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BeckyDem

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31. Good question! From the wording of the executive order, and I am presuming

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 09:21 AM

Oct 2020

his office of legal counsel wrote it? He is creating a different category and it seems to do a run around the original protections.

Bush's legal council came up with an excuse to torture, which fell apart legally but not in time enough to stop the practice.

But yea, there is pushback, how far they can take it, I don't know. Trump must be defeated, that is paramount.

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement today regarding President Trump's order removing many career federal employees from the competitive service, costing them important civil service protections and stripping them of their eligibility to be represented by a union:

"This Executive Order is yet another attack on federal employees that addresses absolutely none of the issues that can hinder effective federal recruitment and hiring. It’s a cheap ploy to let the Trump Administration replace talent and acumen with fealty and self-dealing.”

https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4110

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'Stunning' Executive Order Would Politicize Civil Service [View all] BeckyDem Oct 2020 OP

If we don't get rid of this lying spew of liquid sewage sharp_stick Oct 2020 #1

He has to be defeated, absolutely. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #3

I'm not one to wish away time but damn sharp_stick Oct 2020 #7

I can't take much more either. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #10

+10000000000000000 Celerity Oct 2020 #18

They don't appear to be expecting to lose. Nt lostnfound Oct 2020 #24

Everything they do now sharp_stick Oct 2020 #25

This way he would get to fire Dr. Fauci. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #2

Yes, I believe he could do just that. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #4

This is a great way for Biden to get rid of rw ideologues who were political DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #5

Yes, it could be a situation that backfires on the GOP if applied to their minions. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #6

Yep, all Biden has to do is ask OPM DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #9

Me too. +1. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #11

Now just imagine if he is humiliated by 10-15% in the General Election - NoMoreRepugs Oct 2020 #8

As a former civil servant in a policy-making role... russiamommy Oct 2020 #12

It is infuriating! Voters need to know this about him, any undecided voters that is. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #17

darn tootin' they would shanti Oct 2020 #27

Can the next president recind Trump's executive doc03 Oct 2020 #13

Yes russiamommy Oct 2020 #14

Biden has to do like Trump and undo everything doc03 Oct 2020 #16

Yes. It is stunning how Trump is preparing to do more damage if he were BeckyDem Oct 2020 #15

Absolutely, and there's no reason why he wouldn't... jmowreader Oct 2020 #33

Whether he gets to do this, the incoming admin will be on the look out for booby traps all over the OnDoutside Oct 2020 #19

The loss of institutional knowledge will be devastating Midnightwalk Oct 2020 #20

+1. That is the plan, he wants a seamless opinion, his narrative uninterrupted. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #22

This sounds way too sophisticated for Trump to have thought up DFW Oct 2020 #21

Could be, so many sociopaths, so little time. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #23

The whole reason we have the Civil Service system was to prevent what Trump is trying to do. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #26

+1 shanti Oct 2020 #28

Exactly why Trump wants to change it. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #32

This is likely something Putin wanted him t o cross of the list before the election. nt BlueLucy Oct 2020 #29

There has been no repeal of the Civil Service Reform Act crickets Oct 2020 #30

Good question! From the wording of the executive order, and I am presuming BeckyDem Oct 2020 #31