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Louis DeJoy has resigned as postmaster general of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) amid uncertainty about the agency’s future under President Trump.

DeJoy had notified the USPS board of directors in February that it was “time for them to begin the process of identifying his successor.” His resignation on Monday expedites that process and leaves Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino in charge until a permanent replacement is found.

“While our management team and the men and women of the Postal Service have established the path toward financial sustainability and high operating performance – and we have instituted enormous beneficial change to what had been an adrift and moribund organization – much work remains that is necessary to change our positive trajectory,” DeJoy said in a statement first reported by Reuters.

DeJoy had served as Postmaster General since May 2020. He previously donated to GOP political campaigns.


  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    He had no control over the postmaster general. He only had control over a majority of the people who vote for him…

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      7 days ago

      And he appointed 5 of them. You are aware you can’t force people to do something if you’re a half decent person, right? Like, free will is a thing, and unless I’m mistaken, Biden isn’t the leader of a cult, nor does he have mind control powers, last I checked.

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        7 days ago

        JFC, you can absolutely make selecting someone contingent on their plan to vote against an postmaster general intent on destroying the service. What do you think the process is, just evaluating the cut of their jib and crossing his fingers hoping they’ll advance his policy interests?