to destroy the USPS. Get him out of there by any means necessary! He's basically a traitor to the United States.

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. He needs to pay for the machines he scapped!

Close to a billion dollars.

That really pisses me off.

[KentuckyWoman]

17. Over the course of history we can see

The FU crowd always loses in the end.

Unfortunately a different FU crowd seems to pop up with enough power to hurt people seems like every 100 or so years.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. would love to see him in jail wearing prison orange .

[marble falls]

24. Make him run a gaunlet of Postal workers on his way out the door.

[onetexan]

27. His days are numbered. Waiting for him to be charged w/ election tampering and kicked out

Dems MUST make an example of this and slap him w/ severe punishment. Otherwise this corruption will continue when the GOP are in office.

[NCjack]

28. 10-years in prison and restitutions for damages to USPS and customers. US AG, please

put him flat on is back on the social safety net.

[fescuerescue]

29. EXCELLENT! When is DeJoy's last day?

Glad to hear Biden put him down.

[housecat]

31. Let no Trump appointee be left behind even if we need trained sniffing dogs to out them

[llashram]

32. shameful

Incompetent, partisan Postal leadership must be leavened immediately with the professional postal attitude, ""neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom stays these couriers from the SWIFT completion of their appointed rounds"...and that includes without partisan political delay...damn GOP of racists fascists...

Early Postal Service I see as American patriots...
https://www.nps.gov/poex/learn/historyculture/index.htm

[quakerboy]

37. Is he still holding power?

Let me know when that changes. Not when it could, might, maybe. When It actually changes.

[Mc Mike]

39. Save that line for the warden, DeJoy, you felonious asswipe.