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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4586830" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/15/trump-postal-service-dejoy/" target="_blank">whose family has invested millions in USPS competitors or contractors</a>, has contributed more than <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/05/07/851976464/new-postmaster-general-is-top-gop-fundraiser" target="_blank">$1.2 million to the Trump Victory Fund and millions more to other GOP candidates and groups</a>. His appointment marked the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-08-10/postal-service-attack-endangers-democracy" target="_blank">first time in more than 20 years</a> that a postmaster general came from outside the Postal Service. Shortly after taking over, DeJoy <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/" target="_blank">banned employees from working overtime and making extra trips to ensure on-time deliveries</a>. “One aspect of these changes that may be difficult for employees is that — temporarily — we may see mail left behind or mail on the workroom floor or docks,” a <a href="https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/071020-stand-up-talk.pdf" target="_blank">memo to employees warned</a>. The next month, DeJoy <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/" target="_blank">reassigned or fired 23 Postal Service executives</a>, a move that concentrated power around the postmaster general. &quot;Huffpo</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4586830, member: 54375"] "DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/15/trump-postal-service-dejoy/']whose family has invested millions in USPS competitors or contractors[/URL], has contributed more than [URL='https://www.npr.org/2020/05/07/851976464/new-postmaster-general-is-top-gop-fundraiser']$1.2 million to the Trump Victory Fund and millions more to other GOP candidates and groups[/URL]. His appointment marked the [URL='https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-08-10/postal-service-attack-endangers-democracy']first time in more than 20 years[/URL] that a postmaster general came from outside the Postal Service. Shortly after taking over, DeJoy [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/']banned employees from working overtime and making extra trips to ensure on-time deliveries[/URL]. “One aspect of these changes that may be difficult for employees is that — temporarily — we may see mail left behind or mail on the workroom floor or docks,” a [URL='https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/071020-stand-up-talk.pdf']memo to employees warned[/URL]. The next month, DeJoy [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/']reassigned or fired 23 Postal Service executives[/URL], a move that concentrated power around the postmaster general. " Huffpo [/QUOTE]

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