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eppur_se_muova

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Tue Aug 20, 2024, 10:21 AM Aug 2024

There is a rule that all Federal political apointees must submit letters of resignation to the new Administration ... [View all]

I'm hoping Dems take both House and Senate, and pass a law putting the Postmaster General in the same category.

I realize that the position has been abused as a sinecure in the past, but I think we can now see that's nowhere near as bad as allowing one Administration to embed its parasitical demon spawn in an office from which it can't be removed, with the mission to weaponize that office for partisan ends.

If Biden can't reverse Uglican meddling in the PG's appointment before he leaves office, it should be one of the Harris Administration's priorities. And kill that damned "fully paid up pension" rule. Americans DO NOT want our USPS forced out of the way so The Invisible Bloody Of The Free Market can take over.

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There is no such rule. onenote Aug 2024 #1
Nor is the potus forbidden by law to fire them getagrip_already Aug 2024 #2
I thought people had been put on the board a while ago MadameButterfly Aug 2024 #3
It seems the board is indepent thinking... getagrip_already Aug 2024 #4
There are two vacancies. Biden submitted nominations to fill them on Aug 12 onenote Aug 2024 #6
Before we seat a new Senate in 2025 I trust? MadameButterfly Aug 2024 #11
Hopefully. onenote Aug 2024 #13
And we could lose the Senate MadameButterfly Aug 2024 #14
Biden doesn't want to get rid of DeJoy. The prefunding requirement was eliminated in 2022. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2024 #5
Right. DeJoy was instrumental in getting repub support for the administration's postal reform legislation in 2022. onenote Aug 2024 #7
I'm scratching my head a little at this. I thought he was deliberately slowing down the mail in the run up to the GE in OnDoutside Aug 2024 #8
Politics makes strange bedfellows. onenote Aug 2024 #9
You got that 100% right ! OnDoutside Aug 2024 #10
Sounds like DeJoy did just enough to remain in place for 2024 MadameButterfly Aug 2024 #12
Do you think that Schumer and Biden were fooled by him? onenote Aug 2024 #15
yes MadameButterfly Aug 2024 #16
You are the first person on DU I've seen who thinks Biden and Schumer are politically naive. onenote Aug 2024 #17
I won't be allowed to respond to this on DU MadameButterfly Aug 2024 #18
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