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stillcool

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Mon Aug 17, 2020, 02:38 PM
Aug 2020

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The Postal Service Scandal Doesn't Belong Only To Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell Played A Big Role
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/08/postal-service-scandal-doesnt-belong-only
8/17/20 3:37am
The Postal Service Scandal Doesn't Belong Only To Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell Played A Big Role
Trump isn’t the only Republican who’s been visiting with DeJoy, and DeJoy isn’t the only Postal Service leader who can thank Republicans for his sudden rise.
By Mark Sumner


Before stepping into the top job in May, DeJoy had a total of zero time with the actual USPS. However, he did have two decades of experience as CEO of a freight company that competed against the Postal Service—making it no surprise that his stock portfolio is full of reasons to destroy the institution where he works. Much more importantly in terms of landing his current position, DeJoy has long been a big fundraiser for the Republican Party in general and for Donald Trump in particular. In fact, DeJoy was named one of four finance chairs for the Republican Party, along with such luminaries as Steve Wynn and Michael Cohen. And DeJoy’s contact with Republican leadership didn’t end with cutting checks for their campaigns.

But Trump isn’t the only Republican who’s been visiting with DeJoy, and DeJoy isn’t the only Postal Service leader who can thank Republicans for his sudden rise. As Yahoo! News reports, DeJoy is in "in frequent contact with top Republican Party officials.” Presumably that means Mitch McConnell. Which is quite the coincidence seeing that every single member of the current all-white, all-male Postal Service board of governors can thank McConnell for that role.
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As it turns out, since 1970, members of the board of governors have served in staggered 9-year terms. The idea is to have a board whose membership is spread across multiple administrations and which owes allegiance to no particular White House. That should mean that about half those currently seated on the board are left over from Obama’s term in office, with others appointed by Trump. But that’s not what happened. In 2015, Obama re-nominated most of the existing board members for a second term, including those members appointed under Bush. Those six members should all still be on the board. None of them are.

That’s because McConnell did what he did so often—blocked those nominations. By the time Trump stepped in, the number of remaining Bush- and Obama-appointed board members was exactly zero.
Then, as with federal judges, McConnell abruptly got out of the way. That means that every single current member of the United States Postal Service board of governors was appointed by Donald Trump. That board then officially ousted lifelong Postal Service employee Megan Brennan, and replaced her with Republican fundraiser Louis DeJoy.
Thanks for sharing this stuff, my dear stillcool... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 #1
My late, dear "Aunt Margret" was as NH, and as conservative as they made ;em Mopar151 Aug 2020 #2
a little more.. stillcool Aug 2020 #3
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from crooks and liars stillcool Aug 2020 #5
Buffalo NY stillcool Aug 2020 #6
just trying to figure out what a sorting machine looks like stillcool Aug 2020 #16
don't know about this one.. stillcool Aug 2020 #7
this comes from the Washington Post, August 14 stillcool Aug 2020 #8
oh dear... stillcool Aug 2020 #9
Lawsuit stillcool Aug 2020 #10
About This Cost Cutting ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #11
just because stillcool Aug 2020 #12
Louis DeJoy statement stillcool Aug 2020 #13
I see a pattern, and Susan Collins stillcool Aug 2020 #14
Postal officials as witnesses no more stillcool Aug 2020 #15
and the plot keeps on thickening... stillcool Aug 2020 #17
Michigan stillcool Aug 2020 #18
smile stillcool Aug 2020 #19
Reconnecting mail sorting machines is a no-no, as are loose lips stillcool Aug 2020 #20
Mnuchin and the Post Office stillcool Aug 2020 #21
Washington State reinstalled sorting machines stillcool Aug 2020 #22
eau De Joy stillcool Aug 2020 #23
haven't been paying attention, but this caught my eye stillcool Sep 2020 #24
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