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Dejoy is finally a short timer... (Original Post) pbmus May 2022 OP
hope you are right rurallib May 2022 #1
(Twiddling thumbs.) dchill May 2022 #2
Wasn't one of Biden's nominees a Republican who has previously worked for McTurtle and wife? RockRaven May 2022 #3
No that is not the case... Demsrule86 May 2022 #5
It's what his Wikipedia page says about his career... RockRaven May 2022 #7
That IS the unfortunate case. Grasswire2 May 2022 #8
see below Grasswire2 May 2022 #9
I'll wait. blueinredohio May 2022 #4
I just received my mailer from DeJoy "Mailin' it in" Bristlecone May 2022 #6
excellent Demovictory9 May 2022 #10
Here are the facts regarding the new Board Member Kan. Grasswire2 May 2022 #11
Does the Biden administration not understand the significance of this? Grasswire2 May 2022 #12
In Texas, at least, every Democrat who is able to vote in person should do so. Lonestarblue May 2022 #13
Damn. Grasswire2 May 2022 #19
Biden needs to go Ari Gold on him. LudwigPastorius May 2022 #14
Biden can't fire DeJoy. Grasswire2 May 2022 #20
Now is the moment to place votes by mail into the public conversation. jaxexpat May 2022 #15
dang and dejoys usps podcast was just starting... samnsara May 2022 #16
One can hope... Mysterian May 2022 #17
Do we think that someone close to McConnell would vote to fire DeJoy? Grasswire2 May 2022 #22
No, this is not at all a guaranteed thing. Celerity May 2022 #18
good KOS piece, thanks. nt Grasswire2 May 2022 #21
The Kos piece is faulty, I was critiquing it. I do not think Dejoy will be fired for Celerity May 2022 #23
Been waiting to see this for too long! Great news! C Moon May 2022 #24
read the thread Grasswire2 May 2022 #26
Should I commence with the holding of my breath now? nt Javaman May 2022 #25

RockRaven

(14,966 posts)
3. Wasn't one of Biden's nominees a Republican who has previously worked for McTurtle and wife?
Sat May 14, 2022, 05:51 PM
May 2022

Can't count on that one, just like we couldn't previously count on the Democrat appointed by TFG.

Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
8. That IS the unfortunate case.
Sat May 14, 2022, 06:47 PM
May 2022

Derek Kan.

Worked for Moscow Mitch, and for Mrs. Moscow Mitch, and for a Republican Finance Committee.

Biden had to appoint a Republican for the seat, but why THAT Republican?

Chance of DeJoy going bye bye are slim to none.

Bristlecone

(10,127 posts)
6. I just received my mailer from DeJoy "Mailin' it in"
Sat May 14, 2022, 06:41 PM
May 2022

Has his mug on the glossy card and invites me to listen to his podcast to discuss his completion of the post office’s 10 year plan. Right in the trash.

Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
11. Here are the facts regarding the new Board Member Kan.
Sat May 14, 2022, 06:52 PM
May 2022

... In April 2017, Kan was nominated by President Donald Trump to become under secretary of transportation for policy in the United States Department of Transportation.[3] He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 13, 2017.[4]

Kan previously worked as director of strategy at Genapsys, a biotech startup in Silicon Valley, as a management consultant at Bain & Company, as an advisor at Elliott Management Corporation, as a policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and as chief economist for the Senate Republican Policy Committee.[5][6] He was a Presidential Management Fellow at the Office of Management and Budget.[7]

The Trump administration briefly considered Kan for a Federal Reserve position.[8] In July 2019, Kan resigned from his position in the Department of Transportation to take on the position of executive associate director at the Office of Management and Budget.[9]

In July 2020, Kan was confirmed by the Senate to become to deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. He left the position in December 2020.

In November 2021, President Biden announced he would appoint Kan to the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.[10] On May 12, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.[11] He is awaiting his swearing-in.

Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
12. Does the Biden administration not understand the significance of this?
Sat May 14, 2022, 06:54 PM
May 2022

DeJoy still in place.

Mail-in ballots coming soon.

Lonestarblue

(9,988 posts)
13. In Texas, at least, every Democrat who is able to vote in person should do so.
Sat May 14, 2022, 07:02 PM
May 2022

Over 15,000 ballots were discarded because of minor clerical errors in the primary—errors cause because the legislature changed the laws allowing them to demand that voters use the ID they used for their initial registration, which might have been 40 years ago, but of course they didn’t bother educating the public to make them aware that they needed to do this. Nor did they alert voters that they had to sign the envelope in a special unmarked place. There were other requirements, too. It’s much harder for them to overturn in-person votes, especially because many counties have voting machines with paper backups.

Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
20. Biden can't fire DeJoy.
Sat May 14, 2022, 08:05 PM
May 2022

Only the Postal Board of Governors can do so.

And the Board has been waiting and waiting for Biden's nominees to be Senate confirmed.

Alas, now that has happened and we learn, or realize, that the Republican Biden appointed has ties to McConnell, and was a hard-core Republican.

I doubt, now, that DeJoy will be fired -- massively corrupt, and yet he stays in the most consequential election in our lifetimes.

jaxexpat

(6,828 posts)
15. Now is the moment to place votes by mail into the public conversation.
Sat May 14, 2022, 07:45 PM
May 2022

Preempt all the twists which the various GOP operatives will surface and pervert for everyone's entertainment. Let demon respond. It will be best to have him selling reactive rather than proactive propaganda. As the race for the counting commences In the public domain this summer, his value to the insurrectionists is thus diminished.

Mysterian

(4,587 posts)
17. One can hope...
Sat May 14, 2022, 07:57 PM
May 2022

I find it difficult to believe President Biden would have nominated board members who would support DeJoy.

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