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RockRaven

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1. Betsy DeVos does not accomplish this alone. Hundreds of D of Ed career employees must be complicit
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:44 PM
Jul 2019

and I understand that they are "doing their job" and "following orders" and that their own jobs/careers are in jeopardy by defying "orders" from their bosses... but their jobs are ALSO in jeopardy, or should be, if they violate policy or law in favor of orders.

The post-Trump administration era is going to bring a critical issue to a head: are rank-and-file US government functionaries EVER going to be held to account for misdeeds committed under orders or not? If we don't do it now, it will never happen, and that way lies dystopia.

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