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Kaz Weida

25 Feb, 9 tweets, 4 min read

(3) After yesterday's hearing, Biden followed up with an announcement that he'll move to appoint three Democrats to fill vacancies on the USPS board of governors. This would give Dems the majority on the board.

Problem solved, right? Not so fast.

washingtonpost.com/business/2021/…

(4) There are two hurdles to jump. The first may not be a big deal but the second is nearly insurmountable at this point. Let me explain.

First, these nominees to fill the board openings have to be approved by the Senate. Sigh.

apnews.com/article/joe-bi…

(5) If we can get all three nominees onto the board without too much fuss, then we can fire DeJoy, right? Yeah, not so fast. One of the Dems on that board is actually a DINO and he's part of the problem.

Democrats would need his support to remove DeJoy.

slate.com/news-and-polit…

(6) Meet Donald Lee Moak. Supposedly a "democrat," who has unequivocally supported DeJoy throughout his tenure even as the USPS was thrown under the bus as a weapon for GOP voter suppression.

Appointed by Trump, Moak runs a DC consulting company.

about.usps.com/who/leadership…

(7) A cursory dig into the Moak Group finds employees have gone on to serve in the Trump White House, including Stefan C. Passantino who became Deputy Assistant to the President.

Passantino's name may look familiar. He used to work for Gingrich.

projects.propublica.org/trump-town/sta…

(8) So it's clear that while Moak may have a D next to his name on Wikipedia, he's built his business and his financial fortune catering to Trump and GOP interests. And he's unlikely to stop doing that anytime soon.

So what can we do?

msnbc.com/opinion/why-us…

(9) As much as hurts, we have to let go of punishing DeJoy in favor of making actual reforms at the USPS.

When tenures are up and more seats become available, we can push DeJoy out. For now, leaning into the board to keep him in check is the best option.

vox.com/recode/2224379…

(10) I don't like it either, but Dems need to keep focused on solutions to help Americans rather than enacting partisan revenge against a figurehead that's only part of the problem at the USPS.

For now, the priority has to be reform, not revenge.

cnn.com/2021/02/24/pol…

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