The next Trumpian target for “assimilation” is the post office. He’s tried this before, but that was Pre-Bank of Elon. According to Mother Jones the president plans to fire the members of USPS board and hand the keys to the agency over to the Department of Commerce.
“Trump plans to make the move through executive order . . . ., the Post reports. The board reportedly intends to take the administration to court if Trump carries out the firings or tries to take control, with postal experts telling the Washington Post that absorbing the independent agency would likely violate federal law. A White House spokesperson later denied the report.
Post Master Louis DeJoy has stepped down. Remember him? He was a Trump appointee who allegedly used his position to manipulate mail in ballots and employee overtime to interfere in the 2020 election.
DeJoy Letter , the entirety of which is three, single-spaced self-aggrandizing pages. . .. .
“As I approach the end of my fifth year as Postmaster General of the United States, I reflect on mfirst days at the Postal Service during the early period of the COVID pandemic. At that time, thePostal Service was in disarray; it was on a crash course to run out of cash in 60 days; it had incurred two decades of losses amounting to $90 billion; it had over $20 billion in deferred facilities maintenance, and it had no plan for turning the situation around. Back then, 10-year projections forecast another $200 billion in losses over the next decade.
As you know, I have worked tirelessly to lead the 640,000 men and women of the Postal Servicein accomplishing an extraordinary transformation. We have served the American people throughan unprecedented pandemic and through a period of high inflation and sensationalized politics. Our successful role in delivering approximately 930 million COVID test kits to 91 million households is only one testament to the superb work performed in these last five years on behalf of the American people. (cont.)
On February 20, Mark Dimondstein, the president of the American Postal Workers Union, which represents over 200,000 USPS employees and retirees, issued a statement calling Trump’s reported plan an “unlawful attack” that was “part of the billionaire oligarch coup.” The move would increase costs and threaten the livelihoods of more than 7 million workers, Dimondstein said.
Those who get necessities like medications, checks, and a myriad of essentials will be affected, especially in rural areas.
Mother Jones adds, “Then there’s the role USPS plays in elections. As my colleague Pema Levy pointed out at the time, Democrats wanted to increase funding for the service prior to the 2020 election, to help deliver mail-in ballots at the height of the Covid pandemic—but Republicans dissented.
