326
US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns
(thehill.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2025
326 points (100.0% liked)
politics
24027 readers
1517 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Biden couldn’t remove him. Why does this need to be repeated over and over?
He couldn't remove him directly, but he was able to appoint enough members of the board that they had a Democratic majority, who could have booted DeJoy. Biden needed to appoint members who were committed to resisting and firing DeJoy, and with Biden's, and Congress's loud vocal support, influence the rest of the board to replace him.
Instead, Biden did less than nothing.
No, he couldn’t appoint enough members. Go use your search engine of choice.
Biden appointed 4 members of the current board. 2 were Dems, 1 was a Rep, and 1 was an Indy.
WHY DIDN'T BIDEN APPOINT LOYAL 4 DEMOCRATS?
Biden was required to keep the board balanced between parties (which is the stupidest fucking thing in the world considering that parties shouldn't even exist in the first place, but never mind that).
Nevertheless, he certainly could have found some Dejoy-opposing Republicans if he'd bothered looking for them.
It's amazing to me that Dems are always handcuffed by the "rules," but Republicans ALWAYS find ways to avoid them and get ANYTHING they want.
Weak excuses for the destruction of democracy on their watch.
Schumer pretended to be handcuffed by the parliamentarian once, that was my favorite.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/19/1038776731/in-a-blow-to-democrats-senate-official-blocks-immigration-reform-in-budget-bill
There was no requirement at all that they followed the parliamentarians advice. She is an advisor, who can be bypassed instantly by whoever controls the senate. They dont even need to call a vote on it. Dems controlled the senate at his time. Schumer just wanted some process to blame for their capitulation.
Then they pretended that they were disappointed with the "ruling" and vowed to bravely continue the fight.
"The role of the parliamentary staff is advisory, and the presiding officer or Senate may overrule the advice of the Parliamentarian"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentarian_of_the_United_States_Senate#%3A%7E%3Atext=5+References-%2COverview%2Cprovisions+of+the+Byrd+Rule.
I despise Chuck Schumer. I will never forgive him for stabbing Al Franken in the back.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al-franken
Yeah same. Franken was a good guy, maybe thats why they didnt support him.
My point was that, even within the rules (both spirit and letter), Biden had the time and opportunity to get rid of DeJoy if he'd wanted to.
Biden didn't want to.
He literally can’t stack the board with his party. By law.
BIDEN couldnt appoint the majority in his favor, it must be 1:1 ratio.
I remember when I used to buy their excuses.
The Democrats magically are powerless whenever they gain power, and are powerless to stop Republicans when they are in power.
Figure it out
not true. Look at the dates on the appointments
https://apwu.org/postal-board-governors
Biden appointed 5 of the 9 members of the postal board of governors. He could have fired him that way and he didnt. https://apwu.org/postal-board-governors
https://prospect.org/politics/dejoys-continued-job-security-depends-on-bidens-next-move/
in 2022 Biden appointed to the board of governors: Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds and Ron Stroman Daniel Tangherlini and Derek Kan
Thats enough to oust Dejoy. And yet he wasnt ousted. Why not? Seems Biden didnt pressure them to fire Dejoy, but could have. As usual, centrists are not motivated to use the power we struggled to give them.
You’re right of course. On the other hand this policy of strictly following established laws and precedents is in part what got us into this mess. Democrats could’ve been ruthless but they were meek. And now they have become almost entirely sidelined.
If neither party follows the law then what’s the fucking point of laws man? Seriously. What’s the point? We are a nation of laws. We have to be. I have so many complaints about Biden and the democrats but at some point flagrantly violating is not ok. If it is, why are we mad about Trump doing it? You’re literally saying Biden should’ve behaved like Trump.
Democracy requires forbearance. If no party behaves that way then I don’t want to be a part of this country anymore. A lot of people talking big game but none of yall truly grasp what it would mean for us to completely abandon our congressional system.
I believe administrations like FDR or JFK would’ve tolerated none of this shit. Biden looked weak as hell. I like the guy and I support the democrats but you can’t take the high road indefinitely. I take your point though and I’m not happy about it either. But I would’ve preferred a bad boy Democrat administration over whatever the fuck this is…
All I’m hearing here is a lack of imagination. And the current clusterfuck administration has an abundance of imagination in this realm, and we knew they would. Stands to reason that maybe Biden should have done more than sit on his fucking hands in the interest of forestalling the fascists.
You mean like all the other recently removed bureaucrats that couldn't be removed?
Because it's a lie and people are rightfully disbelieving you.