but whether louis dejoy was the guy to do it or not, this is something that needed to be done for thpostalervice's worthiness of the 21st century. geoff: what is dejoy's future? as you mentioned, he's a controversial figure. he is a major republican donor. democrats accused him of deliberately trying to slow the mail in the run up to the 2020 election, when tre was an overreliance on mail in ballots. yet president biden doesn't have the authority to remove him directly, that that authority rests with the board of governors. give us a sense of the current makeup of the board of governors and what that suggests about dejoy future. jacob: this is, as you alluded to, a more complicated question than a lot of folks realize. so louis dejoy serves at the pleasure of the board of governors. it is a nine-member board. it's bipartisan, it's appointed by the president to members. they're now appointed by both president biden and president trump, confirmed by the senate. but even as democrats take control of the board, louis dejoy is not going anywhere. he still enjoys enough support to remain in offi

the usps should get rid of louis dejoy. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in an historic vote thursday, the senate confirmed federal appeals judge ketanji brown jackson to the united states supreme court, making her the first black woman and first public defender to serve on the high court in its more than 230 year history. vice president kamala harris, the first black woman to serve as vice president, presided over the vote as president of the senate. her scope on this boat, the yeas are 53, the nays, in this nomination is confirmed. amy: three republican senators supported jackson's nomination -- susan collins, lisa murkowski, and mitt romney. the only black republican senator, tim scott, cast a "no" vote. the final vote was delayed when republican senator rand paul remained noticeably absent. he eventually voted from the senate's cloak room because he did not meet the senate dress code of wearing a tie. in fact, he was reportedly wearing a windbreaker. three other republ

postmaster general louis dejoy announced today, that the u.s.artment has closed an investigation of him without bringing criminal charges. it involved political fundraisinat his former logistics business. dejoy was appointed to his post by former president trump. workers at an amazon warehouse in alabama appear to have rejected for a second time , becoming the company's first unionized facility. last year, workers voted overwhelmingly against unionizing, but the national labor relations board ordered a re-vote after ruling amazon interfered in that election. today's tally is still close enough, that challenged votes could change the result. and, the space tourism venture "blue origin" launched and landed its fourth flight today. the 6 passengers included a "blue origin" engineer and a university professor. their capsule blasted off just after sunrise in west texas. it flew as high as 66 miles, then drifted back to earth under 3 parachutes. still to come on the "newshour," the transgender community marks a day of visibility as more state laws tar