Now Kamala's Chief of Staff quits: Tina Flournoy becomes VP's most senior aide to join exodus from her office

Kamala Harris' chief of staff Tina Flournoy is leaving the vice president's staff, making her the most senior member of staff exodus that has been taking place for months.

The news comes just weeks after it was revealed that her deputy chief of staff is also leaving.

Harris' office has already seen the departure of high profile figures including her former senior advisor Symone Sanders.

Flournoy is a longtime Democratic operative who served as Bill Clinton's chief of staff when he left the White House, and traveling chief of staff for 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman.

Her successor, Lorraine Voles, also has deep Clinton ties, and was an advisor to 2008 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during her campaign.

She joined the Harris team last summer.

Flournoy is the 12th member of Harris' staff to depart, after a series of reports about internal conflicts.

More at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10741191/Now-Kamalas-Chief-Staff-leaves-Tiny-Flournoy-VPs-senior-aide-join-exodus.html

U.S. Postal Service slowing down some package deliveries

Snail mail is slowing down even further.

The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that almost a third of First-Class Package Service mail will take a day longer to be delivered beginning May 1.

The proposed changes would include some speed upgrades — 4% of packages will arrive in two days instead of three — but 32% of packages will see their service standard increase from two to three days, according to a USPS fact sheet.

Packages traveling the longest distances will be most affected, but 64% of the FCPS volume will not change under the new system, the Postal Service said.

The Postal Service is also removing the extra day from priority mail ground shipping initially put in place in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The initiative is part of the Postal Service’s 10-year plan for achieving financial sustainability, called “Delivering for America.”

More at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/20/us-postal-service-slowing-down-some-package-delive/

How Bad Does 2024 Look For Dems? Check Out WaPo’s List of Top 10 Contenders… Yikes!

Much has been made about the dire prospects for the Democratic Party in November. Mid-term elections almost always see an electoral erosion for the party in power, and when that party’s president is struggling with opinion polls, the consequences can be severe. For the Democrats, President Joe Biden has somehow managed to reach historically low approval ratings, and leftwing political prognosticators are undoubtedly feeling nauseated as they read the tea leaves.

But what about the next presidential election cycle? What about 2024? Does the future look any brighter for Democrats? It may be a long way off but consider this fact: In less than two years, we will have already completed the earliest voting in the presidential primary season in states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, and it’s probable that the favorites for both parties will be well-established with the remaining elections being foregone conclusions.

The Washington Post, which is essentially just a branch of the Democratic Party’s Communications Department, examined the current crop of possible candidates, and to say the list looks feeble would be a dramatic understatement:

1. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

2. California Governor Gavin Newsom

3. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)

4. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

5. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper

6. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

7. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

8. Vice-President Kamala Harris

9. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

10. President Joe Biden

Yup, that’s the list.

More at: https://thebluestateconservative.com/2022/04/21/how-bad-does-2024-look-for-dems-check-out-wapos-list-of-top-10-contenders-yikes/

Congress demands answers from MTA about subway camera malfunctions during Brooklyn mass shooting

Congressional lawmakers want answers about why subway security cameras failed during the Brooklyn mass shooting spree that left 10 people with gunshot wounds and injured another 13 earlier this month.

Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the Homeland Security committee, organized a bipartisan letter to Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Janno Lieber asking what the agency has done with the $50 million in federal security money over the past two years alone.

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“We urge you to be more transparent regarding how your agency uses Congressional funding to secure the subway system and its riders,” the lawmakers wrote.

The lawmakers pressed for details about why the cameras in the 36th St. station where suspect Frank James allegedly carried out the mass shooting — as well as the cameras at the 25th St. station, where investigators said he exited the subway — were not working correctly.

“How much funding has been allocated to the MTA’s camera system, including maintenance, installation, and updating of the cameras?” the lawmakers asked.

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) also signed the letter, along with Rep. Garbarino (R-N.Y.) and several other members of Congress.

More at: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-nyc-mta-subway-camera-congress-20220421-qb6wdtc75nbqvch74n23qq6nne-story.html

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Will watch closely. Thank you.