State Department watchdog details political retaliation against 'disloyal' staffers

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7. This is pretty common

When someone in a government agency reads or hears a report, opinion or advice or a draft of a proposed policy, rule or adjudication, I think it's easy in some instances to discern the proponent's political drift. It's kind of naive to think this isn't going on all the time with republicans. When a new appointee comes in, then some of the career people almost inevitably get pushed out on false grounds. Only a democrat would feel some kind of ethical responsibility to treat career employees fairly.

The unique factor in this article is how blatant this was. Most of the repuke bureaucratic types used to be too smart to play their hand blatantly. They would always claim merit factors rather than openly berate and act out like the people in the OP.