Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Resigns

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post/AP

Mar 24, 2025, 05:58 PM EDT


Louis DeJoy, the head of the U.S. Postal Service, resigned Monday after nearly five years in the position.

He said in a statement that he told the Postal Service Board of Governors that Monday would be his last day on the job. DeJoy had said in February that he had intended to step down but hadn’t set a date. Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino will take on the role until the Board names a permanent replacement.

“I believe strongly that the organization is well positioned and capable of carrying forward and fully implementing the many strategies and initiatives that comprise our transformation and modernization, and I have been working closely with the Deputy Postmaster General to prepare for this transition, DeJoy said in the statement.

He added that “much work remains that is necessary to sustain our positive trajectory.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/postmaster-general-resigns_n_67e1d489e4b07dbdc6db87b8

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Bye Felicia.

[msongs]

1. something good comes from trump...maybe nt

[wolfie001]

9. Sarcasm tag missing

I can imagine the incoming troglodyte. It will only be worse.

[PufPuf23]

22. Likely someone worse than DeJoy will take his place.

Not so eager to see what the future brings in degradation of the US Post Office.

Thank you for your optimism.

[wolfie001]

33. Right?

The new lady at the CDC seems like a rational pick. Maybe because of the potential threat from bird flu. Very Jeckyl & Hyde though.

[AZ8theist]

2. GOOD. FUCKING. RIDDANCE.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Time to appoint

Matt Gaetz? Or George Santos?

[moose65]

11. Oh my!

Whew!

Isn’t the USPS board independent? Can they elect their own postmaster general?

[RazorbackExpat]

21. Or one of the pardoned J6ers?

One thing's for certain-- whoever's appointed will have absolutely no interest in maintaining the USPS as a viable public service

[electric_blue68]

4. Oh! A piece of Good news, at last?!....

Unless the the next person's worse! 😑

[C Moon]

24. Of course that's the point: trump is going to appoint someone horrendous.

[Lovie777]

5. Planned...........

musk got his greedy hands on the post office to privatizes it. Hopefully it will survive because shithole musk republicans will destroy and make it unworkable, like the other departments they are doing the same too.

[pimpbot]

6. getting ready to move it under commerce

He did his dirty work for the past five years. Time to doge the usps.

This is yet another sticking point of why didnt Biden press harder for leadership change at usps. He had the ability to stack the board with friendlies yet the people he chose stayed with dejoy.

[unblock]

7. Sure, *now* he resigns. To be replaced with someone who will destroy it faster.

[electric_blue68]

8. Well, Some Good News, then!

Unless.....the the next person's worse! 😑

[EarthFirst]

10. What's Ric Flair up to these days?

He’d fit right in with the current cast of clowns…

[sakabatou]

19. Practicing his "Woo" cry.

[elocs]

12. Remember the big deal test that everyone had to take to get a job at the USPS?

That's long gone now and they hire people right off the street to work there.
It took my carrier of 6 years 7 years to become a carrier and get his own route. He has worked there for 30 years now and has put in his papers to retire this fall when he turns 62 because he has had enough of what the USPS has become.
He is a good Democrat and we have had some good talks on everything when he stops at the mailboxes in front of my house and takes his 15 minute lunch break there. He is a friend although this is the only place I ever see him and I'm sure that once he retires I will likely never see him again and that makes me sad because I will miss him greatly.

[mahina]

14. 100%, same here. Ours is a gem, beloved. Truly. When she retires I don't know what we will do.

[Polybius]

13. Who picks his replacement?

And why is he resigning now? Biden wanted him out.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. A President recommends but the Board would need to approve the nominee.

AND the Board would have been the ones needed to remove the Postmaster.

During the Obama administration, the GOP made sure to keep the Board nearly non-functional by refusing to confirm vacancies.

45 wants to violate yet more laws, fire the Board, and roll the whole thing under the Commerce Department.


H.R.17070 - Postal Reorganization Act (1970)

H.R.6407 - Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (2006)

H.R.3076 - Postal Service Reform Act of 2022

[markodochartaigh]

15. So much for the captain going down with his ship.

He reminds me of Captain Schettino.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Schettino

[Southern Progressive]

16. WOW

Felicia..

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. Welcome to DU

[usaf-vet]

17. That must mean that he has fu*ked the USPS beyond repair, so his job is done.

[sakabatou]

18. Good riddance to bad rubbish. But I fear he'll be replaced by something worse.

[BidenRocks]

20. Perhaps his mission was finished.

Check everything he did. Look for service killing time bombs.
He is evil.

[Lasher]

23. I am feeling melancholy about this.

It would normally be hard to imagine a replacement who would be worse than DeJoy. But in the current political climate, we'll go from the frying pan and into the fire.

[Demovictory9]

26. Some crazy fox news host who hates mail will be picked

[generalbetrayus]

25. There is no DeJoy in Mudville.

Mighty Louis has snuck out.

[DFW]

27. What does "sustain our positive trajectory" mean?

Does that mean that letters from Germany to the USA, that took five or six days to arrive ten years ago, and now take four weeks, will soon take six weeks to arrive?

That certainly does sound like a Republican version of a “positive trajectory,” alright.

[HarryM]

28. Another candidate

for the bus to prison.
He has done more to screw up the Postal Service than anyone since Congress made them cover for 80 years of pensions.
Modernization, my ass. He threw out all the modernization, and replaced it with feces.
He only wanted to privatize it. Just what the Cons want.
AFAIC, he can go rot in prison with the rest of these greedy, evildoers.

[Oopsie Daisy]

30. Just as the excitement over Kevin McCarthy's departure as Speaker of the House led to disappointment with his successor*

Just as the excitement over Kevin McCarthy's departure as Speaker of the House led to disappointment with his successor, Johnson, who proved even more challenging, I fear that the current jubilation surrounding DeJoy's exit may result in a similar let-down. Brace yourselves for the possibility that things might deteriorate further without any miraculous improvements.

[Blue Dotty]

31. His part in the hatchet job to destroy and privatize the USPS is done

Mar 15, 2025
Truthout.org
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Thursday announcement that the independent United States Postal Service is partnering with the Department of Government Efficiency on a cost-cutting crusade that includes a planned reduction of 10,000 workers stoked fears that one of America’s most trusted and relied-upon federal agencies is on a path toward privatization.

In a letter to congressional leaders, DeJoy said DOGE will help the USPS “in identifying and achieving further efficiencies.” The postal chief listed “mismanagement” of the agency’s retirement assets and workers’ compensation program, “unfunded mandates imposed on us by legislation,” and “burdensome regulatory requirements restricting normal business practice” as issues to be addressed.

“The letter suggests alarming actions for DOGE to pursue that would easily lead to the privatization and politicization of the Postal Service,” Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee said in response to the announcement. “This includes DeJoy’s call to gut or even terminate the Postal Regulatory Commission, the independent regulator of the Postal Service created by Congress and responsible for approving rate changes and ensuring appropriate service.”

DeJoy — who last month announced his intent to step down after more than four years in office — has led a dramatic restructuring of the USPS, a constitutionally sanctioned agency. His tenure has been marred by allegations of criminal election obstruction, conflicts of interest, and other corruption. Critics have also warned that DeJoy’s Delivering for America, a 10-year austerity plan, put the agency on a fast track toward slower service, job cuts, and, ultimately, privatization.

Letter to Congressional leaders from DeJoy in full article.
https://truthout.org/articles/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-teams-up-with-doge-to-gut-usps/

[blubunyip]

32. He retires happy and proud

Demo job is done.

[elocs]

34. USPS has a new contract after just 1 week of arbitration which usually takes a year. n/t

[Mawspam2]

36. DeJoy quit so he can buy it at Trump's privatization auction.

[elocs]

37. The consensus among the carriers is that he quit because the USPS contract was

settled in arbitration in just a week when it usually takes a year. Trump will not be happy that it was settled so quickly.