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Louis DeJoy
December 22, 2022
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Kate Aronoff
The USPS Could Be Transformative for Decarbonizing America—if Only It Weren’t Run by Louis DeJoy
The agency’s plan to eventually replace its gas-guzzling fleet with electric vehicles is good news, but so much more would be possible if Biden would take steps to expel the Trump appointee.
April 25, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Mekedas Belayneh
How Biden Can Halt the U.S. Postal Service’s Gas-Guzzling Plan
Louis DeJoy’s plan to invest over $11 billion in gas-powered trucks can still be stopped.
January 19, 2022
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Molly Osberg
Can a Kneecapped U.S. Postal Service Handle Biden’s Covid Test Plan?
The last-ditch response is being foisted upon a critically underfunded public institution.
February 12, 2021
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Alex Pareene
Fire Louis DeJoy
It wouldn’t be simple for Joe Biden to oust the postmaster general, but it’s hardly as impossible as the press is making it out to be.
December 1, 2020
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Alex Shephard
How to Cover a Normal Cabinet
Joe Biden’s nominees aren’t the monstrosities of the Trump administration. But they still deserve an appropriate level of scrutiny.
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