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LastLiberal in PalmSprings

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23. He may move Trump loyalists into civil service jobs so they can't be fired,

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Nov 15, 2020, 07:52 AM

Nov 2020

but they will be working for senior career civil servants who could assign them tiny windowless offices in the basement and give them menial tasks to do, deny them security clearances and make sure they never advance in grade. Trump has done a lot to piss off civil servants and shoving unqualified people into valued slots would be the final straw.

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In Trump's final days, a 30-year-old aide purges officials seen as insufficiently loyal [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2020 OP

WTF -- I thought Donny got off on being "the firer"? Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1

donny is too chicken to fire anyone face to face for real. Salviati Nov 2020 #2

Oh I long for the day when this punk-ass little maggot is shitcanned, Leghorn21 Nov 2020 #3

More projection. Creating their own "Deep State". rickford66 Nov 2020 #4

It would be smart for Biden's team to at least interview each of the employees getting axed. olddad65 Nov 2020 #5

drumpf youth not fooled Nov 2020 #6

Why do these guys always look so punchable? LSFL Nov 2020 #7

Yep, they all look like unbearable, immature, selfish, obnoxious brats. They need some fine tuning. 🤕 Judi Lynn Nov 2020 #8

They ARE punchable. Because defense is not violence. ancianita Nov 2020 #10

EVERYBODY's face is punchable, which is why we don't have a system of vigilante "justice". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #17

Lateral transfers are a time honored way to Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #9

Yes, Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #18

At the least, these "loyalists" will be tasked with destroying evidence of Trump's crimes. LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #11

The outrages will continue and will become more egregious disalitervisum Nov 2020 #12

Hard to fire, you say? I can think of a few remote bases where he could be sent. pecosbob Nov 2020 #13

they're still thinking Steiners kampfgruppe is going to arrive and break them out. KG Nov 2020 #14

This is a name of a person BlueMTexpat Nov 2020 #15

Good for McEntee to get some attention for pandering to tRump. PufPuf23 Nov 2020 #16

This guy would be your next Roger Stone or Lee Atwater or Paul Manafort or Pat Buchanan BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #19

Saddam burned the oil fields as he fled Kuwait IronLionZion Nov 2020 #20

K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 #21

Hmmm.... I see he isn't waering a mask. Talitha Nov 2020 #22

He may move Trump loyalists into civil service jobs so they can't be fired, LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2020 #23

There's now Schedule F, where career civil servants DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #24

He's 30? ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #25

Scorched Earth... ck4829 Nov 2020 #26