Disaster for the U.S. Postal Service

Donald Trump is plotting an illegal takeover of the U.S. Postal Service.

Harris, Donald Trump's authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government has a new target: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS). According to news reports, Trump's plan is to fire every member of the USPS Board of Governors and place the entire agency under the control of Commerce Secretary and MAGA loyalist Howard Lutnick.1 Once in control of USPS, Trump would have the power to implement the same kind of mass layoffs that have hit so many other parts of the federal government. He could even try to use the Postal Service to hijack future elections by blocking the delivery of Democratic mail-in ballots and voter registrations.2 This is a red-alert emergency for an agency that tens of millions of Americans rely on for deliveries of life-saving medications, Social Security checks, ballots, and other essential mail and packages. Will you make a donation to help Demand Progress Action stop Donald Trump's illegal partisan takeover of the U.S. Postal Service, and push for other key reforms? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. Donate $20 Donate $40 Donate $75 Or, donate another amount Just this week, Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy signed an agreement with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash 10,000 USPS workers over the next 30 days.3 In addition, Trump's illegal plot to take over the USPS could turn it into a hyper-politicized arm of the MAGA movement. The U.S. Postal Service is consistently rated as one of the most popular federal agencies. Dismantling it would leave 51.5 million households and businesses in rural communities with no guaranteed deliveries because corporations like UPS and FedEx simply won't serve areas that they deem insufficiently profitable.4 Perhaps even more terrifying is how Trump would use control over USPS to rig elections. For years, he's pushed false claims about mail-in ballot fraud as part of his Big Lie conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.5 If he gets control, you can be sure he will try to use USPS to interfere with the voting process. USPS is enshrined in the constitution, and under federal law it must operate as an independent agency, outside the control of the president.6 But we've seen Trump violate the law with impunity over and over again. Demand Progress has spent years fighting to defend the U.S. Postal Service from efforts to privatize or politicize the agency, and we've seen the impact of Trump's slash-and-burn attacks on other federal agencies. We can't let him get his hands on the Postal Service. Will you donate $20 to Demand Progress Action and support our work, including stopping Donald Trump's illegal partisan takeover of the U.S. Postal Service? With gratitude, The team at Demand Progress Action DONATE Sources: 1. The Washington Post, "Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say," February 21, 2025. 2. Common Dreams, "'Outrageous, Unlawful Attack': Trump Plots Takeover of US Postal Service," February 21, 2025. 3. CBS News, "USPS to cut 10,000 workers through voluntary early retirement program," March 13, 2025. 4. National Association of Letter Carriers, "NALC statement on reported executive order attacking Postal Service," February 21, 2025. 5. PBS News Hour, "Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020's 'Big Lie' lives on," December 17, 2024. 6. MSNBC, "The Founders knew an independent Postal Service is vital for democracy," February 25, 2025. Contributions to ActBlue Civics and Demand Progress Action are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Join our online community on Instagram or Twitter. Receiving too many emails from Demand Progress? You can opt to pause emails from Demand Progress for a month. And of course you can unsubscribe from this list at any time.