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alarimer

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3. It is authoritarian in the extreme.

Reply to TygrBright (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 03:16 PM

Jan 2018

I guess he means to fire people because of their politics. Which is not illegal, but would certainly be unsavory. I guess the way Trump would do it would violate civil service rules in any case.

"Undermine public trust" means not doing what Trump wants. So every scientist whose results contradict what Trumps wants to do would be out. Science as a public good would be forever ruined. Civil servants can and should be protected from that kind of political nonsense.

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Last Night, [Redacted] Asked Congress for an Enabling Act [View all] TygrBright Jan 2018 OP

Friggin' Scary! kentuck Jan 2018 #1

I have a republican rep and he listens to me not Angry Dragon Jan 2018 #2

He may not listen to you, individually. TygrBright Jan 2018 #5

It is authoritarian in the extreme. alarimer Jan 2018 #3

It's my understanding that if it's the U.S. Govt it IS illegal RandomAccess Jan 2018 #16

I suspect it would run afoul of current Civil Service regulations. alarimer Feb 2018 #17

Exactly RandomAccess Feb 2018 #18

First offical shot at Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #4

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #6

Trump ignores such history, of course. Or he'd know it's a slippery slope... FailureToCommunicate Jan 2018 #7

"remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people" avebury Jan 2018 #8

Including him. We are the Sec'y of the ppl, we should be able to fire him iluvtennis Jan 2018 #10

Important post. Thank you. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #9

i haven't heard the whole speech by a long shot barbtries Jan 2018 #11

I think you're right. It's got that Miller stench. TygrBright Jan 2018 #15

Yep..... SergeStorms Jan 2018 #12

Decades of demonizing Federal workers not fooled Jan 2018 #13

OMG. That is shocking. He wants to purge all those whose spouses didn't vote for him. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #14