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52. In 2020, the Daily Kos guy said it's "A reminder of what purity brings you" to which Sanders' former

Thu Dec 23, 2021, 09:59 PM

Dec 2021

national spokeswoman Briahna Joy Gray replied, "Markos is a dumb ass and this is a dumb ass tweet."

Might be a "donor class" thing. Two of the Democrats nominated donated to the Democratic Party.

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Bernie urging Pres Biden to sack Louis DeJoy [View all] womanofthehills Dec 2021 OP

wernt we supposed to have a full majiority on the postal board to get rid of this so&so? AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #1

The old head of the board of governors is out. Joe's latest two nominees are awaiting Senate confir soldierant Dec 2021 #21

I've read before that it will be January before the new Board members can act SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #22

Quite likely. soldierant Dec 2021 #56

so, tfg couldnt fire the fellow before dejoy , but he did ? AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #24

He didn't fire her. She retired. AncientAndy Dec 2021 #33

thanks for correction aa.input good . i stand corrected. AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #39

We would have but a single Senator, with ulterior motives, blocked four of Obama's nominations. George II Dec 2021 #46

My memory still works part time, gab13by13 Dec 2021 #2

Ron Bloom left on December 8th. former9thward Dec 2021 #8

Hear, hear!! littlemissmartypants Dec 2021 #3

I agree with Bernie. Again. dchill Dec 2021 #4

Most do... and for good reason. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2021 #53

I have never NOT agreed with Bernie. Greybnk48 Dec 2021 #60

I talked today to a Veteran Seinan Sensei Dec 2021 #5

Why is this still an issue? choie Dec 2021 #6

Damn good questions Doremus Dec 2021 #7

+1... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #25

No, Bernie asked Biden to demand Dejoy's resignation, because he knows Biden can't fire Dejoy EleanorR Dec 2021 #9

Thank-you. Obviously some of the posts don't seem to understand what is involved, and JohnSJ Dec 2021 #11

Yeah, Bernie Sanders is clearly the problem here. TheFarseer Dec 2021 #19

Sanders blaming Biden when Biden has done all he can right now... W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #20

Why is that a problem? TheFarseer Dec 2021 #30

Because Sanders should know better. W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #32

Now I get it TheFarseer Dec 2021 #34

No, Sanders is to blame for more disingenuous criticisms of his allies... W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #64

+1 betsuni Dec 2021 #66

That was my question.. Why Cha Dec 2021 #35

Asking someone to resign is just beyond the pale? TheFarseer Dec 2021 #38

The irony, given the backstory. N/T lapucelle Dec 2021 #41

Except Sanders didn't ask DeJoy to resign. W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #63

+10000000 betsuni Dec 2021 #48

Dejoy has made it clear early on he would not step down, and Biden is nominating postal board JohnSJ Dec 2021 #55

De ass is clearly slowing the mail, which is illegal questionseverything Dec 2021 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #17

pick his poison- resign or jail ? monkeyman1 Dec 2021 #23

Bernie's keeping the heat on DeJoy, and President Biden may have ASKED him to! n/t Greybnk48 Dec 2021 #61

Sanders knows perfectly well the president can't fire dejoy directly, and Biden asking him for JohnSJ Dec 2021 #10

Sanders never asked president Biden to fire DeJoy, gab13by13 Dec 2021 #12

The Senate does, and one Senator can block nominations. When Obama left office he had four.... George II Dec 2021 #16

So one senator blocked a Democratic president's agenda & six years later we're all still suffering lapucelle Dec 2021 #29

DeJoy should be investigated for using his office gab13by13 Dec 2021 #13

There's an interesting history behind this mess. lapucelle Dec 2021 #14

Thank you! betsuni Dec 2021 #50

Is he serious? Did he forget that he BLOCKED a number of Obama's nominations to the board.. George II Dec 2021 #15

Why did Sen Sanders Block PRes Cha Dec 2021 #36

In 2020, the Daily Kos guy said it's "A reminder of what purity brings you" to which Sanders' former betsuni Dec 2021 #52

Ugh! Cha Dec 2021 #62

Bernie's right, as usual!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2021 #18

So then, why did he block FOUR of Obama's nominations to the board back in 2016? Had he.... George II Dec 2021 #27

No he's not.. not from reading Cha Dec 2021 #37

Welllllllll.............. DFW Dec 2021 #42

Details Details Details! Cha Dec 2021 #43

Let me see there, I used to know what cubit was...... DFW Dec 2021 #47

"That standoff. [...] has emerged as a poignant example of the law of unintended consequences." lapucelle Dec 2021 #40

Hi, how are you? We are dealing with Covid here but so far all have survived...Sen Sanders Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #51

Prosecute Him Jazz Jon Dec 2021 #26

Plus 1 questionseverything Dec 2021 #59

I thought that was the plan already - fill the board up with Democrats FakeNoose Dec 2021 #28

This is why trump was able to put DeJoy on the Board (Postal News article from November 2015): George II Dec 2021 #31

It is the plan. W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #65

WTF IS TAKING SO LONG Skittles Dec 2021 #44

The President cannot fire DeJoy, only the whole Board can. We have to wait until some of trump's.... George II Dec 2021 #45

IKR!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2021 #54

Can Biden do that? Is it legal? NurseJackie Dec 2021 #49

Cannot REC this hard enough!! AmBlue Dec 2021 #57