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He is intent on doing as much harm as possible from here on. (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2020 OP
Narcissists always try to punish you for not loving them sufficiently... RockRaven Oct 2020 #1
Which is no different than the last four years. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #2
A lame duck with an axe to grind. Even Kahn didn't have the wrath he will exhibit. Newest Reality Oct 2020 #3
Yeah but Khan was at least mostly competent. Volaris Oct 2020 #6
What executive order is Ornstein referring to? euphorb Oct 2020 #4
this. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2020 #5
'Critical qualities' here actually means... Volaris Oct 2020 #7

RockRaven

(19,558 posts)
1. Narcissists always try to punish you for not loving them sufficiently...
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 01:10 PM
Oct 2020

It's going to be a bad 3 months...

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
2. Which is no different than the last four years.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 01:10 PM
Oct 2020

Nothing has changed, really. He's fired people without cause since day one. He's fired anyone who counters his lunacy. He's fired anyone who shows any intellect. He's fired anyone who contradicts his preferred narrative, which changes every four hours.

Just because he's making it official doesn't mean he hasn't already been doing it for four years.

Volaris

(11,743 posts)
6. Yeah but Khan was at least mostly competent.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:00 PM
Oct 2020

Trump couldn't piss in a bucket correctly if you held his dick and aimed it for him.

He can scream and rage tweet all he wants and it dont mean much.

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,427 posts)
5. this.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 03:59 PM
Oct 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-order-federal-civil-service/2020/10/22/c73783f0-1481-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html

Career federal employees whose work involves making policy would no longer be hired under competitive procedures and would lose some civil service protections from being fired as well as eligibility to be represented by a union, under an executive order that President Trump issued Wednesday.

The order would shift those employees from what is called the “competitive service” — covering the bulk of the 2.1 million executive branch employees — into the “excepted service,” which in general applies to political appointees below the level requiring Senate confirmation.

“This is the most profound undermining of the civil service in our lifetimes,” American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley said in a statement. “The president has doubled down on his effort to politicize and corrupt the professional service.

“This executive order strips due process rights and protections from perhaps hundreds of thousands of federal employees and will enable political appointees and other officials to hire and fire these workers at will,” he said.

Trump said his order will “give agencies greater ability and discretion to assess critical qualities in applicants to fill these positions, such as work ethic, judgment, and ability to meet the particular needs of the agency.”

Volaris

(11,743 posts)
7. 'Critical qualities' here actually means...
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:08 PM
Oct 2020

'This person is sufficiently loyal to Dear Leader, and will therefore kiss as much ass as they are ordered to do.'

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