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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Friday Night Massacre' at US Postal Service as Postmaster General--a Major Trump Donor--Ousts Top
Officials'Government watchdogs, Democratic lawmakers, and pro-democracy advocates declared it a "Friday Night Massacre" for the U.S. Postal Service after news broke in a classic end-of-the-week dump that Louis DeJoya major GOP donor to President Donald Trump and the recently appointed Postmaster Generalhad issued a sweeping overhaul of the agency, including the ouster of top executives from key posts and the reshuffling of more than two dozen other officials and operational managers.
Twenty-three postal executives were reassigned or displaced, the new organizational chart shows. Analysts say the structure centralizes power around DeJoy, a former logistics executive and major ally of President Trump, and de-emphasizes decades of institutional postal knowledge. All told, 33 staffers included in the old postal hierarchy either kept their jobs or were reassigned in the restructuring, with five more staffers joining the leadership from other roles.
According to Brian Tyler Cohen, a liberal commentator and podcast host, "Congressional Democrats need to do something about this" immediately.
"If we wait until October/November, it'll be too late," said Cohen. "Trump is actively sabotaging the election under our nosesthis isn't theoretical, it's happening RIGHT NOW." Cohen said this situation should be treated like a "fucking five-alarm fire" and said action must be taken by both lawmakers and the U.S. public without delay.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/07/friday-night-massacre-us-postal-service-postmaster-general-major-trump-donor-ousts
Squinch
(50,774 posts)their destinations.
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)barbtries
(28,702 posts)but at this point I will not risk mailing it, unless this gets fixed asap.
lindysalsagal
(20,444 posts)online
DBoon
(22,288 posts)Give generously
https://act.moveon.org/donate/post-office-expand
lindysalsagal
(20,444 posts)Mossfern
(2,375 posts)is used, any campaign to support them will not be effective with Trump's henchmen controlling it.
Hate to be a Debby Downer
Squinch
(50,774 posts)running the Post Office.
We will fix the Post Office when Joe gets elected, but in the meantime, vote in person or drop off your ballet and don't send it through the mail.
My precinct has a drop off box very similar to a mail box but with a huge sign that says "For Completed Ballots Only". You don't even need to get out of your car. They also have a slot in the brick wall of their building where you can drop off your ballot. I think all precincts should have this.
StocktonNative
(120 posts)drop off boxes at various locations and mostly at public libraries in towns.
llmart
(15,501 posts)Public libraries are a great place to put the boxes as long as the public doesn't drop off their overdue items in them.
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)Denial of service should be criminal.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)18 U.S. Code § 1703. Delay or destruction of mail or newspapers
U.S. Code
(a) Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, unlawfully secretes, destroys, detains, delays, or opens any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail entrusted to him or which shall come into his possession, and which was intended to be conveyed by mail, or carried or delivered by any carrier or other employee of the Postal Service, or forwarded through or delivered from any post office or station thereof established by authority of the Postmaster General or the Postal Service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b) Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, improperly detains, delays, or destroys any newspaper, or permits any other person to detain, delay, or destroy the same, or opens, or permits any other person to open, any mail or package of newspapers not directed to the office where he is employed; or
Whoever, without authority, opens, or destroys any mail or package of newspapers not directed to him, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
sdfernando
(4,897 posts)I'm sure Barr is right on top of this.
.... as if I really need this.
is the truth
bluestarone
(16,722 posts)How can RUMP do this is my question?
JHB
(37,132 posts)Duppers
(28,094 posts)If you can't, find a *trusted* person to take it for you.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)I've been writing everyone I can think of: congressman, senators, Speaker Pelosi, begging them to take action. I'm trying to add nonpartisan arguments too, like the fact that many of us in voluntary lockdown are dependent upon the USPS.
If your reps are RePUKES, point out how it hurts them too.
One of my senators, McSally, is in the race for her life and I know she depends on mail in ballots. (She's going to lose, but I didn't tell her that in the letter, I kissed butt a little bit).
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)The conspiracy is criminal.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)just a couple days ago ...
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Perhaps Michelle can take this on as a community activist...
CaptainTruth
(6,546 posts)Folks don't like it when their meds & checks are late.
They_Live
(3,222 posts)to conduct required notifications, registration renwals, titles, certified mail, etc.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)I get my vehicle tabs online. I usually get a notice weeks ahead of time, but this year I got the notice for my truck 10 days "after" they were due. I already had renewed them so I had no problems. Now another vehicle is due, which I have already renewed, but I have not received a notice and they expire this coming Tuesday!
This is total BS, and trump is behind it. He needs to be voted out in HUGE numbers on Election Day!
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)and is there anyone to complain to? Or any money to pay claims?
This is like a bankrupting insurance company. Once the trust is gone, it's gone.
OMGWTF
(3,901 posts)Why is this allowed to happen?
Lonestarblue
(9,880 posts)We all know that wont happen because Barr does everything he can to help Trumps reelection. I wonder if a US Attorney could bring an indictment against DeJoy for deliberately delaying the mail.
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)Will it stop? Will anyone in government start thinking that we can't wait until November to stop this madness?
Trump has started lying and saying that it is the Democrats who are cheating on the election when we all know that it is him and his administration that is actively cheating and thwarting the election process at every turn.
Write all congresspeople you can, letters to the editor, do whatever you can to get the word out.
This. Can. Not. Stand.
DSandra
(999 posts)The party needs to act like warriors fighting a war. It needs to act like millions will suffer and die if we dont win! It needs some of the best and brightest minds for strategy! It needs much better unity and organization!
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)You are correct that we are fighting a war. Trump has made that clear. He calls democrats demons, evil, animals, threats to democracy. He dog whistles his base to attack and kill us. My wife and friends fear for their safety due to his racist rhetoric.
All democratic leaders need to stand up to the evil that is this administration.
Call, write, do letters to the editor, join your local democratic organization. Be a strong voice and give strength as best you can to others. That is what we need at this time.
Jayny
(5 posts)Of course theyll all make it sound like necessary cost saving reform or blame the post office troubles on the pandemic. But thats their excuses and sloppy reporting.
But when it looks and smells like corruption coming from Trump, it is. He puts in his crony at a non partisan position to muck with the mail, and hurt mail in ballots. Congress has to do something now!
CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)The Republican Party and their corporate donors have been salivating for many years to privatize the U.S. Postal Service - which they consider an unfair competitor with privately owned delivery services like UPS and FEDEX.
Once the USPS is privatized, we'll never get it back.
Once it's gone - broken up with the most profitable routes sold off, leaving only a shell to serve rural and far-flung areas - we will never get it back.
People don't understand the consequences - since the USPS has the infrastructure to deliver to every address in the country, no matter how remote - they deliver a shitload of stuff for UPS, FedEx, and Amazon. If that suddenly went away, delivery prices would skyrocket, and people would be BEGGING to get the Postal Service back.
Plus, if FedEx or UPS ever went bankrupt, the Postal Service would be there to pick up the slack.
As I have tried to explain to Facebook trolls many times: the Post Office is a SERVICE, like fire departments or trash pickup. Do people expect fire departments to make a profit? Do they expect municipal water systems to make a profit? Of course not - it's ridiculous.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I can't really add anything, other than to reiterate how crucial an issue this is.
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)The next and final step is Fascist Corporatism. We are almost there.
This has to stop.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)These are dire times.
I sometimes wonder if it is not too late. I just have to keep hoping.
BSdetect
(8,989 posts)DSandra
(999 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)Vinca
(50,170 posts)of times a week. Doesn't it matter to anyone that this bozo DeJoy and his wife own stock in UPS? It's a conflict of interest at best and a plot to take down the post office at its worst.