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  • We don’t have a national ID, which is part of the issue. As a result, regular identification is by state depts (motor vehicles).

    It also means for passports, you need to either fill out the form and mail it in, or visit a State Dept office for some expedited options (requires specific reasons to do so, requires an appointment).

    In recent years, the Postmaster General has royally screwed the post office (that’s a whole separate thing, so I won’t go into that here. Short answer, Trump). So it runs pretty inefficiently, and that’s the main way that people are getting passports.

    So… Several reasons why.












  • Unfortunately true. And the reason I personally land with prison is that enough innocent people end up there that I can’t support the death penalty. I actually just referenced a convicted murderer just a bit ago, whose conviction was overturned in no small part due to bad police work.

    The best prevention, IMO, has nothing to do with the justice system, and a lot note to do with better social services. Counseling before something terrible and irreversible happens, better support for single parents, or even social workers/police/etc doing their job in this case, would have improved things drastically - a little girl would still be alive.

    I can’t think of a better option than that.


  • Can someone like that actually be rehabilitated

    I doubt it. Which is why I’m a fan of letting them disappear forever in a prison, and never have the opportunity ever again to harm a child.

    or can they serve as an example of what happens to monstrous pieces of shit like that?

    Also doubt it.

    These sort of people will not recognize their own actions as being wrong, and they also wont “learn” from the punishment of others.

    So the only thing public torture would do is provide a spectacle for those who enjoy it. It won’t deter anything. There used to be public hangings, stocks, etc - which also was not stopping the crimes from happening.






  • So, an actual answer if you’re interested.

    No, the President does not have the power to remove him. When the Post Office was reformed into USPS in the 1970’s, the selection of Postmaster General is made by the Board of Governors of the Postal Service. These board members have 7 year terms, and are appointed by the President, with Senate approval.

    The Postmaster General has no fixed term, and serves until the Board decides otherwise.

    There are 9 members of the Board, and no more than 5 can be from the same party. The Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General are also voting members of the Board, though there are some things they can’t vote on.

    Removing requires an absolute majority - so even though a quorum is 6, there needs to be 5 votes to remove DeJoy.

    No member of the Board can serve more than 2 terms, and they can’t be removed without a gross violation - misconduct for example.

    So despite the spongebob meme reference reply near mine, no, Biden can’t just remove DeJoy.