Something Completely Different

Big Picture American Politics

Started by Lisnaholic, Jul 12, 2023, 04:09 PM

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#525 Feb 10, 2025, 12:50 PM



#526 Feb 10, 2025, 03:08 PM
#527 Feb 10, 2025, 05:12 PM

Democrats All Sounded EXACTLY Like Trump & Supported Mass Deportation!

#528 Feb 10, 2025, 05:27 PM
Jimmy Dore? Yikes.

#529 Feb 11, 2025, 12:59 AM

Democracy doesn't exist in the United States

#530 Feb 11, 2025, 05:02 PM

Democrats: We Have NO PLAN To Fight Trump

#531 Feb 14, 2025, 02:10 PM

Glenn Greenwald - Congress or Nursing Home?

#532 Feb 16, 2025, 02:03 PM

John Kiriakou | Fmr CIA Officer Details How USAID Is A CIA Front For Media Control And Regime Change

#533 Feb 18, 2025, 11:23 PM


#534 Feb 20, 2025, 03:35 PM
I wonder if the phenomenon of the "honorable resignation" is puzzling anyone else? On the news channels I watch (CNN, MSNBC, etc.) people who resign in protest about what is happening to their govt departments are painted as being brave and principled. Why so, I wonder? Since when has giving up and capitulating been more admirable than standing and fighting?

I hate to praise Trump, but he has demonstrated one thing about the US justice system: the way to win is to hold your ground, lie, sue and appeal. Why aren't these principled govt agency heads using those same tactics ? Not necessarily lying, but why aren't they fighting back against closures, dismissals, etc ? The more so because DOGE is not a government department created by Congress and (according to a recent legal filing), Musk is not in charge of DOGE.

Just plain self-interest is also an argument in favor of fighting back: if you resign, you can't then sue for wrongful dimissal, by which method you might conceivably (i) get your job back, (ii) get a big fat compensation check or (iii) expose the shoddy haste of DOGE and others to public scrutiny.

Sorry if I'm a bit short on specific names and departments; I don't have time this morning to do the research,and anyway I'm guessing many of you will be aware of headlines like the one below from The Washington Post:-

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/15/mass-resignation-marks-new-kind-defiance-second-trump-era/



What you desire is of lesser value than what you have found.
#535 Feb 21, 2025, 03:18 AM


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#538 Feb 21, 2025, 01:15 PM
How brave of him to finally stop running at the ripe old age of 83

I was this cool the whole time.
#539 Feb 21, 2025, 02:09 PM
Quote from: DJChameleon on Feb 21, 2025, 01:15 PMHow brave of him to finally stop running at the ripe old age of 83

If it wasn't for his failing health, I have no doubt that he'd run for re-election again.



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