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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the issue, it specifically says for poor or underperforming employees or misconduct. If that's not you, why are you worried?[/quote]
The preamble goes on at some length about civil servants actively scheming against the President's priorities.  I don't think that such people exist, and I don't believe that this Administration will ever acknowledge that such folks don't exist--they'll find spurious reasons to fire folks.  [/quote]

Look, I’m a Dem but these folks absolutely exist. I’m not going to argue about it so whatever you want to believe is fine. [/quote]

And on what basis are you so sure “these folks” absolutely exist?  Are you a fed working in a policy position?  I am, and I have been for over a decade, and I have never seen a civil servant hold up any administration’s priorities unless they had a strong and apolitical argument that it was outright illegal and that they couldn’t move it forward.[/quote]

There were a handful of documented instances in the first Trump administration. So of course now they have extrapolated from 4 or 5 instances to the entire civil service. They love to make anecdote equal data.

Additionally, this administration interprets arguments that something is illegal as taking a position against the President's priorities. They do not care about legality. They do not care about morality. They want to do what they want to do, when they want to do it, and anyone who pushes back is ripe for firing. Look at the gutting of the sciences and DOJ for examples. [/quote]

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