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At least we now know Donald Trump’s game plan: do as much damage as possible for one week and hit the links after. We assumed he’d be useless, but damn. He and his like-minded Republicans are all celebrating the demise of DEI, but have they stopped even once to consider what’s going to happen to the unemployed? Time magazine is certainly making everyone consider it. While federal employees are currently on paid leave, awaiting their eventual layoffs, colleges and universities located in conservative states have already begun to purge people from those roles, not to mention the people who have lost their jobs at McDonald’s, Walmart, and Meta.

Time discussed how conservative cable news celebrated the news, with Faux News posting: “Bye, Bye, DEI.” Trying to give them the proverbial benefit of the doubt, Time said: “Perhaps they didn’t realize that they were rejoicing undeserved loss of American jobs. Maybe they didn’t understand that those people who spent years (in some instances decades) attempting to make America truly great for all citizens suddenly may not be able to afford to pay rent or their mortgages.” Oh, they realize all right; they just don’t give a damn. These clowns only care about things that make their lives better. They don’t give one damn about the rest of us. If they’re happy, the world is a happy place. It’s shameful, and it goes against everything we’ve been taught about loving and helping our brothers. Yet, Trump wasn’t done.

Trump fired everyone involved in Jack Smith’s investigations. NBC News referred to them as “career lawyers,” but now, they must go and find new jobs. They’re not even ashamed of it. They made a public announcement via statement to NBC News: “Today, Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated the employment of a number of DOJ officials who played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump. In light of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not trust these officials to assist faithfully implementing the President’s agenda.” If Trump’s agenda involves crime, then they might be right, but what they are doing is giving Trump free reign to do whatever he likes, including wanting to put “loose lips” at head of the FBI.

According to Raw Story, the FBI is “livid” because Patel leaked information about the hostage rescue. Word of the leak came to Congress via a whistleblower. Senate Democrats have asked for documents and allege that Patel “broke protocol” by speaking publicly about the hostage rescue plan. That has been confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, which was published “several hours before the hostages were in the confirmed custody of the United States.” Is this who we want heading up the FBI? You think he won’t leak something again? Next time, he’ll get someone killed. This is exactly the type of thing people feared from this inexperienced brownnoser. Republicans, of course, tried to say that Democrats just wanted to bring this up in confirmation hearings, but that’s beside the point. These people are well on their way to ensuring that we have a government filled with criminals and fools.

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